Unlocking top cover?

[PKile]

Hey guys...I've had a 1992 vert for 6 months and the electric top has never worked right. It has been up throughout my ownership, when I try to retract it I hear a motor running but the tonneau cover won't lift. I can pull it up an inch or two but it won't open past that.

Is there a manual release for the cover? I seem to recall reading that the emergency releases only allow the top to be raised, not lowered. I really need to open the well, because my upper shock mounts are torn.

Cheers,
Paul

[JasonC]

Yes there is a little release lever to undo the top and cover. Of mine was near, I'd snap a picture of it.

[berndt]

There are release levers on both motors. They just disengage the motors, and you should be able to manually open and close the top/cover. If the cover is stuck, there is also a wire connecting the cover to the trunk (makes sure both aren't up at same time). That could be stuck.


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[PKile]

Can you verbally describe where this release is located?

[JasonC]

Found this image on Google and circled the release lever for the lid motor.

[PKile]

Thanks for the info, guys! Time to tear into it this weekend.

[nachbarx]

Unlocking top cover?

Been there done that..
In my case the hinget bracket (see arrow in pic) was a bit bent. Later it broke completely, so the gears of the motor didn't fit anymore. This thing can't be weldet and is not a piece that can be ordered. Only the complete motor which is $1000.- over here. So I fixed the broken hinget bracket with liquid metal. Looks like sh!t but holds up for the next thousand years hahaaaaa. See second pic.

Hope you get what I tried to explain, English isn't my first language.

Feel free to ask, I'm happy to help.

[nachbarx]

Here a pic I made to remember how the position of the two switches approximately should be.

[PKile]

Thanks nachbarx! Your English is just fine. We call Liquid Metal JB Weld over here...it works where nothing else will!

[PKile]

After getting the lid open, here's the carnage I discovered...the push rod is bent into nearly a perfect 90 degree angle, the Heim joint at the end of the rod is snapped in two, and the motor link is worn on the end. I've ordered new parts...