79 Spirit Moonroof

Edited by matador64 - Jan/11/2013 at 9:04am

To do this by yourself, turn the heater on full blast, (temperature setting on low, unless it is cold out and you want to keep warm ), close all of the doors, roll up all the windows and use a soapy water solution in a spray bottle. Watch for bubbles and you've located your leaks.

Later!
Mr. Ed

matador64 wrote: I appreciate replies. Not only does it leak, but the plastic hinges, snapped off both sides too. I know AMC stuff is hard to get, where in the world am I going to get those!!!!!!!!!!

Not a lot of choices
1. Find another car with the same sunroof for parts ( yeah right, not very easy)
2. Contact a local auto professional vendor (store) that sells aftermarket sunroofs. Depending on how knowledgeable the salesman is, he may know how to track down some replacement parts. This was the case I had with an aftermarket sunroof in a customer's car. It took 2 weeks but there were some replacement hinges located for me. (p.s.  the original sunroof manufacture had been out of business for over 15 yrs)
3. Replace your sunroof with an aftermarket unit. Usually with a unit that is slightly larger than what is in your car. If will be aftermarket, but still a working sunroof
4. Last but not least, eliminate the sunroof. This would obviously be very expensive to either patch the roof with a welded in patch panel or replace the roof from another vehicle.

Although not the best option, I have had to complete this task for a few customers with the old style flip-up factory installed sunroofs. The customers restored the cars & would not consider eliminating the factory sunroof. When all options to repair were exhausted the decision was made to remove the sunroof, clean, paint, caulk and reinstall the sunroof. The frame was slightly modified to have the glass permanently installed. Urethane was used to install the glass. We removed the rubber seal and built up a double layer of urethane so the glass would sit at the correct height. Once installed no one ever looked close enough to see that the rubber gasket was removed and replaced with black urethane.

Hope some of the suggestions help!

My AMX has the factory Sun/Moonroof. The leaking isn't the main concern, as obviously there is weatherstripping that looks pretty easy to install. On mine the 2 plastic hinges broke slap off. Obviously there are 2 plug bolts that go through the glass and some small screws under the weatherstrip that attached the other end of the hinges. Its just the where in the world do I get two of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!