16v sunroof repair?

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

If there is a problem with the Bentley (did I say that?) the Audi 4000 
Bentley is much better at explaining the sunroof. BTW I do have it. I could 
scan it.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: "Blake" <blake.irvin@gmail.com>
Cc: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: 16v sunroof repair?


>
>
> --- 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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