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paolo7

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Hi, My 2003 roadster roof has suddenly stopped working, 2 days ago. I started engine, herd a strange humming noise which eventually stopped , I began to lower the roof in usual way when ,I noticed the action slowed down, so helped it to seat into fully open postition by pressing it home.
Now the roof will not go up automatically.
After successfully closing roof manually using the red handle , I now cannot open the roof at all. When I press the open button I get an orange light which goes out once I release button :(
Checked: fuses 12-31-51 -ok
Checked : voltage of Battery - ok

Can anyone help me diagnose my issue please
Cheers
P
 
^^^^This. Also by pulling the red handle the bypass plunger on the pump will probably be stuck in so you have no hydraulic effort at all. Can all be sorted and relocated for £80 - £120.
 
Thanks for your replies, but the car has hardly seen the rain since owning the car of 2 years, it's always garaged,the first thing i did after i bought the car was to enlarged the drainage grommets.The Z has only 24k miles on the clock.
 
I suppose you don't know how much water it had in it before you owned it though. Mine also never sees rain but it does get washed a lot which is probably worse. I make a habit of checking water appears out of those drains every time I wash it though.

If you now have no hydraulic assistance at all after turning the red handle I am almost certain it will be the bypass plunger stuck in.

Failing that it could be low hydraulic fluid, pump head valves needing adjustment or maybe the bypass valve is faulty... https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=107063&p=1561229&hilit=roof+slow#p1561229
 
Hi ph001,
Just looked the red ring/handle to ensure it is back in normal position, I noticed there is a little slack in the cable which to seem like the plunger may be stuck in, as I am still without any hydraulic assistance. Is there away to release this without a major strip down of the top?

Cheers
P
 
Had the same problem...visited Allan in Bristol. He removed motor.(sopping wet) had it running again in no time,relocated it to boot ,Excellent ,neat job,motor behind custom made cover in perfect matching carpet......All done in record time. Highly recommended,if you have this problem he's your man!!!!
 
Or PM Bowser134 - he's in Hook, Hants. It just depends where you live.

Good luck getting it sorted. :thumbsup:
 
I'm not sure where all the "others" are based but its well worth a couple of hours drive to sort with any of them.... as all these boys save you a small fortune.....

My local Ex BMW indy mentioned car goes on to specialist jig when removing roof !! even i knew that was bollocks !
 
My roof isn't working. I have cleared the wells of water. And the drain holes are now clear. Trouble is the roof is still dead. Anybody know of anywhere near Bridgwater in Somerset that does the repair to the motors and any idea of cost? I know you can pull out the red cable in the boot to deactivate the hydraulics but it's still stuck! Any ideas how I can free it up so I can use it for now until I get it repaired.? Also the hand brake needs adjusting. I could probably do this myself if I had a tutorial video. Can anybody provide a link?
 
Hi fixer contact NUMBER 5 he is in Bristol. Fixed my roof motor and relocated it into boot. First class job. Highly recommended
 
Fixer said:
My roof isn't working. I have cleared the wells of water. And the drain holes are now clear. Trouble is the roof is still dead. Anybody know of anywhere near Bridgwater in Somerset that does the repair to the motors and any idea of cost? I know you can pull out the red cable in the boot to deactivate the hydraulics but it's still stuck! Any ideas how I can free it up so I can use it for now until I get it repaired.? Also the hand brake needs adjusting. I could probably do this myself if I had a tutorial video. Can anybody provide a link?
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Feel free to contact me to discuss, I'm in Bristol, just off the M5/J16 so probably 40 mins away and will be able to sort that for you.
(You can access your Private messages once you have made 5 posts, so I've sent you my contact number)
 
Mr Tidy said:
Or PM Bowser134 - he's in Hook, Hants. It just depends where you live.

Good luck getting it sorted. :thumbsup:
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Many thanks, roof now works perfectly, water ingress was the issue to my surprise, pump repaired and re located. I would certainly recommend Bowser134 :thumbsup: :)
 
Paolo7
I’m in Essex too . Bowser did mine for me ... he’s
Excellent . As are all the other guys here , but bowser might be your closest, I’ll pm him for you and hopefully he will get back to you, just curious, where in Essex are you? I’m in Wickford
 
Number5 said:
Feel free to contact me to discuss, I'm in Bristol, just off the M5/J16 so probably 40 mins away and will be able to sort that for you.
(You can access your Private messages once you have made 5 posts, so I've sent you my contact number)
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Hi Number5, I'm from Trowbridge area and have signed up to this forum specifically to try to get my roof sorted out - decided to pack in suddenly at the weekend just after I finished getting my first detail :| If I could get in touch with you that'd be great! Cheers
 
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