me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by missfixit70 » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:28 pm

Have you checked the roof switch itself? clutching at straws I know :( keep us posted either way.
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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by ste » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:26 pm

missfixit70 wrote:Have you checked the roof switch itself? clutching at straws I know :( keep us posted either way.

will definatly do so miss... goin to have a maul about wi it again tomoro,but goin away in it saturday,so will have to live with it in 'closed mode'!!
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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by mister munkey » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:36 pm

As Mike has mentioned, he had the same problem. Loads of advice was offered & some may relate to your troubles.

Have a rummage through THIS THREAD

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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by ste » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:28 am

mister munkey wrote:As Mike has mentioned, he had the same problem. Loads of advice was offered & some may relate to your troubles.

Have a rummage through THIS THREAD

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fantasic link that munkey.. me heads spinnin now!! prob ive got is although im a mechanic im tryin to do this with a broken shoulder(wife not happy!!!)..

i'll keep you all posted on the progress..what a great bunch of folks ya all are!!! cheers
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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by ste » Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:39 pm

WELL...its like this!

out i goes,multi meter,spanners,screwies,big hammer ect ect (after waitin for the wife t go work..she'd go mad if she knew i were messin about wi me broken shoulder [-X )

starts her up...presses button... and guess wot????????????












IT WENT UP!!!!!!!!!!!



so...still dont know wot went wrong. ive cleaned up the connectors and white greased all the runners. see how it goes over weekend [-o< !!?? dont ya hate it when that happens :(
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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by missfixit70 » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:08 pm

Main thing is it worked :D =D> , worth checking all the connections are clean & tight & microswitches are tightly mounted, everything lubed etc, hopefully just an iffy contact somewhere.
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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by ste » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:24 pm

like i said,were goin away this weekend...... sods law it wont go down on departure day!!!






do i risk it??








WHY NOT!!!!! :lol:
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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by Manny » Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:01 pm

Take a piece of rope and the appropriate allen key to lower the roof if it gets stuck open. Good luck [-o<

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Re: me roof wont go up!!!! any ideas??

Post by mikeonb4c » Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:38 pm

Might just be a tired switch. One of my electric blind switches is a bit dicky and sometimes won't operate the blinds. Maybe spray some of that electrical motor / contact cleaner into it if it does it again and see what happens?

Anyway, a cheap result, lucky you =D>
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