Montego leccy sunroof

What is involved to make it fit?

Cheers
Oli.

[Oli]

Fit my Maestro i should add...

[Guest]

from what i have read its a straight swap with simple wiring to get it to work

[Oli]

Ace. Is anyone able to talk me through it step by step?

Oli.

[Simon]

Yes I can!
You need the complete tray less glass panel from the Montego and as much of the wiring as you can get at. The wiring is tied up with the interior lights on Montegos but you can peel that away. Effectively all you need is the purple/green wire and the black leading to the sunroof. You also need the switch plate and switch.

Remove the Maestro headlining followed by the Maestro glass panel and store them carefully as both will be required. Undo the 4 drain tubes to the Maestro tray and unbolt (plus drill out the 2 pop rivets) the tray and remove from car. This is easy to do single handed without the glass panel in place. Bolt up the Montego electric tray, drill new holes for rivets and snap new pop rivets in. Install the Maestro glass panel and adjust to get a good fit all round. Plug in the switch panel and the Montego wiring. Remove the drivers side windscreen pillar trim and direct the wiring down there to the fusebox where ideally you want to to establish a new fused (15A) connection from a brown/orange thick wire. Connect the black wire up to a good earth. Test the roof now works as it should (switch the ignition onto position I), the most common problem is the motor not being synchronised properly. Reinstall headlining and roof trim etc and job's a good'un as they say.

If you are clever then you can also illuminate the switch to come on with the sidelights, like I have done. Electric sunroofs really are the way forward in this day and age. Don't be scared, have a go!

[Guest]

I have a compete tray at home, less motor though, as i was lazy when i fitted one to Turbo 237. (the motor will fit a manual tray with a little perswaysion) I have some glasses i think with good seals too.

[Oli]

Would you consider selling them?

Oli.

[Guest]

yeah you could buy them, pm me. They are at my mum and dads house in their garage at the moment so cannot check them out6 justlet. you would need to collect though

[Oli]

Sorry i didn't reply to your post Simon! - I was posting from my mobile and couldn't type a very good reply!

Thanks alot for the explanation, that will prove very useful when i eventually get all that bits!

Oli.

[philippope]

You could just fit the montego motor and leave the Maestro tray etc in place. You just need to bend part of the tray where the motor fits upwards - that's how I did mine.

[Oli]

I'm willing to give that a go!
Anyone got a motor and wiring?