Anyone removed one of these? How? It's bound to have at least one pingfuckit 
in it, probably two, and I'd rather have a clue before I start digging about 
with the screwdrivers.

This one's in a Nissan Terrano II but I imagine they're pretty similar; the 
Japanese ones at least.

Si

Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot wrote:

> Anyone removed one of these?


Yes, but only from cars being scrapped.


> How? It's bound to have at least one pingfuckit 
> in it, probably two, and I'd rather have a clue before I start digging about 
> with the screwdrivers.


In both cases I ripped the headlining/trim panel out first, which you 
may not want to do. After that it was easy.


> This one's in a Nissan Terrano II but I imagine they're pretty similar; the 
> Japanese ones at least.


These were both German - BM and VW.

Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

> Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
>> Anyone removed one of these?
>
> Yes, but only from cars being scrapped.
>
>> How? It's bound to have at least one pingfuckit
>> in it, probably two, and I'd rather have a clue before I start
>> digging about with the screwdrivers.
>
> In both cases I ripped the headlining/trim panel out first, which you
> may not want to do. After that it was easy.
>


Hmmmmm....rather not do any ripping, really. Not that ripping's a problem 
but the putting back together might be - my sewing skills aren't up to much 
:o)

Si

Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot wrote:


>>In both cases I ripped the headlining/trim panel out first, which you
>>may not want to do. After that it was easy.

> Hmmmmm....rather not do any ripping, really. Not that ripping's a problem 
> but the putting back together might be - my sewing skills aren't up to much 


I didn't have that problem. I guess what I was trying to say was, once 
you've found the trick for removing the trim, the sunroof mechanism 
itself should be easy to work on.

In article <42c2fea6$0$6475$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
   Mungo \two sheds\ Toadfoot  wrote:

> Anyone removed one of these? How? It's bound to have at least one
> pingfuckit in it, probably two, and I'd rather have a clue before I
> start digging about with the screwdrivers.


Do you mean just the outer panel? 

On the SD1, the front is held on by (obvious) screws, the back by springs
pressing down on tags. You open it fully to remove the screws, then near
totally close it to remove the panel. Mask round the opening with strong
tape to avoid damage - and the same to the paint on the sunroof if
applicable. Then carefully lift out from the front and slide forwards then
upwards. Replacement is more tricky as you have to be certain the tags go
under the springs, as it will rub when opening otherwise.

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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

> In article <42c2fea6$0$6475$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
>   Mungo \two sheds\ Toadfoot  wrote:
>> Anyone removed one of these? How? It's bound to have at least one
>> pingfuckit in it, probably two, and I'd rather have a clue before I
>> start digging about with the screwdrivers.
>
> Do you mean just the outer panel?
>
> On the SD1, the front is held on by (obvious) screws, the back by
> springs pressing down on tags. You open it fully to remove the
> screws, then near totally close it to remove the panel. Mask round
> the opening with strong tape to avoid damage - and the same to the
> paint on the sunroof if applicable. Then carefully lift out from the
> front and slide forwards then upwards. Replacement is more tricky as
> you have to be certain the tags go under the springs, as it will rub
> when opening otherwise.


Thanks Dave, but I bodged it with Araldite and a bit of plastic ruler. I 
love it when bodges work.

Si