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pmsl!! Now Bev.. are we ever gonna have an image like that with the likes of Johny about....... Remember this one?? :)

Saw this on another site and figured we could use the knowledge if anyone was having probs with their roof motors... seems to have worked for quite a few of the members on there... Ok so i've been meaning to post this for awhile now, but haven't had the chance till now. Well i've heard a lot of people having problems with thier convertible top opening and closing. And usually the motor is still good, except there is a part inside that is broken. What happened with mine was that one of the sides stopped working and my convertible top needed assistance opening and closing. But the motor was still good, cause it still made noise when i pressed the button. The problem was a pin inside. So if you are having this problem, and your motor still sounds good, then try this, and it may solve your problem... First you'll need to remove your convertible top motor from which ever side isn't working properly. So first remove the bottom part of the seats, they just pop right out, they are held in by two clips in the front. Then you will need to remove the rear plastic panel on the side your trying to get to. Don't worry bout the seat belts, you can leave those attached, cause you just need to get the panel out of the way. After those are out of your way, You should be able to see the convertible top motors. They are held in by 4 10mm bolts, but you will also need to remove the rear speakers and cut a zip tie before you can unplug the wiring clip and remove the motor. After you remove the motor, you will need to take off 4 hex bolts connecting the motor to a black box that has gears in it. After you take that apart, it should look like this... Now we can take a look at the problem. There is supposed to be a pin that keeps the gear moving when the motor moves. When this pin breaks, the motor will just keep spinning, but it has nothing left to turn the gear. This pin seems to break off since it happened to both of my motors. Im guessing its like a fail safe device or something, if there's too much stress put on the motor is just breaks the pin, so you dont burn out the motor? Thats my guess. Or maybe the pins just suck. Well anyways, it needed to be replaced. Here's a picture of the Motor with the broken pin removed... Here's a picture of what was left of the pin... Here's where your gunna need to improvise cuase i couldn't find a part number for the pin. I ended up cutting drill bits in half and using the solid end as the pin, whatever get's it done right? haha Im guessing you could use any pin as long as it fits in the hole pretty snug. I hope this helps

Anyone have any idea where to go in my area (Wiltshire) for roof repair? Tried putting roof up today and there was a strange noise and I think perhaps a cable snapped or something as it won't come up on one side so had to do it manually, which almost broke my arm off!!!

you been busy with those little things haven't you!!

I know that Coughdrop had an extra one a while back (or at least bid on one on ebay) You might wanna drop her a line and ask if she still has it.

oooh another gen 6 vert in wiltshire! Where are you? Keep this up and we'll be able to have our vert only meets!! WTG Adam!!! You've gotta bring it to the next rose meet!!

update on roof...used autoglym cabriolet kit, worked really well. Do suggest a couple of applications though, as surface does become very 'foamy' and hard to see any hard to get areas in one go.

I just got treated to the autoglym cabriolet cleaning kit, tried it on a green spot today and vooom....gone! As soon as we get a dryish moment gonna use it on the whole roof, so I'll let you know how I get on. Out of interest though it doesn't use a brush, but a very hard abrasive style sponge! But hey, seems to work!

mind you, who needs a/c in a vert....if it's that hot, get that roof down! anyway, while I'm here, anyone got any instructions as to the best way to clean the roof. Notice a couple of greeny patches along the edges, and wondering what it the best way to get rid of these and treat it.