I knew not to use the sunroof and told the rest of the family not to use it. I had ordered the special MB lubricant and was planning on lubing it once that came in. The rest of the family thought it was a hoot to drive with the sunroof open and did it when I was not around. Before the lube came in the sunroof no longer opened. (Not totally true. It would open about 1/8th and close with no problems.) I had declaired the car a non-sunroof model and told myself I would fix the sunroof in a year or two after everything else was fixed. Well, my wife hit the sunroof button while trying to turn the light on. Then I was stuck with a sunroof open 1/8th and would not close.
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Originally Posted by ;81350
vadrill,
They say you need to open the roof 3/4 of the way to pull out the liner. If you can do that, it should pull out the front/top. If not, like mine, I had to pull hard down and pull it into the car. Just grab the front and kind of work it down. It bent the frame of the liner a bit but it is thin metal and I just bent it back. When I put it back in, the roof went back so it went in from the top. Good Luck.
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Thanks for the note on how to do this if the sunroof will not open. I now have a slightly bent sunroof insert, sunroof headliner, but my sunroof is fully shut!

The headliner is in my garage and will be there probably for a year or two until I get the sunroof fixed. grrr. That missing headliner may end up moving the repairs up to this spring.
Anyway, I can't figure out how to disable the sunroof so that it will stay shut. My fuse box does not list the sunroof motor. I can't find a way to put it in trunk crank only. The white knob on the side of the motor does not seem to change anything. Any ideas?
-Jim