Big sunroof on my 1986 T25 Caravelle
Posted: 04 Jan 2021, 11:54
Happy new year all!
Does anybody on here have any experience with the big sunroof in the middle of the vehicle at all? I had a search on here and have found one post relating to what I thought might help, but it doesn't give me the information I need.
I have 2 issues.
The first is that it's leaking and leaking really badly actually. So bad that because it's up on the jack as the engine is being rebuilt, the water is running down into the main cabin and the floor is now soaked and so are all my tools I kept inside lol.
I had a look 3 months ago after I bought the van and I can't even see a rubber seal anywhere, so it's either been removed or is somewhere else I can't see. Anyone know where it should be?
The second issue is the handle. as well as the winder handle being broken anyway, it slips when the slider gets to a difficult moving point, so I have to give it a pull whilst winding the handle. I think I've seen replacements on heritage or brick werks, but how does one get the handle out or get access to the mechanism without destroying the headlining?
To be honest, I was tempted to either seal the sunroof up with something and never use it or as going to weld it up and paint over it, again never use it. I think it would probably ruin it though.
JC
Does anybody on here have any experience with the big sunroof in the middle of the vehicle at all? I had a search on here and have found one post relating to what I thought might help, but it doesn't give me the information I need.
I have 2 issues.
The first is that it's leaking and leaking really badly actually. So bad that because it's up on the jack as the engine is being rebuilt, the water is running down into the main cabin and the floor is now soaked and so are all my tools I kept inside lol.
I had a look 3 months ago after I bought the van and I can't even see a rubber seal anywhere, so it's either been removed or is somewhere else I can't see. Anyone know where it should be?
The second issue is the handle. as well as the winder handle being broken anyway, it slips when the slider gets to a difficult moving point, so I have to give it a pull whilst winding the handle. I think I've seen replacements on heritage or brick werks, but how does one get the handle out or get access to the mechanism without destroying the headlining?
To be honest, I was tempted to either seal the sunroof up with something and never use it or as going to weld it up and paint over it, again never use it. I think it would probably ruin it though.
JC