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Hi Maurice,
thanks for giving me your guidence. I have done what you have said and included a phot of each side of the cable. one is significantly shorter than the other as you will see from the pics.
Also while in the process of putting the clam cover into 'service mode' I discovered a plug connection that is unpluged! Any ideas what its for and where it plugs to? It is on the passenger side (RHD vehicle)near the b pillar.
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Bought my first porsche a 1997 2.5 in black. Tested roof a few times before I bought it, all ok. have had it for 4 weeks now and roof has been fine. Today I went to put the roof down, the clamshell raised on one side but not really at all on the other, upon closer inspection the ball joint into the guide had popped out.
Got a friend to help lift while puting the ball joint back in, tried the roof again and nothing. there is extreme resistance on the v type bit of metal its as if it is stuck or jammed on something. we decided to loosen the bolt holding the v piece and see if it made a difference and yes it did the roof went down now but took ages and a few presses of the top up and top down. Going up was a lot easier but not like when I got it. we then decided to completely take off the bolt holding the v piecce and a plastic cover to see if we could see what was causing the resistance. Please bear in mind we had no idea what we were looking for.
Could see anything behind this apart from a silver plate that the bolt went into.
Put it all back togther done up as tight as when we undid it.
Then tested it again. this side was now 'locked stiff' the other side that was originally working still operated but we didnt want to go too far and twist damage the mech on that side. so we then slightly loosened off the side we had done up.
hey presto the roof went down and then up. thought it was all fixed went into the drivers seat and the open roof light was on so I tried to close the roof fully by pressing the button. Now nothin moves the clam shell doesnt move but you can hear the electric motor operating.
Please can someone share their wisdom with me and help fix this mess!
Many thanks in advance
Help Boxster Roof problems
in 986 Boxster Convertible Top Issues and Solutions
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Hi Maurice
The only thing I am worried about is the problem was with the right side not the left that shows the retracted cable?
Also with regards to the electric plug I cant find the defroster that it attaches to. maybe as you said it is the optional speaker box. although the defroster light on the dash comes on randomly and you turn it off then it comes back
Can you not just buy replacement cables? or is the cutting down of the sheath the only way?
many thanks