Q: Convertible top release handle install

[d.brocco]

Thank you guys for the tips! I was just able to do this possibly even quicker and easier.

(I bought my car with the lever floating around inside the panel, but i could still crank it and use the top how i wanted. Then it started knocking around somethin' fierce.)

Since my housing was pulverized and not my lever, which seems to be the norm, i just slid out the pin and reused the lever in the new housing. No caps, no screws, no stuff falling into car. I did remove the panel to reach down from the top.

What i didn't do is recover the bulk of the old housing LOL! i thought i reached where it would have fallen but now i realize that it is probably dangling on the cables somewhere (still knocking around).

d'oh

[parkerbink]

Came down to 102 and I'm a masochist.

Luckily I was able to retrieve the missing 98% since the fasteners needed are on the handle.

Fun it was not.

[parkerbink]

Thanks, it just came but it's 107 and I am sure more in the garage. I'll deal with it in the morning before it heats up.

[rustneversleeps]

Pretty simple really i have faith in you.....Do bottom first then the top will slide on don't lose any screws ...buy a a telescopic magnet just in case..



here what mine look like..

[parkerbink]

Replacement handle out for delivery, not looking forward to doing this but ADD prevents me leaving it broken.

Damn you ADD!!!

[rustneversleeps]

Got it... I had the speaker on the outside instead of the inside and then screwed in While i was there i tighten the drivers side latch for the cover .It was loose and i had to figured out how to tighten it.I thought i had to go on the inside but seen a hex head on the outside turn it and tighten it up.Now the cover closes nice and tight now....

[jeffnhiscars]

Well I manage to get ur done .It was a tight squeeze thank god i have small hand..
All i did was latch on to the bottom cable installed black caps then pulled it out and installed the top one plastic cap..all screwed in
But I;m having a problem putting back the cover over the speakers..
those top clip don't want well clip it's the middle one giving me a hard i get it all together and just pops off...I'll figure it out

Use a small screwdriver to gently ease the clips down and in to place one by one. Just be patient so you don't mangle them

[rustneversleeps]

Well I manage to get ur done .It was a tight squeeze thank god i have small hand..
All i did was latch on to the bottom cable installed black caps then pulled it out and installed the top one plastic cap..all screwed in
But I;m having a problem putting back the cover over the speakers..
those top clip don't want well clip it's the middle one giving me a hard i get it all together and just pops off...I'll figure it out

[Das Delfin]

the black caps pop off, they don't unscrew. Try to catch them so they don't fall down into the car. Taking off the side panel the handle is mounted in may help.

It's not hard, but it is cramped and you have to work with the handle to get the wires back into their slots and then the handle mounted up. It takes maybe a half hour in all.

[rustneversleeps]

convertible top handle install..

old thread new again..Going to do this right now....so do those black caps just pop off or do i unscrew them.....
Shouldn't be that hard right........

[Aerton]

That's good to know now just a matter of getting in there, it rained today so I could not go out to work on it, will try later in the week.

[ethirdy]

The latch mechanisms that hold the top cover shut are exactly the same as te one for the hood - I just don't know if there's a way to reach them from the inside face of the mounting points.

There are access plugs at the bottom of the top storage tray that pass through to the trunk - maybe pop those out and reach in to get a hold of the cable?

[Aerton]

If you know were the cables attach on the right side of the car I might have to saw saw my way into a small opening. I will have to go out to check this out.

[Stevie30]

No screwdriver tricks. You'll have to get to the cables to unlatch the lid.

[Aerton]

Manual release?

I was replacing the handle on my sons car and it was at this time that I realized that I had the left door handle not the right so I put everything back and closed up the car until UPS visits. Now the top is stuck shut!!!
Pulling the handle does not release it, it must have gotten loose from the attachment point on the cable. Is there a way to open this top with out the cable release? Some kind of screw driver trick like with the hood?