I am having problems getting the motor for my convertable top to engage both to raise and lower the top. Sometimes, I have to hit the button constantly for several minutes for the motor to engage. Once engaged, it seems to has no problems so I tend to doubt the motor is out.
Has anyone experienced this problem?
What year is your car? If it is like the SN95 series, you may want to take the switch out and see if it has gotten something spilled in it. Or the switch may be just going bad.
I have had a hydraulic ram go out (on my GT) but nothing like this. When you DO get it figured out, post it so we can all learn a bit from it :)
Kate
98 Cobra Drop Top With a personal touch... or two.Brad Roesler opined in news:UxqSc.17425$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
What do you mean by "engage"?
If you hear the motor but nothing happens for a minute or so, you are low on hydraulic fluid, which probably means a leak... pull the rear seat bottom. (push back on base and lift).. you see evidence of a major leak if there is one.
If you DONT hear the motor, there's an electrical problem
Brad,
I've removed dozens, rebuilt hundreds, and installed dozens of these motors. Can you tell me what year model your car is? The early motors use three wires. red, yellow, and black. The black is the return path for all motor current.
12vdc goes to red to raise the top and 12vdc goes to yellow to lower the top. The black ground wire must have a clean tight connection or performance will suffer. The relays supply the 12vdc, so if they are bad, performance will suffer. You say it happens in both directions, but I doubt both relays would go bad at once. If your pump assembly has only the red and yellow wire it is a permanent magnet type motor. One wire will have 12vdc and the other will be the return. They then switch via the relays to move the top in the opposite direction. Your symptoms lead to three possible faults depending on the type motor you have. The switch, the ground wire or the motor brushes are worn out. Feel free to email me if you have questions about troubleshooting methods.Good information!
Well, thank you !! and you're welcome. Hope it helps someone. I'm more than happy to provide tech assists on convertible top motor issues. Heck, I must have 30 on my work bench and shelves right now in various states of (dis?)repair, from being totally disassembled to ready and waiting for a new home, lol. Quickest responses to any questions would be via email so if anyone posts a question, please email it to me also.
Jim ebay aka Bigblock89 ebay aka jimwautoparts
Dang... I hope that I remember all that if/when I start having troubles!
:¬) Kate
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