mercedes 1985 300td sun roof weather stripping diagram? anybody

[mannyt]

Anyone have instructions or diagrams to replacing the weather stripping on the sunroof to a 300td? This is my second 300td wagon.. the first one was 1984 but got totaled, not my fault I wasn't even moving when it happened. The car was standing still.. Insurance gave me a twice what I paid for it and so I now have a much nicer wagon. I'm pretty sure that the sunroofs are all very similar. It is non electric...

any suggestions at all would be appreciated...

Thanks

Manny

[Peter Guenther]

Fist of all get the proper one from MB,there was no glass in 85. I had a body shop replace mine in my 92 500, after touching up a minor rust spot in the corner.
I will tell you what not to do based on my experience with (the idiots) them.
They did not remember how the old one came out, there is rolled lip that the seal pushes into. The seal comes as one piece glued, if you dont get it all in dont cut it. There is a front, back top, and bottom, I made them give me a new one in a sealed bag from MB.
Pull the old (position remember position) clean the groove with tooth brush, mine was fairly clean, corners go in first and work towards middle, I used a wallpaper seam roller to seat it all the way around.
It took a couple of tries, it works perfectly, their install would not close, and they almost broke the cable forcing it.
If someone has a better way suggest it..