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Roof motor issues. Any specialists within surrey area?

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Roof motor issues. Any specialists within surrey area?

Post by Jcoscar123 » Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:55 pm

Am on my 4th z4 and unfortunately my latest one has the dreaded roof motor issue, the microswitch is ok as the roof unlatches at the front when i press the button. The emergency release cable is stiff so no hope of manually overiding the system i would like recomendations around surrey and its environs for specialist.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:05 am

Hi Jerry,

Bowser 134 is probably the nearest to you. He is in Hook, Hants.

Hope you get it sorted. :thumbsup:
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Post by RickRob » Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:15 am

Bowser 134 is indeed your man. If you search "Bowser" on here you will find lots of happy Roadster owners with their rmotor moved to the boot or replaced and moved.

He did mine - top chap :thumbsup:
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Post by firebobby » Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:55 am

Another one for Bowser. :thumbsup:
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Post by Jcoscar123 » Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:44 am

Thanks guys is bowser by any chance Ross? If so i have already made an appointment for next week :thumbsup: .

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Post by z4too4 » Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:57 am

Yes Bowser is AKA Ross... Top Man!!
An example of his work...
z4too4 wrote: Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:48 pm Thanks to bowser134 the roof is working again. The cables and wiring were all twisted up. The gasket between the motor and pump was shot. The plastic cog driven by the motor was missing it's metal brace and would most likely have been chewed up by the motor spindle. All fixed, hydraulic fluid topped up and motor relocated to the boot without taking off the roof. And all at 7:30 in the morning. Top man!! :driving:

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Post by nick_l » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:00 pm

Another big recommendation for bowser. I had mine done on Thursday by him. Took less than an hour :thumbsup:

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Post by Jcoscar123 » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:42 pm

Thanks guys booked in for wednesday afteenoon. Will keep you updated.

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