swapping electric sunroof to crank?

[haaken675]

Like the title says, can it be done? If so does anyone know what parts i would need? My '87's electric roof only partially works. You have to help it along at the moment, and i can't seem to get it fully working either. I would much prefer to simply swap in the crank parts if possible. i had that on my first e30 and I loved it.

Thanks

[SecludedPlayer2]

If I'm not mistaken it can be done. The electric motor that opens and closes the sunroof essentially does the same thing as the crank. It'll be a huge pain to change over. It would probably be easier to fix the electric sunroof. I might have parts depending on what you need.

[nando]

also the crank sunroof handles suck. They always break.

if your motor or switch isn't bad then it needs adjustment most likely. Even if you switch to a crank sunroof, it would still need that. if it's just a motor or switch, that's an easy fix. the motors rarely go bad so I'd start with the switch.