Get new lift angles -- about $100 each. Do both, if one broke the other is bent and will break soon.

Remove top panel -- held on by four bolts on the side, I think, after running the roof all the way back and removing the chrome rails.

run the frame back up, then unscrew the translation bridge from the lift angles. The entire lift angle assembly will rotate out of the frame if you lift up on it, then rotate the top edge outwards. Kinda fiddly, I had trouble and my brother just grabbed it and pulled it out....

New ones need to be lubed and installed. Make sure the side are even on the translation bridge and that the bridge is straight. Make sure the cable is straight and the retainer clamp isn't twisted or bent.

To install the roof panel, you will have to insert some 8mm allen wreches through the alignment holes in the fittings and into the new lift angles while tightening the bolts. YOu will probably have to pull the bridge back a small amount and push the panel forwards to get it to fit correctly -- it must push agains the front seal firmly so that the rear won't bind on the close at tilt operation.

Open the sunroof, install the chrome rails, and adjust for height closed by loosening the crosshead screws on the rails and turning the slotted screw on each side up or down to get the front level and within 1 mm of the roof level -- below, not above.

Once you get the front set, put the 8mm location pins back in, loosen the panel attachment screws, and adjust the rear edge to be slightly above the roof, within 1mm.

Deviations from the height specs can cause wind noise.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
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