Volvo Restoration Job
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It was a hand crank and didn’t work at all. I think it all needs to come out, get cleaned and relubed anyway.
Yes it needs to come apart
There is a right and a left cable and a drive gear that rolls them in the tracks, more than likely the drive gear is stripped as no one has taken it apart to clean and lube the thing in Many years.
(these should be cleaned and lubed at least every 2-3 years depending on use with White lithium grease)Mark all the pieces of the tracks carefully also mark the cables where they intersect the drive gear.
Do not break the cable attach points were they attach to the roof rear lifting deals. They are part of the cable!
Remove all the forward track assembly drive gear assembly and all slide roof as far forward as possible Remove the Pin that goes in roof panel at the aft end of cable. The guides need to be all loosened up and partially removed. Also entire Headliner needs to be removed to gain access. The cable lifting deal is fragile and likely froze up don’t break it! or force ANY THING!!!! you might not be able to get a new cable for the car almost all were different lengths! often one of them is broke and that’s why the roof doesn’t work. if so you may be able to have it welded if done right it might work, but they are made from POT metal good luck.Good news is Kelly Sunroofs MIGHT have a drive gear! he’s in Arizona some place no Internet sight he’s an Old gentleman very knowledgeable about all the roofs but not computer savvy.
The gear may be same gear in other Hand crank roofs of the same era. Don’t hold me too that! he may also have a cable or two for that car. I will look though my stuff and see if I can find his contact info for you if you like?Hand crank roofs are the easy ones to get parts for as far as Chargers go as there were many more made! the Electric ones are extremely hard to find parts for drive gears are different in both.
Kelly has a few suppliers contracted to make a few parts such as the special seals he and another guy in Colo were working on having new cables manufactured. I have no idea how far they have gotten with the idea Both had drive gears I purchased cables and extra drive gears from them to have as spares.I have had a few of these cars with this style roof all were made by American sunroof corporation
I see in that last update you got the panel out. That’s definitely an American sunroof corporation design too!
How did the cables look on the ends the lifting mechanism?
Hows the Drive Gear?
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Very nice!
http://www.ibegin.com/directory/us/nevada/laughlin/kelleys-sunroof-parts-53-flowering-desert-dr/
I am sure he can help you with that sunroof
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Sorry, got sidetracked.
The gears were full of dirty grease and rust chunks so I imagine they all need to be cleaned off and reassembled. That’s a little while away so I’ll check out those resources when I get to that point. It doesn’t look like much fun!
Got any updates on this Jimmo?
I wish I did but the shop is just packed at the moment, it’s been shoved off to the side for now. I don’t know where all this work came from but I’m not complaining either. I am still gonna keep posting it’s progress when we have a chance to get back at it.
I wish I did but the shop is just packed at the moment, it’s been shoved off to the side for now. I don’t know where all this work came from but I’m not complaining either. I am still gonna keep posting it’s progress when we have a chance to get back at it.
Well you kind of knew as soon as you started a project like that the work would pour in
[b]Doright wrote:[/b]
[quote]Well you kind of knew as soon as you started a project like that the work would pour in[/quote]ya really, it seems to always work that way :wak
Murphy’s Law …. bring in a resto , and watch the phone ring off the hook :cheer:
works like a charm when ever it’s slow :pcorn:
[quote]Well you kind of knew as soon as you started a project like that the work would pour in[/quote]
This is true for me as well. sucks for the guy but hey!
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