RyeSt
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Registered: 13th May 04
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manual to electric sunroof.... Is it hard to do and does any1 have the bits I need for sale.
[Edited on 20-07-2004 by RyeSt]
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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Do a search mate, there was a How To a wee while back
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RyeSt
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Registered: 13th May 04
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cant find it. ARRRGGGHHH
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RyeSt
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helps if i look in right place hahahaha
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RyeSt
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did some corsas not have leccy sun roof as standard. be easier than puttin astra and vectra bits in
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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yes in germany they did if u look on tis it lists the stuff to do it but all the motors are the same anyways
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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Corsaweb guide – Electric sunroof motor into a Corsa
Firstly, find a Cavalier, Vectra, or any other Vauxhall with the sunroof motor!
Parts Needed:
Plastic Surround which provides the switch with a home
The switch itself including the wiring loom Electric motor
The bracket the motor should be attached to.
Rubber elastomer to support the rear of the motor and stops vibrations
all screws and fixings
To fit the kit you'll need to firstly remove your existing manual crank. Before
you do, wind your sunroof all the way back so it's disappeared under the
roof. This will let you get access to the top of the crank.
With the original surround removed from inside the car, you should be able
to see the two screws holding the handle in place. These are threaded into a
plastic bracket with brass inserts (you can see the top of the bracket from
outside the car - it's about 5cm long) and keep the bracket
On my sunroof there is a thin metal clip over the two tracks of the sunroof,
with a hole in the centre for the spindle to sit into. This clip pushes the two
tracks against the spindle so it will actually turn. Without the clip, the teeth
of the spindle will just turn without moving the glass back, so don't lose it!!
You should now really get a power feed to the motor as without it, it's
useless. Halfords do a nice in-line fuse holder with a 20a fuse - perfect for
the motor according to Haynes.
Attach a ring connector to one end of the wire and connect it to your battery
- the fuse should be as close to the battery as poss ible.
Feed the wire behind the windscreen washer reservoir and locate one of the
existing holes through the bulkhead (it might not be occupied with any wires
so you'll also have to punch a hole through the deadening material with a
screwdriver - but remove the glovebox first!!). Alarm wires are usually fitted
here if you have one!
From inside the car, pull the wire through and feed it up the passenger Apillar
and behind the sunvisors to the new home for the Cav motor. Connect
the power cable up to the motor switch and test it's all working nicely.
Try and keep all the wiring out of the way of the courtesy lights which could
get hot and it's best not to tempt fate. Remember to earth the motor too!
Since your sunroof is in it's fully back position, only a fool would install the
motor in it's own "closed" position , so play with the motor so it resembles
your current open sunroof.
i.e. press the TILT button until it stops, then TILT again. If it won't tilt any
more, then the motor thinks your sunroof is now fully tilted. You now need to
close the tilt by pressing the SLIDE button until it stops automatically. Once
it's stopped, hold the SLIDE again until it stops (it will take longer as it thinks
it's moving the glass fully back). When it stops this time, check it will not go
back any further - the motor is now in the same position as your sunroof so
install away!!
Fit the bracket using as many of the existing holes as possible. Fit the rubber
to the rear of the motor and offer it into the bracket - note, the roof lining
may seem quite tight around the bracket, but that's to be expected. The
motor should now hang quite happily by itself.
To fit the spindle up to the tracks you'll need some 8mm threaded
screws/bolts from B&Q - they're in a bag of about 8 although you only need
two plus the matching nuts (and a washer perhaps).
Fit one of the bolts through the motor up to the outside of the sunroof and
attach a nut loosely. Do the same with the other side but do not tighten.
You should now try and tighten the nuts equally so that the motor fits nice
and pretty against the roof. From the outside you should now place the little
metal clip over the spindle and the two tracks.
The only problem now is that the spindle is not covered from the elements as
it was in the standard setup. Looking at the plastic bracket on the standard
sunroof will prove it's not going to fit without a bit of help from a Stanley
knife! Cut off the outer two blank positions, leaving just the brass inserts and
the central piece of the bracket. You can now place this over the spindle, but
it will move freely which isn't good.
BODGE ALERT!!!
Now use a zip tie to secure the bracket down - thread it through the space
between the tracks, under the motor and back outside over the bracket.
Make it nice and tight.
So now you've got your bracket in, motor in, the plastic bracket on, the
wiring done... you just need to fit the plastic surround!
Luckily on the Corsa, this will just slide in and sit nicely - apparently on the
Nova and other models it needs a bit of heat to bend it slightly. Screw the
surround in behind the courtesy light and connect the light back up, clicking
the unit back in place.
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RyeSt
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Cheers M8
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