Bruce hasn`t been active since 11-15-11


Charlie

Hey Gator, I swapped the 85 300D to the Kennedy Manual upgrade a few yrs ago. Never could get the back of the lid to pop up and close right.

I pulled an entire Sun Roof assy from a 85 300TD last summer thinking that would be the way to go and have my manual SR. Then one of the guys in NC mentioned that the TD roof was flatter than the Sedan. so does that mean the pan assy is different, or they are the same and the lids are a different curvature?

I have a couple spare sedan lids that I have been going to compare to the TD assy.

Plus if I swap in this Manual assy, I can clean it up, POR the whole thing, and that should make it survive another 30 years. :rolleyes:


Charlie

are the sedan sunroof and the coupe' 2 door sunroof interchangable ?

w123 series

I would like to make mine manual instead of electric as i need a new cable and well, they are no longer available.

I totally did the manual sunroof conversion on my 1980 W116 300SD. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/282304-my-custom-1980-w116-300sd-project-10.html#144
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-D...80300sd268.JPG

I took the tray from a W123 300TD and cut off some parts and pasted them onto my W116's tray.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-n...80300sd144.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...80300sd154.jpg

It worked great for a while until the forward sliders deteriorated. Now I have to pull down the wind deflector so it doesn't get pinched when closing the roof. I have also converted the windows and climate control to manual. Simple is good.