Roof motor :(

[Jollyjoiner]

Yep another thread started about roof motors

Yesterday my motor started to sound a little odd, a different noise, and the started to take a while to move the roof once the windows had come down. Then the same going back up, also once the roof was moving it was going slow.

Now when I got the car in December last year I was getting water in the boot and found the drains to be blocked up. Managed to clear them and all has been fine until now.

It's looking like the motor could now be on it's way out. Does anyone on here supply motors ?? and does anyone around the Derbyshire area on here fit them for people, or am I going to have to get the spanners out and do it myself. Only thing is don't have room in my garage to do it. And it could be a long job for me to do on the drive keep covering the car over because of the weather.

Any thoughts chaps ??

Cheers Nigel

 

[mr wilks]

These will fit for you or supply only http://roofmotors.co.uk/cash-back
or there is a used one on ebay for £200

 

[Confused®]

mines gone as well, i'm going to try these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131616176837?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

[markplant]

Yep another thread started about roof motors

Yesterday my motor started to sound a little odd, a different noise, and the started to take a while to move the roof once the windows had come down. Then the same going back up, also once the roof was moving it was going slow.

Now when I got the car in December last year I was getting water in the boot and found the drains to be blocked up. Managed to clear them and all has been fine until now.

It's looking like the motor could now be on it's way out. Does anyone on here supply motors ?? and does anyone around the Derbyshire area on here fit them for people, or am I going to have to get the spanners out and do it myself. Only thing is don't have room in my garage to do it. And it could be a long job for me to do on the drive keep covering the car over because of the weather.

Any thoughts chaps ??

Cheers Nigel

Looks up tug on here
He's able to relocate the new motor into the boot

 

[mr wilks]

mines gone as well, i'm going to try these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131616176837?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Same fella as ive linked above , he doesn't do the fitting himself though , there is a garage across the ind estate that does it for him

 

[Confused®]

mines gone as well, i'm going to try these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131616176837?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2661&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Same fella as ive linked above , he doesn't do the fitting himself though , there is a garage across the ind estate that does it for him

cheers mr wilks.
heres tugs thread .
http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=79593

 

[Jollyjoiner]

Cheers Guys, So £250 for new pump and another £250 to fit it.
Just need to decide whether it's worth the £250 to fit it or have a bash at it myself, they say 4 hours to fit and they know what they're doing. so would be a weekends job for me having a go at it not knowing what to do.

Mmmmmm decisions decisions

 

[Jollyjoiner]

Well it looks like the motor has finally gone pop, doesn't even make a noise now new motor needed.
Could be a winter project. Might see if I can find any fitting instructions with pictures and might give it a go myself if the inlaws will let me use there garage one weekend.

 

[domsz4]

taking the roof off is not difficult just time consuming figuring out how all the bits come off and getting them off without breaking anything. there is nothing majorly difficult and you dont need any special tools just normal screwdrivers, socket set, and torx bits from what i remember.

i would say you need 2 people to lift the roof off but you can do all the unbolting etc on your own.

having done it myself and being ok with spanners i would say your looking at 2-3hrs to get it apart, an hour or so to fit the new motor and then 1-2hrs to put it back together. its certainly an all day job not rushing and having enough cups of tea. biggest issue is not getting frustrated with bits of trim and knowing when to stand back and take a second look when your stuck.

its pretty obvious and the guides are well written

 

[Jollyjoiner]

taking the roof off is not difficult just time consuming figuring out how all the bits come off and getting them off without breaking anything. there is nothing majorly difficult and you dont need any special tools just normal screwdrivers, socket set, and torx bits from what i remember.

i would say you need 2 people to lift the roof off but you can do all the unbolting etc on your own.

having done it myself and being ok with spanners i would say your looking at 2-3hrs to get it apart, an hour or so to fit the new motor and then 1-2hrs to put it back together. its certainly an all day job not rushing and having enough cups of tea. biggest issue is not getting frustrated with bits of trim and knowing when to stand back and take a second look when your stuck.

its pretty obvious and the guides are well written

Cheers Dom
Yes I've looked at some pics of how it's done and I will be giving it a go but will probably not until the spring next year now.

 

[domsz4]

i said that 18 months ago! still isnt working. but tbf ive only missed it a few times this year

 

[Jollyjoiner]

i said that 18 months ago! still isnt working. but tbf ive only missed it a few times this year

I hear what your saying, it doesn't take long to press the button to unlock the front roof locks and then pull the roof down manually, just doesn't look as cool lol

 

[domsz4]

that interesting, mine does not work at all after it stops. I have to manually undo the locks and retract the roof. once its past the position it stops in I can use the buttons but not before.

 

[Jollyjoiner]

Well mine will unlock and then doesn't do anything or make a noise. When in the open position same again no noise but will lock when manualy lifted

 

[Georgio]

Well it looks like the motor has finally gone pop, doesn't even make a noise now new motor needed.
Could be a winter project. Might see if I can find any fitting instructions with pictures and might give it a go myself if the inlaws will let me use there garage one weekend.

