I am trying to reinstall the sliding roof on my 1982 300SD. I have lost the notes I made upon disassembly. I need to know a few things;
1) How are the front and rear seals installed and retained. Real clear illustrations appreciated.
2) How to reinstall and connect the roof panel. A few Specifics:
a) Where does the little half circle with a flat bottom flange on the tube rest and how the spring clip fits it all together. This is all at the rear of the "bridge", I think.
b) I ahve a pair of small discs ( rollers). Do they run up on the piece that depresses the deflector?
c) I belive the stainless steel spring clip ( the one with what looks like fingers) installs at the front of the sliding roof panel. Is that right?

I made pretty extensive notes when I took this apart ( almost a year ago) for repainting the entire car. However, that entire notebook has become AWOL, and I need some help.
Thanks.
Michael

Just a one-time "bump" to see if anyong here can help.
If not, I will be off to the local recycling and dismantling center to see what i can see.

Here's a link to some service manual info for the W123 sunroof. http://skinnerbox.steaky.org/Service/W123/w123CD2/Program/Chassis/77-100.pdf If the link doesn't take you directly, go to the Skinnerbox main page ( http://skinnerbox.steaky.org/ ) and look under the W123 chassis button, pick an engine, then navigate to the section on roofs (77 Sliding Roof). It appears the other models are indexed but there is nothing in the text to view (but you could try - this is a work in progress I guess).
I have the manual for the W126 380SE in hardcopy. I'll try and find some info on your questions.
Edit: I checked the skinnerbox index for sliding roof against my W126 manual, and the instructions appear very much similar. I do have an additional section that isn't listed on the website called "77-300 Removal and installation of sliding roof frame", plus my copy has different steps for some of the procedures depending on whether the model is a coupe or sedan.

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