16v sunroof repair?

[vwdaun at yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- Blake <blake.irvin@gmail.com> wrote:

> i think i might have to do the whole thing.  the cloth on
> the sunroof
> was extremely water-stained/mold-stained.  also one of
> the hooklike
> metal bars in the mechanism has the end broken off.  i'm
> going to see
> about welding it and grinding the weld smooth, but that
> sounds iffy
> (metal looks very brittle).
> 
> what other vw's can i cannibalize?

None I'm afraid, the Scirocco was the only one with the
tilt & slide sunroof.  I managed to get one of the guide
pieces from Mike Potter a year ago, and it wasn't too
expensive IIRC.  Also, I replaced the fabric on my 16v
sunroof with some very similar grey material.  Now if I
could just do something about the slightly mis-cut (from
the factory I'm guessing) headliner - it's always not quite
fit in the front corner - not enough material.



Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'81 Scirocco S               '86 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v             '88 Scirocco Slegato 
'96 Passat GLX Wagon         '56 Cessna 172
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.

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