I had the pleasure of meeting Kevin (aka BKDiver) today to look at his failed roof motor.
He's a lovely bloke and has a very nice, low mileage 2.0 Roadster which is his P&J. The roof motor packed up only a couple of weeks ago, so I was optimistic we could revive it. He dropped the car off with me this morning at 9am and then ran the 16 miles home !!! ( I couldn't beleive he didn't run back to collect it later!)
At first it was difficult to work on as despite pulling the bowden cable the hydraulics would not release and allow me to drop the roof manually to access the area where the motor is, but eventually I got it moving and managed to get in there.
This was the result when it eventually came out.. Not good and although the well was dry, the roof motor casing was absolutely full of water and sodden sponges.
I managed to get the motor cleaned up and running, but it would not start itself unless I turned the spindle manually, then it ran no problem at all. Even after running it for 20-30 minutes on a battery, it still wouldn't start on its own so we popped in a refurbished one I had on the shelf and relocated everything neatly to the boot behind a false panel.
I topped up the hydraulic fluid level and this then stopped a slight pause occuring mid cycle. After a few more cycles everything speeded up and worked far more smoothly, resulting in the desired 8-9 second operation.
A rewarding few hours work and another happy customer. Thats 11 I've done this year including a few forum members: JamesUK, Ady, Chris2.5, Wackracer8, BKDiver and a friend of Spikeys, not to mention 2 of my own cars, so if I can help to keep all of the West Country Zeds enjoying their top down motoring its worth it !
I'm located in Bristol, so if you're in a similar situation and need your roof motor fixed or relocated, just drop me a PM
He's a lovely bloke and has a very nice, low mileage 2.0 Roadster which is his P&J. The roof motor packed up only a couple of weeks ago, so I was optimistic we could revive it. He dropped the car off with me this morning at 9am and then ran the 16 miles home !!! ( I couldn't beleive he didn't run back to collect it later!)
At first it was difficult to work on as despite pulling the bowden cable the hydraulics would not release and allow me to drop the roof manually to access the area where the motor is, but eventually I got it moving and managed to get in there.
This was the result when it eventually came out.. Not good and although the well was dry, the roof motor casing was absolutely full of water and sodden sponges.
I managed to get the motor cleaned up and running, but it would not start itself unless I turned the spindle manually, then it ran no problem at all. Even after running it for 20-30 minutes on a battery, it still wouldn't start on its own so we popped in a refurbished one I had on the shelf and relocated everything neatly to the boot behind a false panel.
I topped up the hydraulic fluid level and this then stopped a slight pause occuring mid cycle. After a few more cycles everything speeded up and worked far more smoothly, resulting in the desired 8-9 second operation.
A rewarding few hours work and another happy customer. Thats 11 I've done this year including a few forum members: JamesUK, Ady, Chris2.5, Wackracer8, BKDiver and a friend of Spikeys, not to mention 2 of my own cars, so if I can help to keep all of the West Country Zeds enjoying their top down motoring its worth it !
I'm located in Bristol, so if you're in a similar situation and need your roof motor fixed or relocated, just drop me a PM
) but keep up the good work 
and 3 ahead of me