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When I first got my 83 300CD the sunroof wouldn't move at all...After thorough examination I found the teleflex cable had all the teeth down at one end all worn off hence no movement at all..Why did this happen? I found out when I tryed to remove the cable which was very difficult to pull out of the tube. Before installing the new cable I sprayed brake clean down the tube all the while moving the old cable back and forth and had a bucket under the tube in the trunk...It was amazing the amount of old lubrication that was released...I kept at it till the brake clean ran out fairly clean...Originally was black and turned to a light brown. When I installed the new cable I coated the cable with lubriplate or light white grease. After the new cable was installed I had to adjust the sunroof but it works well now however the whole operation took about 4 hours. The cable was only $100 so it was worth it as I took a 4 hour trip today with the sunroof open in the nice sunshine...
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