Noob 944 owner (questions)
 

I'll apologize upfront if this stuff has been covered but I have never been very good at finding information on forums.

background on vehicle:
1984 single owner (I'm #2) 944
5 speed
66k miles
well maintained

Some observations I was curios about:
First, The oil pressure gauge on my car while at idle is around 2 and jumps to 4 1/2-5 while driving is that a normal range for average operation?

Second, the moon roof motor seems to have burned out or the fuse, assuming there is one, has given up the ghost...my question is; how big of a job is replacing the motor? I assume the headliner must come out...anyone have a write up or link to one? And if the motor is bad, where is the best place to source a new one?

Thinks in advance for answering my silly questions.
Really looking forward to sharing with you folks.

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Hi,
Q1-
Oil Pressure General Information and Troubleshooting Tips
Q2-
Sunroof Operation, Troubleshooting, and Repair

See:
Clark's Garage Home Page

Do you do your own repair work?

What major repairs did owner #1 do?

Silly question, I picture your hair to be in a 50's beehive dark black in color.

GL & welcome

Haha... no beehive 'do here. I can do 99% of all work myself. And I have friends for the rest. PO did all regular scheduled maintenance. The car is in great health otherwise. Thanks for the links... time to get reading.

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John's got you covered, but the sunroof link he uses is more general and I think the most likely culprit (aside from a blown fuse) for your issue is below:

I can almost guarantee that it's not the motor. The most likely culprit for a sunroof that doesn't function is the microswitch at the front center of the sunroof panel. There is a metal tang that sticks out from the sunroof panel and hits a plastic plate in the roof. The plate is connected to a microswitch which needs to be pressed down for the motor to run. It's not terribly uncommon for the metal tang to get bent a little and stop contacting the switchplate.

A more direct link to the Clark's Garage article about the center microswitch is here: Sunroof Component Testing