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glenbat
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Post Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:46 pm

can someone take a photo of the motor etc thats under the horse shoe that covers the roof when its down? The monkeys who owned my cab before me 'disconnected' it as the self arming alarm kept trying to put the roof up while the hard top was on :cry: :cry: :cry:

At present theres just 2 cables laying in there, and on the horse shoe cover theres a bracket on the centre that at present is connected to sod all
I'm assuming some sort of motor goes there?

pllllease help!
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GuyM
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Post Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:47 pm

too complicated to explain/photo.
have a look at this for exploded diargams
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.do?m ... g=54&fg=10
or do a search in the tec section under "hood" and lots will come up
my advice is take it to a specialist and get them to set it up unless you are very competent. try stuart or russell at BMWorx in Stoke Mandeville (say Guy sent you) . get the syncro and timing wrong and that hood motor will bend the connecting rods like spaghetti.
how do i know........ :cry:
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stevespencer325i
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Post Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:08 am

how do u put on a pic as im new im not 2 sure :mad:
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Post Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:58 pm

i have a pdf of the bmw work shop manual ..pm me an email address and i will send it..but cheapaschips is right get it done by a pro