To be honest I did not notice a ny problems but it would obviously affect the stopping points and get worse the slacker they got, I thought as you were puzzled as to what the exact function of the roof switch was you were not au fait with the sunroof system, I stand corrected,John.
Sunroof oddities
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John,
I wish I wasn't familiar with the operation of the sunroof! Such familiarity only comes about as a result of problems ...
Similar to looking at old Haynes manuals, owned by enthusiasts. The dirty pages show the areas of the car that have broken and needed repairing. I bet that any 944 Haynes manuals (not that they are any good) will have very dirty sunroof pages, as well as dashboard removal pages and brake caliper pages. And possibly cam and balance belt pages ... [
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Oli.
I wish I wasn't familiar with the operation of the sunroof! Such familiarity only comes about as a result of problems ...
Similar to looking at old Haynes manuals, owned by enthusiasts. The dirty pages show the areas of the car that have broken and needed repairing. I bet that any 944 Haynes manuals (not that they are any good) will have very dirty sunroof pages, as well as dashboard removal pages and brake caliper pages. And possibly cam and balance belt pages ... [
]Oli.
I bought my old banger as my workshop was empty, the car was stripped af glass headlining carpets etc so all this stuff was checked and repaired as required,a lot less hassle than running the car and repairing faults as they appear,touch wood now it is finished it just sits in the garage as I have run out of things to do to it,along with a motorcycle that does not get used either,my wife and I still prefer the seicento for running in and around the lands end area,I must be mad,all the best John.
Quick update: problem solved.
It was indeed the switch in the roof - thanks to all who suggested it. We went to the in-laws (Shropshire) over the BH weekend, and I planned the job as a bit of an escape - all married chaps on here will know the scenario ... I'm sure I don't need to explan. Besides, 'fixing broken things' is seen as meritorious by the in-laws, so there were brownie points to be won as well as a decent afternoon of peace and quiet.
Only it wasn't. An afternoon's worth of peace and quiet. It amounted to less than 5 minutes. Less than 2 minutes actually ... sunroof out (switch held in to allow the mechanism to retract), unclip triangular cover on switch with small screwdriver, find microswitch beneath it with a long actuation lever, bend lever up slightly, clip triangular cover back in, replace sunroof. In fact, it was probably fixed in less time than it took me to type that (and I type quite quickly.)
Thankfully, I spent the rest of the afternoon removing everything from the boot and storage spaces, and re-packing them. I managed to cure an annoying rattle from the back of the car, which has been driving me up the wall for the last couple of months, by repacking the toolkit. I also discovered there is a little clip behind the spare wheel that I had never noticed before, which seems to be designed to hold the jack handle in place. I removed several old carrier bags which were skulking in the right hand storage bin, and found a trim clip that was missing from the boot carpet. I also discovered that there is a slight leak into both rear storage bins; rags kept in one side and a toolkit in the other were both slightly damp. I used The McNulters Test (tm) to see whether the boot seal was likely to be the problem (shut the boot with a strip of paper in the seal, and see whether the paper will pull out easily) and discovered - to my slight surprise - that the boot seals just fine all 'round, but also managed to trap my finger between the hatch and the bodywork the first time I tried it. [] (And it bl00dy hurt. Good thing the MotherInLaw didn't appear when I was jumping around swearing copiously otherwise I'd have been written out of the family will.) I suspect therefore it's the rear lights which are leaking slightly; they both of them look as if they have been re-sealed at some time in the past, probably badly, and Nick (Appleton) very kindly posted me a HUGE box of proper Porsche light seal a while ago which I have been itching to use. (Thanks again Nick! [] )So that's a job for next weekend.
So, in short, the sunroof is now fixed, thanks for your help. I am rediscovering the pleasure of driving the car with the roof out, no matter what the weather ... bliss!
Oli.
It was indeed the switch in the roof - thanks to all who suggested it. We went to the in-laws (Shropshire) over the BH weekend, and I planned the job as a bit of an escape - all married chaps on here will know the scenario ... I'm sure I don't need to explan. Besides, 'fixing broken things' is seen as meritorious by the in-laws, so there were brownie points to be won as well as a decent afternoon of peace and quiet.
Only it wasn't. An afternoon's worth of peace and quiet. It amounted to less than 5 minutes. Less than 2 minutes actually ... sunroof out (switch held in to allow the mechanism to retract), unclip triangular cover on switch with small screwdriver, find microswitch beneath it with a long actuation lever, bend lever up slightly, clip triangular cover back in, replace sunroof. In fact, it was probably fixed in less time than it took me to type that (and I type quite quickly.)
Thankfully, I spent the rest of the afternoon removing everything from the boot and storage spaces, and re-packing them. I managed to cure an annoying rattle from the back of the car, which has been driving me up the wall for the last couple of months, by repacking the toolkit. I also discovered there is a little clip behind the spare wheel that I had never noticed before, which seems to be designed to hold the jack handle in place. I removed several old carrier bags which were skulking in the right hand storage bin, and found a trim clip that was missing from the boot carpet. I also discovered that there is a slight leak into both rear storage bins; rags kept in one side and a toolkit in the other were both slightly damp. I used The McNulters Test (tm) to see whether the boot seal was likely to be the problem (shut the boot with a strip of paper in the seal, and see whether the paper will pull out easily) and discovered - to my slight surprise - that the boot seals just fine all 'round, but also managed to trap my finger between the hatch and the bodywork the first time I tried it. [
] (And it bl00dy hurt. Good thing the MotherInLaw didn't appear when I was jumping around swearing copiously otherwise I'd have been written out of the family will.) I suspect therefore it's the rear lights which are leaking slightly; they both of them look as if they have been re-sealed at some time in the past, probably badly, and Nick (Appleton) very kindly posted me a HUGE box of proper Porsche light seal a while ago which I have been itching to use. (Thanks again Nick! [] )So that's a job for next weekend. So, in short, the sunroof is now fixed, thanks for your help. I am rediscovering the pleasure of driving the car with the roof out, no matter what the weather ... bliss!
Oli.
Alasdair,
Tell me more ... the circular(ish) around the hatch pins, made of black polyurethane foam rubber? Or something else?
(I know I should know this sort of thing, but I never read the 'Leak' threads too closely as I have never had a leak ... until now ... )
Thanks.
Oli.
Tell me more ... the circular(ish) around the hatch pins, made of black polyurethane foam rubber? Or something else?
(I know I should know this sort of thing, but I never read the 'Leak' threads too closely as I have never had a leak ... until now ... )
Thanks.
Oli.
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