Roof motor relocated

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Marius

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 west sussex
Had spare afternoon today so decided relocate my roof motor . After reading few guides thought it's gonna half day , but managed to in around one hour.

Started with this

29504768924_50786772d6_c.jpg1 by Marius A., on Flickr

motor and case out

29504765724_7aa850da7a_c.jpg2 by Marius A., on Flickr

Full of water :thumbsdown:

30048927191_b4b46eea6e_c.jpg3 by Marius A., on Flickr

motor abit rusted but still in pretty good condition, used contact cleaner to clean it all .

30048923841_a996c7b849_c.jpg4 by Marius A., on Flickr

Topped up fluid as it looked abit low , had left overs from my m3 smg ,thought it should be good enough for the roof too :roll:

30048919141_94db72fb74_c.jpg5 by Marius A., on Flickr

fitted in place

30133082915_c571fe166e_c.jpg6 by Marius A., on Flickr

...and job done , just need to make cover :D

30098177196_9f5e778a4d_c.jpg7 by Marius A., on Flickr
 
Hi Marius. Nice job. Where about in West Sussex are you. I am handy with the spanners but getting a bit old for all that contortioning involved and could do with a hand on my car if you were willing.
 
Mike6 said:
Hi Marius. Nice job. Where about in West Sussex are you. I am handy with the spanners but getting a bit old for all that contortioning involved and could do with a hand on my car if you were willing.
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i'm in crawley . Would be happy to help .
 
Neat job, all you need now is a trip to b+m etc to find matching carpet tiles for a cover.
 
goon said:
Neat job, all you need now is a trip to b+m etc to find matching carpet tiles for a cover.
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Going to local breakers tomorrow, cut little sample out of mine and hopefully I get perfect match.
 
Great job! Do you consider yourself quite handy?

I do, but not sure if this is beyond me!
 
ben g said:
Great work, Marius!

Did you have to cut anything or does it come straight out?
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you have to cut bracket from the case because screw not visible , took me 15min ,rest of it very straight forward .



brazenskies said:
Great job! Do you consider yourself quite handy?

I do, but not sure if this is beyond me!
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i don't let anyone to work on my cars unless is tire change or wheel alignment :lol: so i guess i'm handy , but this job is really simple (just looks complicated in all dyi guides).
 
Nice work :thumbsup:

I've seen a guide where a scope was used to guide the cutting of cable ties and fixings etc and it looked like you needed rubber forearms and fingers like ET, I can't be the only one wondering how you did the tricky bit, getting the unit out?
 
Ewazix said:
Nice work :thumbsup:

I've seen a guide where a scope was used to guide the cutting of cable ties and fixings etc and it looked like you needed rubber forearms and fingers like ET, I can't be the only one wondering how you did the tricky bit, getting the unit out?
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Hardest bit it's to cut/break the plastic bracket that hold motor case. But I as I've said it looks much more complicated in the guides than actually is.
 
Marius, Crawley is only about 15 minutes from me - I live in East Grinstead. Would really appreciate a helping hand with this job.
 
Mike6 said:
Marius, Crawley is only about 15 minutes from me - I live in East Grinstead. Would really appreciate a helping hand with this job.
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that's close, just give me a shout when you ready :)
 
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