i have to do some work on a 1993 roadmaster wagon power moonroof soon. i have the gm manual for the 1993 roadmasters but they dont cover the opening roof. if any one has scans of a book that shows and details adjustments etc, i would appreciate seeing them show up in my email. the one i have to work on doesnt push the window up enough to completely seal it when closed. the rear side is about 1/8 - 1/4 inch too low. thanks yuk
Are you sure you have a power OPENING MOONROOF. on a '93 Buick Roadmaster wagon? Roadmaster wagons from '92 to '96 have a fixed glass panel over the second seat area. It does not retract. There is no room to put a 'nornal' retracting sunroof over the front seat due to the glass panel over the second seat being in the way.
it is a factory option power moon roof. the moonroof is glass. the car looks like a regular roady pretty much from the outside except their is glass over the rear seat AND the front seat. inside, the headliner covers the fixed glass roof because thats where the moon roof retracts to when opened. its a rare option. also because of the motorized roof, the headliner is about an inch and a half lower than your standard roady headliner. its big.
HUH???????? Where the hell does the glass go when it retracts? I had 2 Roadies, a '92 & '93 and there is no room for the glass to go if it retracts back, unless it pops up and retracts back, but not if it sucks down and retracts between the headliner and roof, there just isn't any rood for one. This has me baffled, I really need to see this, get us some pics please.
Yuk, the factory never would have done that. It totally defeats the purpose of the rear seat skyview roof. What you have there is some aftermarket moonroof that a prior owner added.
Yup, I agree, MAYBE, just MAYBE a dealer installed option that was let out to a aftermarket installer and added to the bill, but that sure the heck is not a factory job.
confirmed. i actually had this discussion with a couple other B body guys cause i found a low miles roadmaster sedan with a moon roof. NO B BODY PERIOD. was available with a moon roof...sedan or wagon.
This is deff aftermarket and not a very clean job either, the headliner fit and finish is not a very clean job, I would not have let it go out the shop door looking that sloppy. If it was my car, I would take the measurements of the hole, get a manual pop up sunroof that would fit the hole, pull the headliner down, rework it so the Vista Roof could be usable and have alot of overhead glass. Do away with that cobbled up, poorly finished headliner and let some sun through the vista glass. I was a installer(worked my way up to head installer in just over a year) at Autoguard Accessories in Erie, PA back in 1994. If it was an aftermarket accessory, we installed it, as well as doing Autoguard Rust Proofing Undercoat(hence the company name). I was mostly on the road, going from dealership to dealership, installing running boards, bedliners, sunroofs(manual and power), Ground Effect Kits, hitches, Truck Caps, Stereo systems(both basic and competition) Airconditioning systems, Cruise Control, Remote Start, Alarm Systems, Mobile Phones, Winches, Bumpers, Tuned Exhaust, Cold Air Intakes, suspension(airbagged, lowered, tunable) brake upgrades, custom wheels. Hell you name it and I have probably done it atleast 10 times. We did both customer and Dealer Optioned jobs. My most memorable job was a doing a 18" wheel change and power pop up sunroof in a 1994 Nissan Maxima that the Black owner drove the 7 miles straight from the dealerhip to our shop. Customers were allowed to stand outside the shop doors and watch us work and I loved to mess with them. I did his wheel swap and he was over by the door, going "Yeah Boi" over and over, smiling from ear to ear and talking with his buddies on his cell phone and kept looking over at the car and watching me lay out the paper template to trace for the sunroof hole. I laid the duct tape out to protect the paint from the jig saw, he asked me over and over to be careful and asked if the tape will mess up his new cars finish. After telling him over and over that I am a professional and do this same work 3 times a day at least. I finally had enough and decided it was my turn to mess with him. I grabbed my Dewalt cordless with the 1/2 drillbit that I use for the pilot hole to start my cut. Looked at him and said, "wish me luck, i only get one chance to screw this up" and stuck the bit to the roof and pulled the trigger. He got a worried look on his face and I drilled through the roof and got a real scared look on my face and said "OH FU*K!" and stepped back and repeated it over and over, rubbing my face. He went from Black to Gray and ran to the front of the building. I kew what was gonna happen next and sure enough, within a minute, Rick, my boss come running out and come up t the car and looked at me as I was running my jib saw and had a big smile on my face. He said, "Scott, you little *******, you shouldnt mess with my customers like that" and he started laughing. I told him how he kept annoying me and interrupting my work and if he kept it up, I might make a mistake. Rick slapped me on the back and went and closed the bay doors and cranked up the AC. An hour later, the man was happy as can be, Rick told him I was messing with him, we had a good laugh and he handed me a $50 tip. 3 weeks later, he was back and I built him a competition stereo system and made a $100 tip off him. I love messing with people.
I've actually seen this exact same setup before, at Wrench-A-Part salvage in Waco Texas. Found this waiting at the front. '94 LT1 Roady wagon in black cherry.....Pretty picked over, but something really odd here.... Ummm...this Roady wagon has a power sliding sun roof....say WHAT? This was pretty wild. The car had a Caprice wagon headliner in it that totally covered the Vista window, and the sunroof itself slid into where the Vista window used to sit. No joke, weird! I'd hate to lose my Vista view from inside, my kids love it. Weird!! -Mike
ran across this today... http://parts.nalleygmc.com/showAsse..._driveline=0&ukey_trimlevel=15247&modelYear=0
