Roof not working??

heres my other ride thought you might be interested. 2.0lt subaru powered.

sorry got well off the subject of the roof, but thats sorted, and the missus has gone to bed!

like the van man. lol.

it's your car so do with it what you please.

You keeping the ripped roof or are you going to replace it?

cheers

chortle

Hi guys, Thanks for posting this thread as it has helped me a lot! i have recently purchased a new motor and rams/ pistons and fitted and blead the system up, however when i go to use the motor and either raise or lower the hood it twists and move unevenly.

Do you think the system just needs blead more as everything else seems to be ok?

Thanks again !

Have you tried oiling all the hinge pivot points on the frame, inc the rear window hinges?

i havent oiled them to be honest however ive
owned the car for 2 years and manually moved
the hood and it worked fine up and down

next thing im gunna try is removing the
struts and seeing if one goes up faster
than the other, i hope and think its just a
bleed problem, as the motor starts to sound
like its under a lot of pressure possibly
starting to struggle ?

Okay I would oil all the hinge points.
Is everything bolted down properly?
Remember the 2 rams are bolted onto plates on the side rear quarters.

What was wrong with the old setup?

Have you followed the proceedure on bleeding the air and checked the fluid level is okay. You must do this with the top in the fully  lowered position.

well i have fully restored the car and had the hood off.

i will oil all the joints and make sure nothings loose!
 The origonal problem was the pump reservoir car had been
smashed off so id bought a new motor and rams cheap!

and yeah i followed the steps, as i didnt know what i was doing
the first time, how many times do you need to move the hood up
and down to bleed it properly ?

I did mine a few times and afterwards you just undo the filler plug slightly to let anyone air out, then quickly nip it up.
Have you checked the state of the pump prior to instalation?
My pump is quite noisy and I will need to take it out at some point and overhaul it.

Mine opens okay and then half way opening it jolts.
So I need to se if something is pinching.
But it may just be how they are.

It closes fine and the pump noise increases at it reaches full open/close stages, so I just let go the switch.

I haven't another to compare it too.