how to lower electric hood with ignition on

as says it title.. is there an easy elec mod to allow the roof to be lowered and raised while the ignition is on?  thanks dean

do you mean you can't lower/raise your eletric hood just with the ignition on??

i can lower/raise mine with the engine running, or with just the ignition on.

hth

Chris

i cant the car has to be off! there must be an easy mod to change this but i dont have any electrical wiring diagrams for the hood  :s

thanks dean

Its not supposed to operate unless the key is in the ignition but not switched on, as Its supposed to be a fail safe so you cant "accidently" open or close the roof whilst moving, which would absolutely wreck the hood/frame as it would be like a giant sail!!!


cant see why it would be a problem to leave as intended? if you have a tonneu cover in use :dontknow:  you would have to stop and remove that before operating the roof if you drove into some rainy weather :dontknow:

well mine must have been modded then as i can start moving it when the cars still moving 8O

wouldn't want to have to turn the engine off everytime i had to operate it

Chris

If I had a cabby with electric hood, I'd wire it up so it worked all the time. Maybe you can do a little trick using a relay and the handbrake switch, so it only works with the handbrake on?

i prefer the manual approach nothing quite like jumping out at a set of lights and throwing the roof down    

My 1990 cab can raise with the car running, and its the original roof so no mods. i didnt think vw were advanced enough in eleccy hoods to stop them running when the ignition was on?!

anyone got the electrical drawings for the hood system?

bens_cab said

i prefer the manual approach nothing quite like jumping out at a set of lights and throwing the roof down    

i will second that!!

http://www.vwgolfmk1.info/Powerhood/Powerhoodcircuit.pdf
this should help  8)

welchy said

My 1990 cab can raise with the car running, and its the original roof so no mods. i didnt think vw were advanced enough in eleccy hoods to stop them running when the ignition was on?!

Well it shouldnt, as its designed as a fail safe like most cabriolet cars, to stop accidental damage whilst moving, it clearly states this in the original hand book, i can post a picture of the text if needs be

Someone has wired your hood directly to a permanent live at some point as vw never did this for the safety reasons, also its illegal to drive in Germany without a tonneu cover over the open hood so you would have to be stationary to fit that on i guess