I read over my instruction manual and searched these forums and for the love of me I cannot find this "red" nut that I can use to close my sun roof!

Where is it? I'm in my college parking lot and would like to close it

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should be in your trunk, drivers side, below the spring for the deck lid.
pull away the carpet, and there it will be.

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My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Ah I saw a picture.

On my 85 the little guy is a white 17mm hex nut. I tried turning it and it sounds like it wants to grab, but it isn't moving the sun roof.

What am I doing wrong?

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your cable could be sheared...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Crap, any tips on getting this thing apart so I can get it closed?

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it's stuck open? whooo boy.
sorry, I've not worked on the auto sunroof yet. I hear it's a very gruling job though.
start searching, I'm sure it's been covered here.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I have and unfortunately nothing has come up

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oh come on... Still stuck - '78 300D sunroof (pictures attached)
among others...
search in google search for stuck sunroof

Yeah sorry vstech. My issue is the sun roof is as far is it can open and I can't pull down the headliner.

I'm at whits end. I'm tempted to get a trash bag at this point.

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Counterclockwise closes mine..keep them tracks clean

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1982 300SD--251,151
2001 Ford f-150 4x4--347,034

My owner's manual says to close it going clock wise. I guess at this point it won't hurt to give it a try.

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Sure Won't I kept turning mine clockwise and i would check and it seemed to always go back to where it was before..went opposite direction and voila.

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1982 300SD--251,151
2001 Ford f-150 4x4--347,034

So the question for the group is, when I turn the nut does it move really slowly? I don't seem to notice it moving.

Also is it theoretically possible for me to remove the motor and just pull/push the thing shut?

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relatively..does the motor run with the switch?

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1982 300SD--251,151
2001 Ford f-150 4x4--347,034

No it's not making any noise. I can tell it's pulling power though. The lights dim when I press the down button.

Is there anyway to get this unhooked from the motor so I can pull it by hand? I have the headliner apart and I disconnected the front end of the cable.

I'm going to pull the motor out. I'm done playing nice with this thing.

Edit: I slapped my head when I realized this. I pulled the little c-clip out and that now allows me to pull and push entire sun roof now!

Thank goodness. Now I have a dip in the roof when it is closed so I can see into the car. At least I have it closed now.

I'm going to convert this sucker to a manual.

Edit 2: Alright. I have the son of a B closed Man over machine once again. However to lock the unit upward there is this weird type of latching mechanism that pushes up. So sadly I'm going to have to drive without a sun roof head liner for a while.

There is a gent in town who has a 300TD with a manual roof. I'm going to call my friend one weekend and dissect that machine apart for when I go home.

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