Sunroof Success!

first glimpse of drive cable

removing drive cable from motor assembly

I lost the black crimp coupler (center of picture) and improvised by using plastic tubing.  The problem is that if there is ever excessive load, the drive cable could pop out.  Therefore, I took great pains to ensure that the roof was properly aligned before reassembly

sunroof motor

So now things are working!  The most time consuming part was alignment of the lifting arms.  The final setting that I used was:  Unit pushed back and secured with socket heads.  The front two nuts were fully tightened.  See Pictures of left and right lifting arm below:

left lifting arm

adjustment socket heads (2 rear in slots) and nuts up front (2)