Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

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Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

February 18, 2013, 04:17:50 PM

Anybody have one of these for the driver's side? Mine is broken. I attached a couple pictures of what I'm talking about. You can see where the break is. That is the part I am looking for. I assume one from an '88 would work too, but I don't know that for a fact. Thanks in advance for any responses.

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #1 – February 21, 2013, 11:39:40 AM

I had found this on ebay before deciding to go with the gasket that you told me about. I don't know if it even has the arm that you need though, it's listed as glass molding and frame. It's a steal considering that this was $1200 from the dealer when it was available. http://www.ebay.com/itm/150606499403?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Have you checked with a ford dealer to see if you can get a part # for just the arm? I've had some luck in doing this and have found several odd items that are NOS by calling around to a couple of parts warehouses. They're able to do a national search and find things that I can't find by doing a google search.

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #2 – February 21, 2013, 02:27:43 PM

Can you identify which part # you need from this?

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #3 – February 21, 2013, 04:39:19 PM

If you know someone that can do a dimesnionally accurate cad design, I could maybe make one for you with our 3d plastic printer.

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #4 – February 23, 2013, 05:24:56 PM

Quote from: Pacerized;409760

Can you identify which part # you need from this?

Thanks for sending that. I was trying without success to locate a part number in the shop manual. I need the 518838 (or is it 518B38?), but the thing I don't get is I think the left and right hand sides would be different, and I only see one side in the exploded view.

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #5 – February 23, 2013, 05:25:35 PM

Quote from: Haystack;409766

If you know someone that can do a dimesnionally accurate cad design, I could maybe make one for you with our 3d plastic printer.

Thanks. Let me see what I can dig up first, but I will keep that in mind.

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #6 – February 23, 2013, 06:16:05 PM

Quote from: Haystack;409766

If you know someone that can do a dimesnionally accurate cad design, I could maybe make one for you with our 3d plastic printer.

Now THAT is cool!!!

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #7 – February 23, 2013, 07:50:01 PM

Quote from: nbzimmer;409881

Thanks for sending that. I was trying without success to locate a part number in the shop manual. I need the 518838 (or is it 518B38?), but the thing I don't get is I think the left and right hand sides would be different, and I only see one side in the exploded view.

I expanded the image and it looks like 518B38. I would guess this would be a hard part to find but you never know, I've had luck with a few odd things that I didn't think I'd find NOS. I can't find my notes as to where I've tracked some NOS things down but parts warehouses usually will do a nationwide search and tell you what's out there. Maybe you could start with Green sales 800-543-4959.
I agree that it would seem logical for the arms to be different on each side. I'd guess that the other side would just have something like the same # with and A instead of a B.

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #8 – February 24, 2013, 10:29:36 PM

Quote from: Pacerized;409892

I expanded the image and it looks like 518B38. I would guess this would be a hard part to find but you never know, I've had luck with a few odd things that I didn't think I'd find NOS. I can't find my notes as to where I've tracked some NOS things down but parts warehouses usually will do a nationwide search and tell you what's out there. Maybe you could start with Green sales 800-543-4959.
I agree that it would seem logical for the arms to be different on each side. I'd guess that the other side would just have something like the same # with and A instead of a B.

Thanks. It looks like a local yard might have a moonroof for about $150. If that includes the arm I need, then that might be the way to go. But I will do a little checking around for just the arm first. Ya never know . . . .

Lifter Arm for 1987 Cougar/T-Bird Electric Moon Roof (driver's side)

Reply #9 – March 01, 2013, 12:46:13 PM

Quote from: nbzimmer;409970

Thanks. It looks like a local yard might have a moonroof for about $150. If that includes the arm I need, then that might be the way to go. But I will do a little checking around for just the arm first. Ya never know . . . .

For what it's worth, the one I found was for a 1988 Lincoln Continental. They told me the glass is the same but the frame, motor, etc are different. So according to them the lifter arm or whatever you want to call it would be different. Kind of weird that the glass would be the same but not the mechanics. Ya learn something every day, I guess. Back to the drawing board . . .