Sunroof repair

[Boostedbus]

My first car was an 84 thunderbird elan and had one, never failed me. It also had a perfectly functioning digital dash despite me getting it at 14 years old and 165k. Bought it for $700 with an EGR issue and severely needed a "tuneup".

Nice.....despite my occasional memory loss, I do remember those aero birds. 84 was the second year for the aero birds. I worked at a Ford dealership in 84-85 in the new car prep and warranty department. I drove a bunch of those birds....great cars. I loved the Turbo Coupe’s with the 5sp. manual box.

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

Oddly, the expedition is the first vehicle I've owned in about 15 years without a sunroof. I've never had a problem with one. One of the cars was even older than my expy. I find them nice at times, it vents the heat out in a hurry when it's miserably hot outside and gives you a sense of freedom on long drives. Our navigator has one and it helps to brighten the inside with the shade open, having a black interior and all.

I had one in nearly every car I ever owned and never had a failure - until the Expedition. What's even worse is that I I only used it a handful of times before it failed. Now it's sealed up forever.

 

[Thunderbirdsport]

Is there a way to manually close the moonroof?

Mind got stuck open today and I managed to get it most of the way closed by hitting the button and then pulling like a son of a ***** on it. I would rather have shut al l the way and in it's fully closed position, and disconnect the wiring to it if at all possible. I work 7 days a week and don't have the time to devote to fixing it so if I could get 'er shut tight and not open that works for me.

This forum is really laggy and makes searching for things extremely tedious, so...if someone has a link I sure thank ya!

 

[Motorcity muscle]

Older post but had a question. Has anyone had a problem with sunroof when using the vent position? Use mine this way and so far no issues.

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

Is there a way to manually close the moonroof?

Mind got stuck open today and I managed to get it most of the way closed by hitting the button and then pulling like a son of a ***** on it. I would rather have shut al l the way and in it's fully closed position, and disconnect the wiring to it if at all possible. I work 7 days a week and don't have the time to devote to fixing it so if I could get 'er shut tight and not open that works for me.

This forum is really laggy and makes searching for things extremely tedious, so...if someone has a link I sure thank ya!

Yes. You can detach the glass, move the guides into position and then reattach the glass. That's what I did with mine. It's remained shut for about 2 years.

 

[Ford Frank]

People mention disconnecting the wiring and pulling the fuse. What is the easiest way to make it inoperable so my kids don’t open it?

 

[Fasttimes]

Just pull the fuse. It's listed in the manual which one. After I went though a massive repair of my sunroof on my own I pulled the fuse. No need to go through that mess again.

 

[athensdawgs81]

Reviving again! Getting ready to tackle this job with the Sunroof DR kit. When dropping the headliner do you have to remove the vents/registers, or do they drop with the liner? Thought I saw a thread earlier where I think it said you did not have to remove them, but I can't find that one again to confirm.

 

[Fasttimes]

Reviving again! Getting ready to tackle this job with the Sunroof DR kit. When dropping the headliner do you have to remove the vents/registers, or do they drop with the liner? Thought I saw a thread earlier where I think it said you did not have to remove them, but I can't find that one again to confirm.

If I remember I did not remove the vents, just dropped the headliner, slid it back a bit and left it in the truck. Good luck with it as it was a nightmare, so much so that once I finished, test once, and removed the fuse and have not opened it since. Scared it'll break again and I'll have to redo it.

This thread has good details:
Sunroof repair thread