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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: hatchboy on October 03, 2010, 07:07:55 PM

Title: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: hatchboy on October 03, 2010, 07:07:55 PM
Sunroof wouldn't seat back down, so i took it out and put it on the work bench, turns out the plastic arm piece on one of the lift mechanism's snapped, went on majestic honda and you have to buy the entire cable etc assembly, but it seems you can't even buy it anymore. Discontinued possibly?

What are my options?
Get a sun roof plug?
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: SgtB on October 03, 2010, 07:15:09 PM
Silicone sealant. Close the roof permanently.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: hatchboy on October 03, 2010, 07:29:48 PM
Silicone sealant. Close the roof permanently.

With the entire bracket/ bucket assembly still installed?
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: potatodude on October 03, 2010, 07:35:56 PM
Duck tape.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: 88dx on October 03, 2010, 07:36:06 PM
find a used one u fuck :mexi:
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: accordepicenter on October 03, 2010, 08:15:39 PM
majestic doesnt even seem to carry older parts anymore, but I bet if you check around you can either find a used one or buy a new one through somebody else.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: snm95ls on October 03, 2010, 08:34:21 PM
i got lucky and found one that wasn't broken.

They all seem to be broken these days.  I think I would just plug the roof and get rid of all the weight in the wrong place.

Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: 2slow on October 04, 2010, 02:41:19 AM
jeff frank had a pluged roof in his weezie it looked pretty good.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: bigdaddyvtec on October 04, 2010, 02:43:13 AM
Just go fuck your wife.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Joseph Davis on October 04, 2010, 06:58:38 AM
Fuck, that happened to my '86, I had no idea they kept the retarded plastic linkage on the newer ones.

CAREFULLY remove the good one and have it made out of metal.  Thank me by letting me fuck your wife.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: PhilStubbs on October 04, 2010, 09:35:16 AM
I wouldn't be to excited to have to close up a sunroof. I use the one in my eg coupe almost everyday. Now that it's starting to cool off a bit i probably will use it everyday.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Hotrodlincoln on October 04, 2010, 11:37:13 AM
Buy a hourbor frieght mill and build one.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Joseph Davis on October 04, 2010, 12:08:16 PM
Buy a hourbor frieght mill and build one.

I used the HF equivalent of the Seig X2 to make a G35 MAF flange last week. 

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/joeymisanthropy/Misce/My%20Laughable%20Skills%20as%20a%20Machinist/20100924115054.jpg (http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/joeymisanthropy/Misce/My%20Laughable%20Skills%20as%20a%20Machinist/20100924115054.jpg)

It turned out really well considering I didn't try to true up the bed (straight out of the box action), and used a 1/2" end mill I fished out of a bucket at the scrapyard.  And didn't have a proper vise, etc, just bolted the shit to the bed as shown.   It made some nice .050" cuts on the burned up end mill, only got chattery and less precise when hogging out the deep holes where the end mill's flutes were submerged. 
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Hotrodlincoln on October 04, 2010, 02:38:23 PM
Thats what hot rodding was founded on. We're gonna see it come full circle with alot of these hondas pushing 20 years old.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Jorsher on October 04, 2010, 02:39:54 PM
Thats what hot rodding was founded on. We're gonna see it come full circle with alot of these hondas pushing 20 years old.

Yeah, I'm expecting to look into duplicating some of the plastic shit in the near future.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Joseph Davis on October 04, 2010, 03:22:39 PM
Thats what hot rodding was founded on. We're gonna see it come full circle with alot of these hondas pushing 20 years old.

You read the recent thread on modifying F23 valves to fit a D16?  Yeah, it's really a huge fucking waste of time with how cheap valves are. 

Which is exactly why I'm going to do it on a future build, in the true hotrod spirit, in honor of the hardcore pipe hitting motherfuckers who got the job done before there was a Summit catalog.  I'm going to steal the best and brightest of ideas, and do it as cleanly as possible.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Corey on October 04, 2010, 04:13:42 PM
i have a MINT working complete 91 Si hatchback sunroof assembly i found in my basement the other day that i forgot i had. find out if parts are interchangeable and its yours.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: hatchboy on October 04, 2010, 04:16:09 PM
Fuck, that happened to my '86, I had no idea they kept the retarded plastic linkage on the newer ones.

CAREFULLY remove the good one and have it made out of metal.  Thank me by letting me fuck your wife.
Can't remove the good one, the assembly its sitting in is spot welded together and i would have to take it apart just to remove it. Bukaroo bonanza or whatever said he has one in his carport he was about to throw away that i could steal the parts off of. I told him i would kick him some money to dissasemble that assembly and ship it to me since he is poor.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: ApexSilver06MR on October 04, 2010, 04:18:51 PM
i have a MINT working complete 91 Si hatchback sunroof assembly i found in my basement the other day that i forgot i had. find out if parts are interchangeable and its yours.

one i concidered a moonroof.  the other is a sunroof.  i dont know what the fucking difference is.  crx sunroofs actually open up and stays exposed when open
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: Corey on October 04, 2010, 04:20:08 PM
i have a MINT working complete 91 Si hatchback sunroof assembly i found in my basement the other day that i forgot i had. find out if parts are interchangeable and its yours.

one i concidered a moonroof.  the other is a sunroof.  i dont know what the fucking difference is.  crx sunroofs actually open up and stays exposed when open

youre right i forgot about that. the hatchbacks slide back into the roof and are glass.
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: h2a on October 04, 2010, 09:21:52 PM
ok no crx sunroof  ;D less weight  sorry  O0
Title: Re: CRX Sunroof Woes. What do i do?
Post by: jay on October 05, 2010, 02:36:44 AM
Buy a hourbor frieght mill and build one.

I used the HF equivalent of the Seig X2 to make a G35 MAF flange last week. 

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/joeymisanthropy/Misce/My%20Laughable%20Skills%20as%20a%20Machinist/20100924115054.jpg (http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/joeymisanthropy/Misce/My%20Laughable%20Skills%20as%20a%20Machinist/20100924115054.jpg)

It turned out really well considering I didn't try to true up the bed (straight out of the box action), and used a 1/2" end mill I fished out of a bucket at the scrapyard.  And didn't have a proper vise, etc, just bolted the shit to the bed as shown.   It made some nice .050" cuts on the burned up end mill, only got chattery and less precise when hogging out the deep holes where the end mill's flutes were submerged. 

wow your camera sucks worse then mine


when the sunroof cable snapped in my monte carlo i spent 300 bucks for a replacement assembly and installed it then it snapped again and i just sealed the fucker up with some silicone rofl