Roof not working - Solid Amber/Orange Light

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markeg

Elite
 Lincolnshire Wolds
After fitting rear shocks (which involves removing the rear parcel shelf) I noticed that my roof would not retract, and the indicator panel showed a solid amber (or orange) light. As this indicates an issue with the microswitch, I checked and confirmed that the microswitch arm had bent.

Whilst waiting for a new one to be delivered, I didn't want to miss any possible roof-down time, so fitted a temporary bypass. This involved some fiddly adjustments to get the cable connector out, then separating the purple connectors before fitting the bypass. Note that if you do this, it is your own responsibility for ensuring the parcel shelf is always in the down position - mine is usually down anyway.

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I'm not sure I'd have wanted to tap into the loom like that, surely joining the microswitch end would have been better seeing as you were replacing?
 
Scooba_Steve said:
I'm not sure I'd have wanted to tap into the loom like that, surely joining the microswitch end would have been better seeing as you were replacing?
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Its not tapping into the loom. I'm using connector pins and pushing them into the end connectors in the block. No wires (or connectors) were harmed in the making of this connection. :)

Its a standard way I've used for years, from when I was a lowly electrical engineer working with micro systems in the 1980's - in fact my "full circle" rear lights use the same principle.
 
No problem - I'll take a pic of it when I replace the micro switch so it's straight forward for anyone to understand what I mean :)
 
As promised, here's a pic of my connectors. Just a wire with two micro block pins connected. These can push down into the connection blocks - I use similar in my full circle rear light mod.

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Now removed as I've had the micro switch replaced.
 
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