Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:04 pm
Not sure I would have moved the lid at all... more likely that he sync between the two motors is out or the pull rod (the light brown/greeny one not the black) is bent or needs adjustment. The noise you heard sounds like the bang might have been your lid motor jumping a gear (hopefully not tearing it off). This MAY lead to the system getting further out of sync so be very careful in use of the roof. It may also have been the lid clashing with the body if you moved it too far back.
If your interested, read the waffle, otherwise skip to the end for adjustment.
I asked about electric hoods before, we had much more fundimental problems with the top motor, missing parts and weld happy previous owner bodging broken parts together.
For those of you who remember last year (DaveD & Orangecurry) I did in the end fix it.....for about three days. My mistake was to reattach the boot lid safety device (from another car with all the other hood parts that were missing). The cable was too short and stopped the lid opening before the motor turned off. This caused it to jump gears, get out of sync very quickly and break the black push rod end within a couple of days.
I have just fixed it a second time by bending the black rod that came with the car, (as opposed to the one I broke) in a vice as a temporary measure till I go and see the mythical Jason for a new one (very nice guy to talk to on the phone). After fixing it the lid was scraping on the bottom hood hoop like yours. I adjusted mine to acceptability ( i will tinker again when I have the new black rod) by doing the following.
1. Open the hood far enough so that the lid is open and the bottom hoop is upright.
2. Remove the trim cover (if there) from the top of the hood motor
3. Carefully undo the nut holding the brown/green coloured rod in place on the cam by the motor. This may be under tension and may spring off, so be careful. You may need to ease the roof mecahnism back in the other direction when reconnecting (with the electric switch).
4. The rod is adjustable in length, shortening the rod slightly will pull the bottom lever (which lifts the bottom hoop) further forward when the top motor cam is pulled back. Shorten this rod slightly in stages until you get the desired result.
5. Put everything back and enjoy.
This worked for me but I worked it out by myself by staring at the thing long and hard to understand what does what! Be VERY careful! If in doubt, phone jason as I worked this out in desperation rather than following instructions.
Again, sounds like the bang might have been your lid motor jumping a gear (hopefully not tearing it off). This MAY lead to the system getting further out of sync.
laters,
Frank
