[W126 Coupe] Sunroof Seal

[Jonathan]

Most of the time I find the adjustment/alignment is necc. as is fiddling 
w/ the seal..clutch too.. 

Jonathan


Jay Manek wrote:

> I tried to respond to this yesterday but my email got bounced as I 

> attached too many files. I will send four PDF's in separate emails.

>  

> You don't need to remove headliner at all.

>  

> It sounds like one of the bracket settings is out... you have to 

> open the sunroof half way, unclip the liner on the inside of the 

> sunroof, pull downwards slightly and pull forward. 

> You will be left with just the lid and you will see various 8mm 

> bolts... the ones that set the vertical position of the lid need to be 

> adjusted from sounds of things.

>  

>  

> Many Thanks & Regards

>  

> Jay Manek | www.mercland.com <http://www.mercland.com>| 07716 349949

>

> *From:* Jonathan Hodgman <mailto:jhodgman at gmail.com>

> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:56 PM

> *To:* Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mailto:mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

> *Subject:* Re: [W126 Coupe] Sunroof Seal

>

> It can be done, but it's tricky and time consuming....

>

> Jonathan

>

>

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM, <terrako at comcast.net 

> <mailto:terrako at comcast.net>> wrote:

>

>     Gent's

>      

>      

>     Can anyone give some insight as to how or what is needed to

>     replace the  sunroof seal properly on an 87-560 SEC.  I have the

>     sunrood seal inastalled my a local body shop recommeded by the

>     local Benz dealer,  the problem is the sunroof will not close

>     completly to the close position and cannot be raised to the tilt

>     position. I have been told that I need to pay them to remove the

>     entire headliner in order to install it correctly. Makes no sense

>     if that was the case it should have been done the first time.

>      

>      

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