Last few days i have been fiddling to fix a broken wire on the roof.
One thing i found very useful was a mod to release the boot lid.
I did post the mod, but received some bad replies to it so i removed the post.
But the mod had been a godsend the last few days.
But something that Euro cars are missing which would have helped was the manual boot release in the boot, you know the anti kidnap handle.
If the roof gets stuck half way, with roof protector down, it's impossible to get at the pump to dump hydraulic pressure.
If the boot release handle is pulled it should unlock the boot lid, which can then be raised and access gained to the pump hydraulics.
It's possible to lift the protector, empty boot of junk, lift floor and access the pump.
The boot needs propping up first with old broom handle or two people.
You can then dump the hyd. pressure for the roof, the fwd brass hex. turn anti clockwise, i let it settle in boot. Then i manually lifted up and over back over the cabin.
For the boot, the rear brass hex. turned anti clockwise, broom handles removed, better two man job and boot lowered.
In my case at least i am now in a position to rework my roof wiring.
But if long way from home at least could get it somewhere near closed.
One thing i found very useful was a mod to release the boot lid.
I did post the mod, but received some bad replies to it so i removed the post.
But the mod had been a godsend the last few days.
But something that Euro cars are missing which would have helped was the manual boot release in the boot, you know the anti kidnap handle.
If the roof gets stuck half way, with roof protector down, it's impossible to get at the pump to dump hydraulic pressure.
If the boot release handle is pulled it should unlock the boot lid, which can then be raised and access gained to the pump hydraulics.
It's possible to lift the protector, empty boot of junk, lift floor and access the pump.
The boot needs propping up first with old broom handle or two people.
You can then dump the hyd. pressure for the roof, the fwd brass hex. turn anti clockwise, i let it settle in boot. Then i manually lifted up and over back over the cabin.
For the boot, the rear brass hex. turned anti clockwise, broom handles removed, better two man job and boot lowered.
In my case at least i am now in a position to rework my roof wiring.
But if long way from home at least could get it somewhere near closed.
