ok, my sunroof doesnt work
i think its just jammed
because i when i push the buttons
it makes noise and moves slightly
but very little
how do i get to the traccs and sunroof motor?
am i going to have to take off the interior of the roof?

remove the headliner and your gears may be broken like on mine it used to move up and down but not back now it just makes the grinding sound

I do have an extra motor w/relay laying around....if your needing one.

sweet but i have no idea how to remove the headliner lol

well it doesnt really move at all
just makes a very pathetic effort
when you push the bacc button
and thats it

Removing the headliner sucks. Too much crap to take off. But I guess if you have to, you have to.

ok, umm
hope it doesnt sound stupid asking but...



...what exactly is the headliner?

the cloth like covering in the ceiling of your car that covers the metal of the roof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headliner

This post has been edited by Akirad1: Dec 22, 2008 - 9:27 PM

Love the wiki....cant believe that one exists for headliner.

haha wiki is so damn convienient these days
well i guess i gotta remove remove a headliner then
lol
well can you at least point me in the right direction of what to do
after removing it?

As far as doing what to it? If your just doing a vis then its pretty easy to locate.

Tell you what, if Akirad comes by this friday to do his, I'll take some pics and slap them up on here if you would like a visual aid on how to dismember the top of your cars interior. If its ok with him as its his car we doing this on.

ok that would be great thank you very much

sure why not maybe we can even get it added to the stickies on a how to

Dont see why not, as there isnt one on the subject.

no doubt looks like we got a mission for tomorrow then

well we got our pics and stuff im sure spider77 will get the write up started within a few days. It's really common sense when you start doing it lol

Yeah it is, stupid wind made it harder than it had to be. I'll try to get everything started tomorrow. BTW, thanks for stopping by and lending me a hand with that radiator.

no prob although i kinda just stood there, but yeah id say dont do it on a windy day either unless you want bruised shins

ahah well thank you for the advice
ill be waintintg on thsoe pics
and in the mean time... i painted my interior blue today
first time painting, and it came out all right,
i painted allthe trim blue

>
nice now your the hatch version of spider77's car color scheme wise

This post has been edited by Akirad1: Dec 26, 2008 - 6:32 PM

HA! Now you gotta be rolling w/the blue grill and emblems.

lol yea, i still have some good paint left
so now that you say somethign
i might paint the grill and emblems
hell, maybe even the spoiler ha

Dont paint the grill, just buy one in that color. It'll look alot better. As far as the emblems I have the solid ones (silver toyota badge w/blue surrounding it) kind of like those red honda ones we all see.
I just sent akirad1 the rough for the write up, waiting to see what i forgot as he did do most of the work on this. I just took picks and held things. But all in all we should have it up soon.

Headliner/Sunroof Motor Removal and Installation

Tools needed:
Slotted and Phillips Screwdrivers.
Ratchet and 10 mm socket.

Step 1:
Remove three screws that are found in the back, towards the rear window. As well as the ones holding on the "clothes hanger" tab.

(Hard to tell in the pic, but there are 5 screws total)
Step 2:
Remove visors, dome light, and rear view mirror. All of these are fairly simple and require the use of a phillips screwdriver, with the exception the rear view mirror (requires that you remove the cover with a slotted screw driver.)


Step 3:
Remove driver and passenger side pillars (although you do not need to totally remove them, it makes working around the headliner easier). Loosen rear plastics enough to move headliner. (skip to step 5 if your just replacing the sunroof motor)

Step 4:
Remove headliner.
Step 5:
There are two options when it comes to removing and installing the motor. 1) You could remove the headliner all together and do the work, or 2) You can push the headliner back enough to give you clearance to work around. Either way both methods will work fine, we suggest pushing the headliner back to allow you enough room to work around.
Step6:
Remove motor. This can be done by removing the bolt holding the relay on first (while the relay is loose disconnect it), followed by the three holding on the motor. ALl the bolts are 10 mm or phillips screwdriver type. Be warned that you will need to support to motor as you remove the bolts because the motor will fall right out.


Step 7:
Installation. Pretty much opposite as the disassembly. Reinstall motor, and test it first by hooking up all lines and the dome light/sunroof controls. Reinstall headliner (or slide it in place), snap the plastics back into place, return all screws to where they belong. Enjoy a properly functioning sunroof!

Thats pretty much it, as you can see there isnt much too it.

That is more simple than I thought...when I have time to screw around with it, I'll attempt to look at my motor since there's something weird going on with it...

haha dang took long enough caught playing prince of persia again huh lol.

thanks you guys, i will probably try doing all that this weekend,
or hell maybe tonight
but one mroe question...
is there a way to test the motor?
becaue im not sure if the tracks are jammed somehow
or if the motor just burned out

well the way to see if motor is burned out is if you don't hear it moving then it is prolly burnt out. but if you hear a clunking kinda sound its prolly the gears inside that are broken. so you would need a new motor, but if you look at the tracks you can prolly tell that it is off.

Yeah, what he said. Your right I was playing price of persia...what can I say Im kinda addicted to that game right now. The only other way to test the motor/wiring is with continunity checks. Get the wiring diagram from celiatech and it'll tell you where to poke that lead at. Other than that, you can check the overall integerty of the sunroof.