Finnally I fixed the electric hood on my cab !

[klobuznik]

Hi there !

Since I bought my m20B25 '89 cab 4 Years ago, I never had time to work on my electric hood.

It never worked, and I didn`t even know where the problem was.

Everybody told me that any failure on that system mean the death of that funny but problematic extra, as it's so difficult and expensive to fix.

But this Year, after returning from the largest oltimer show in the World, Technoclassica 2009 in Essen (Germany) I got really impressed by the mint situation of the cars shown, and I took the decision to fix it.

With the online help through emails and pictures from the biggest "guru" of this problematic hoods from Germany, (I'm in Madrid -SPAIN) I achieved almost a total success:

Rising the Hood has do be done in two steps, as the rubber bands have to be replaced or fixed (hopefully as each band costs 150eur from the dealer)...That's my next Job !

This is the first step:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgdjqThKhp4

...and after having helped a bit with our hands:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYAA1RVuhqU

Raising the hood works 100%:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mzxnzE_dzA

I'm soooo happy !!!

[yoni]

Good job -

I've never seen a fully operational top.. looks awesome.

[N2MYE30]

I thought that there were 2 things that mostly go wrong...the hinge for the motor brakes(passenger side) or some bug in the relays. Ive been lucky that mine has been working butIam also very careful with it.

Just in case you haven't seen this site: www.e30ic.com

Nice car though!

[32.5i]

ahhhh i thought you ment electric hood.

i am dissapointed

[evil_twin]

ahhhh i thought you ment electric hood.

I am dissapointed

+1

[Tree18is]

Good job -

I've never seen a fully operational top.. looks awesome.

I didnt know that they where finikey,then again I have never seen one put its top down or up either!
thats cool though.

sweet cab!

[Motorsports]

So what was wrong with the hood. I tried seeing whats wrong with mine, but i've never taken it seriously. I tested the motor and it works, but i dont know if there is something wrong with the module itself. Lately i've been curious to looking into it a little further. I'll probably check it out.

[reelizmpro]

I wouldnt just fix it with stock parts as its only a matter of time before it goes bad again. I hear its very expensive as well. I would look into the problem areas and get the design flaws worked out first.

[pilotskillse30]

mine is missing one of the drive arms...I got the part but, i've been back and forth with putting it together or making it manual.

[CorvallisBMW]

Nice work! I decided to forgo fixing mine when it broke, a bit too much $ for my tastes. But it's nice that you got yours working!

[///M42 sport]

wow thats pretty awesome. Looks like it takes forever though. I wish mine worked

[shmutzigE30]

haha thats cool

mine also goes down by itself and i have to fold the top exactly like you did to clear the seats. i think mine closes a little faster though :). nice