T-panel questions

[Soma576@xxxx]

Hey guys,

i have had a condition where my T-panel has been interfering with the 
passenger side door. when you open the door, it rubs the T-panel and if you 
watch closely, you can see it flexing and getting pushed to the driver's 
side. now that my car is in storage i have begun to try to fix it. i tried 
to just loosen the tabs and 6 screws that hold it down, because i wanted to 
try to move the whole thing to the driver's side a little bit. well it seems 
like my panel is already as far over the driver's side as it will go! then i 
noticed that my T panel seems to be higher in the back then kind of slopes 
down towards the front. it is not perfectly in line with the doors. is that 
how it should be?

anyway, then i removed the whole T-panel. i'm not sure if it is how it 
should be. there is a big rubber pad glued to the underside of the T-panel 
and there is a bunch of black rubbery gook on the roof where the rubber pad 
touches the roof. 

is the roof made out of fiberglass? it seems like under a thin layer of 
paint i can see some rust. 

also there is a rectangular patch of yellowish clear glue about 2/3 of the 
way from the windshield to the rear. i can't tell what it is for, it looks 
almost like a printed circuit board is under it, like the glue is a 
protective layer over it. it looks like there is something green and copper 
under there, but i didn't try to pry at it.

can anyone help me out here? i'm not sure what the problem is except maybe 
the T panel isn't flush with the roof and it's kind of flexing upward, 
hitting the door.

if the panel needs to be glued back to the roof, how do i do that? must i 
prep the roof or anything? what kind of glue do i use?

any info is very much appreciated!!!!!!

Andy

Soma576@xxxx
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
Fargo, ND 58102


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