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Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 5:25 pm
by bangerack
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 5:35 pm
by E30Mark
There is a motor on ebay at the moment!
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:03 pm
by bangerack
Had a nose at that, I will keep an eye on it.
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:27 pm
by DaveD
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:01 pm
by bangerack
Will do, Cheers Dave
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:22 pm
by ian332isport
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:36 pm
by bangerack
Thanks Ian, the first pic on the link looks all to familiar
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:39 pm
by bangerack
ring jason on 07871662902
Oh forgot to ask in my pm, did you get an uprated/improved motor on yours ?, this does seem to be the common failure with elec cab roofs
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:52 pm
by jabber
had the same problem with mine sent it to jason ( or he can send it to you to do yourself ) to have his modified casing fitted well worth it in my opinion
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:54 pm
by DaveD
you don't get an uprated motor the new casing is a steel casting rather than suspect alloy
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:50 am
by bangerack
you don't get an uprated motor the new casing is a steel casting rather than suspect alloy
Brilliant, thats got to be the way forward then.
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:27 pm
by chu346
I got no answer
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:57 pm
by DaveD
try on tuesday...or try his bro bill 0768852395...remember it has been a holiday today
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:41 am
by gazza
i had the same thing on mine i bought the metal repair plate off german ebay bolts over the motor in the hood compartment using the original bolt holes works great now ....and you dont have to take any of the motors out to do it
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:44 pm
by bangerack
i had the same thing on mine i bought the metal repair plate off german ebay bolts over the motor in the hood compartment using the original bolt holes works great now ....and you dont have to take any of the motors out to do it
sounds interesting. what happened with the roof set up strategy ?
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:20 pm
by gazza
nothing as nothing had to be removed or altered bolted the plate on as it is made of steel and replaces the bit of the motorcase that breaks off everything worked again as it should
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:37 pm
by jabber
can you post a pic of what the plate looks like fitted
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:55 pm
by gazza
here is the ebay link and its cheaper than the one i bought ....different name maybe cos he can undercut the original bloke by copying it
http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-E30-Cabrio-Repar ... dZViewItem
or there is this
http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-E30-Cabrio-Verde ... dZViewItem
link now working
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 11:19 pm
by DaveD
the top link is not working and with the other you have to take the motor out cut away the aperture and drill a load of holes and then put it all back together again...and it is still not as good as a steel top!
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:21 am
by gazza
link above is now working
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:30 am
by DaveD
looks a simple idea..and its cheap!
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:53 am
by jabber
certainly does look simple ...do not know how much jasons case is just to buy to fit for yourself but i sent my motor to him and he did it for me for £90 including postage back .
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:42 pm
by bangerack
But whats the issue of the set up strategy with the roof again?
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 4:21 pm
by Martinaston
The levers only slot into the gearbox one way so you just screw it back together with the back window folded for access and then get someone to slowly lower the window so it turns the gearbox so you can re-engage the motor.
The switches are located on the gearbox so the ECU knows where the roof is and should just work as normal.
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:33 pm
by bangerack
oh right so its a simple enough diy job then
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:19 pm
by DaveD
i am not so sure ...i would have a go but I have seen someone do it .There are instructions in the manual in the links section.
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:42 am
by bangerack
I am booked into see Jason and Bill on Saturday a 300 mile round trip,(any excuse to take it out for a spin
) so I will let you all know.
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:48 am
by DaveD
have a good look round your car and see if you need anything else as they seem to have loads of parts lying around
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:14 pm
by bangerack
okay, good call
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:54 pm
by raulandthetwins
This has now happened to my roof what's the best route to go down, there appears to be nothing but praise for jason, is he the man for the job?
Any help please
Raul
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:21 pm
by DaveD
raulandthetwins wrote:This has now happened to my roof what's the best route to go down, there appears to be nothing but praise
for jason, is he the man for the job?
Any help please
Raul
yes
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:53 pm
by bangerack
This has now happened to my roof what's the best route to go down, there appears to be nothing but praise for jason, is he the man for the job?
Any help please
Raul
Hi Raul
It will cost you around 150 to 180 to have this replaced, set up and "yowd be on ya way" the guys take about 2 hours to do it. My advice is ring Jason or his bro Bill.
Oh and dont forget to take some of your local brew!!!
I had to take some fine Zider, being frum Zummerset
Whilst I was there another fella was up from London town having his motor replaced too.
Go for it !!
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:25 pm
by raulandthetwins
Thanks alot not as bad as i had feared cheers for help guys
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:35 am
by Mac3
Hi All,
Recently the same happened to my elec roof, where is Jason based?
Mac
Re: Elec. cab roof motor went bang!
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:47 am
by DaveD
darlaston..junction 9 off m6
07968 852395 bill
07871 662902 jason
