Can't get it up manually...but Number5 did!

[Ducklakeview]

I know, the bolts are a pita, hence I only undo them if absolutely necessary, ie full roof swaps.

Mike

[wonkydonkey]

Update

I freed the wiring (too much had been pulled through to the cabin side, leaving it short on the motor cavity side) and bolted the roof back into the two pillars. The aim was to raise the roof so I could pull the motor through to the boot.

Pressing the raise/lower buttons causes the latch to engage and disengage but no action from the main motor. When I press the "raise" button, the latch makes a noise but then the button light flashes red.

Parcel shelf is in with switch engaged. Is there another switch somewhere that I'm missing?

The three roof fuses are all okay.

[wonkydonkey]

Update 5th June

Massive thanks to Alan (Number5) for coming round this evening to resolve my roof issue. It turned out to be no fewer than three or four issues all going on at the same time but the operation is now speedy and consistent and I am very happy. Motor now sitting out of trouble in the boot and I will now be back on the road...once I paint my bumper!

To list the issues (to help others in the future, possibly) :

1. Oil level was low.
2. Bypass was seized in the pump body (freed up with WD40).
3. Air in the system needed bleeding out via roof operation and undoing the fill plug. It was actually foaming the fluid up in the reservoir.
4. Swapped the two pairs of hoses (and power cables) as the pump is a bit weak in one direction.
5. One of the motor's power cables had fallen off (tired female spade connector) which is why I could no longer operate the roof halfway through dismantling it.

[buzyg]

Result.

And great to know Alan can still get it up too.

[Number5]

Massive thanks to Alan (Number5) for coming round this evening to resolve my roof issue.

No worries James, I was glad to be of assistance.

Result.
And great to know Alan can still get it up too.

..And as for you Buzy, we dont all suffer with your problems

[buzyg]

Massive thanks to Alan (Number5) for coming round this evening to resolve my roof issue.

No worries James, I was glad to be of assistance.

Result.
And great to know Alan can still get it up too.

..And as for you Buzy, we dont all suffer with your problems

Hands up, you got me. Quiet well maintained roads, amazing beaches, open moorland. Ok so there might not be as many available sheep as god's country, but they are the kind of problems I can live with.