[J dot Miller]

Last weekend I was visiting fastfred  die and three of his Thunderbirds have sagging roofs.  Here are pictures of the problem (I may have taken pictures of two of them).




So i ask him if he noticed and he said that they were always like that.  I said no no my Cougar does not look like that.  My Cougar being a much better built car has the sunroof parallel with the roof of the car.  Now that you are parking your cars on a slight incline the rain water will go between the sun roof and the inside of the car.  Then when it gets cold it will freeze, causing all kinds of problems.

Bad bad!!!!!   

Now now be a good boy and fix them...   

[J dot Miller]

Here is how to fix them:

1. Put the sunroof/moonroof nearest to the "closed" position as you can get it.

2. Open the access panel (it pulls down from the forward part and is hinged in the back), and make sure you pull on it from towards the front of the access panel.

3. If you take a look at it now, the cam that has a notch in it, probably does not align with the microswitch, which this is why you are having a problem. This procedure will fix that. My microswitch was blue:  Take the two bolts out that hold the motor assembly to the top of the car.

4. Remove the motor from the spline and let it hang from the power wires.

5. Make sure the ignition switch is in the right position to have power to the sunroof and then toggle the sunroof/moonroof switch (use the "open" side of the switch, not the "vent" side) until you hear it stop (the cam is notched over the microswitch).

6. Install the sunroof motor assembly, it should work fine now.

7. Reinstall the access panel.
 


referance Michael Mattix

[rjstat]

    is correct on this one my Cougar has no sag in it.

[FASTFREDDIE]

COUGAR IS AFTER MARKET NOT A FORD INSTALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rjstat]

Who told you that? Sunroof was a factory option it uses the exact roof glass and mechanism and motor.

[FASTFREDDIE]

SORRY BUT IT,S A " GM " INSTALL