It's not difficult to sort out yourself, first time I did mine it took about three hours and that was taking it very carefully. The second time it was 30 mins.
The only part that is difficult is actually lifting the roof clear of the car for which you ideally need two people, though the second time I did mine I managed it on my own.
Don't write off your roof motor just yet as it's possible to clean it up and it will be fine; I did mine earlier this year and it's still pulling like a train.
The only tools you need are, a spanner/socket for the hoop bolts in the boot, a couple of torx bits for the leg supports and silicone to seal the motor housing up properly because you only want to do this once, right?

 

[Jollyjoiner]

Well it looks like the motor has finally gone pop, doesn't even make a noise now new motor needed.
Could be a winter project. Might see if I can find any fitting instructions with pictures and might give it a go myself if the inlaws will let me use there garage one weekend.

It's not difficult to sort out yourself, first time I did mine it took about three hours and that was taking it very carefully. The second time it was 30 mins.
The only part that is difficult is actually lifting the roof clear of the car for which you ideally need two people, though the second time I did mine I managed it on my own.
Don't write off your roof motor just yet as it's possible to clean it up and it will be fine; I did mine earlier this year and it's still pulling like a train.
The only tools you need are, a spanner/socket for the hoop bolts in the boot, a couple of torx bits for the leg supports and silicone to seal the motor housing up properly because you only want to do this once, right?

Cheers Georgio
I'll certainly doing the job myself, just need to sort out a good time to do it. As for cleaning up the old motor and seeing if it will work again then I'm not too sure because I'll not be able to leave my car in the garage a too long so would probably have a new motor ready to pop in.

 

[Georgio]

Well it looks like the motor has finally gone pop, doesn't even make a noise now new motor needed.
Could be a winter project. Might see if I can find any fitting instructions with pictures and might give it a go myself if the inlaws will let me use there garage one weekend.

It's not difficult to sort out yourself, first time I did mine it took about three hours and that was taking it very carefully. The second time it was 30 mins.
The only part that is difficult is actually lifting the roof clear of the car for which you ideally need two people, though the second time I did mine I managed it on my own.
Don't write off your roof motor just yet as it's possible to clean it up and it will be fine; I did mine earlier this year and it's still pulling like a train.
The only tools you need are, a spanner/socket for the hoop bolts in the boot, a couple of torx bits for the leg supports and silicone to seal the motor housing up properly because you only want to do this once, right?

Cheers Georgio
I'll certainly doing the job myself, just need to sort out a good time to do it. As for cleaning up the old motor and seeing if it will work again then I'm not too sure because I'll not be able to leave my car in the garage a too long so would probably have a new motor ready to pop in.

Good man, regarding the motor I had mine up and running again and ready to be re-installed within an hour; it was really encrusted with rusty goo so under warm water for about 10 mins until I was getting clean water out, then dried off a bit with a hair drier, then sprayed in a 'generous' amount of WD40, wrapped up in foil and baked in the over on a low heat for 10 mins.
Removed from oven, more application of WD40, then onto a 12V battery to see how it span up and it was perfect. Bit more WD40 then left it running for 5 mins with no load before refitting into motor housing, fitting to a test rig to make sure the roof hydraulics were ok, then sealing up with a tube of silicone and slapping back in the car...sorted

 

[Jollyjoiner]

It's not difficult to sort out yourself, first time I did mine it took about three hours and that was taking it very carefully. The second time it was 30 mins.
The only part that is difficult is actually lifting the roof clear of the car for which you ideally need two people, though the second time I did mine I managed it on my own.
Don't write off your roof motor just yet as it's possible to clean it up and it will be fine; I did mine earlier this year and it's still pulling like a train.
The only tools you need are, a spanner/socket for the hoop bolts in the boot, a couple of torx bits for the leg supports and silicone to seal the motor housing up properly because you only want to do this once, right?

Cheers Georgio
I'll certainly doing the job myself, just need to sort out a good time to do it. As for cleaning up the old motor and seeing if it will work again then I'm not too sure because I'll not be able to leave my car in the garage a too long so would probably have a new motor ready to pop in.

Good man, regarding the motor I had mine up and running again and ready to be re-installed within an hour; it was really encrusted with rusty goo so under warm water for about 10 mins until I was getting clean water out, then dried off a bit with a hair drier, then sprayed in a 'generous' amount of WD40, wrapped up in foil and baked in the over on a low heat for 10 mins.
Removed from oven, more application of WD40, then onto a 12V battery to see how it span up and it was perfect. Bit more WD40 then left it running for 5 mins with no load before refitting into motor housing, fitting to a test rig to make sure the roof hydraulics were ok, then sealing up with a tube of silicone and slapping back in the car...sorted

Cheers for that, it is something I could try on mine I supose.

 

[Georgio]

Well, if it saves you £300 it's got to be good.
My motor was slow when I first got the car and it got worse until it finally failed two years later, so they're pretty robust units they just don't take kindly to permanently sitting a bath of rusty water.
Take that away clean them up and seal up the motor housing properly and there's no reason why the motor shouldn't out-live the car.
One other point is that the acoustic foam is pretty rank as well, again I just gave mine a decent bath in fairy liquid, dried out with a hair drier and it was as good as new.
Total cost of doing my roof was £5 for a big tube of silicone and about 6 hours tops, learnt a lot as well so bonus in my book.

 

[Jollyjoiner]