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Never let your 4 year in the car while chatting to a neighbour.
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Never let your 4 year in the car while chatting to a neighbour.
So my oh so chatty neighbour was talking again just as I was about to go out.
I put my 4 year old in the car and put the top down.
Now this and I can't get it straight again.
I put my 4 year old in the car and put the top down.
Now this and I can't get it straight again.
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Never let your 4 year in the car while chatting to a neighbour.
I wish, he is ok really.
But a 5 min chat ends up 30-45 mins
But a 5 min chat ends up 30-45 mins
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I have exactly the same but it wasn’t a four year old. It was a forty something ham-fisted-me prodding at it trying to figure out what it did. I still don’t know what it actually does
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It’s for cars with manual roofs. Uk cars being mostly electric (yes there are one or two manual roof around apparently) it is of no use and does nothing. It’s the roof release button from memory.
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Should be fairly straightforward - it is a mix of clips (beware of breaking them) and some screws to remove the panel. IIRC Bing did a "how to" which included removing the panel when he removed the rear locking bracket for his previous roadster.
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Was the guide on here?
It just bugs me when something doesn't look right.
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I did the same not long ago. Lower the door and you'll see two small screws at the top.
Undo them and it slides off over the top. It will most likely be broken. It's two springs on plastic flaps. I just glued it back down. Serves no purpose.
Undo them and it slides off over the top. It will most likely be broken. It's two springs on plastic flaps. I just glued it back down. Serves no purpose.
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I removed the roof catch on mine as it was slightly marking the roof lining in one spot as the roof folded up/down, plus the plastic manual release (the bit that's broke on yours) was causing the most annoying squeak with the roof down. Like others have said it really is over kill and was deleted entire around late 06. Once you removed the actual metal catch you can just glue the plastic manual release button closed.
However I wouldn't glue it closed unless you remove the metal roof catch as well. The reason being the catch does perform a role (when fitted) when the roofs down. You can see this for yourself if you press down on the middle of the roof when its lowered. It will either already be clicked into place, or you'll hear it click into place. You then can't manually pull the roof up without pressing the manual release. As soon as you hit the up button on the centre console etc the motor releases this catch. Obviously if the mech fails in some way and you've already glued up the manual release you've snookered yourself hence why you need to remove the metal catch as well.
However I wouldn't glue it closed unless you remove the metal roof catch as well. The reason being the catch does perform a role (when fitted) when the roofs down. You can see this for yourself if you press down on the middle of the roof when its lowered. It will either already be clicked into place, or you'll hear it click into place. You then can't manually pull the roof up without pressing the manual release. As soon as you hit the up button on the centre console etc the motor releases this catch. Obviously if the mech fails in some way and you've already glued up the manual release you've snookered yourself hence why you need to remove the metal catch as well.
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Never let your 4 year in the car while chatting to a neighbour.
I didn’t know this, when my roof was out of action I was using it manually but never had to press the manual release to put it back up.
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To be honest its probably because most the time when you put the roof down it never actual clips into place anyway. I know mine never did unless I pushed down on it. At first I thought maybe mine was faulty but I quickly learn most prefacelifts behaved the same way. Its a fair guess that because it literally wasn't doing what it was intended to do, coupled to the fact it was marking roof linings, is probably why the whole thing got deleted on later cars
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all sorted nowMonkeydonkeyratmagic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:23 am I did the same not long ago. Lower the door and you'll see two small screws at the top.
Undo them and it slides off over the top. It will most likely be broken. It's two springs on plastic flaps. I just glued it back down. Serves no purpose.