Hello Friends,
I opened my top - but after about 4-5 inches there was an ugly noise (grinding, then tearing) and then the movement stopped while I could still hear the (top) motor running.
Now my top is stuck open that way and I cannot even drive the car because the wind would do further damage to the top mechanism.
I tried disengaging the top by pulling the lever under the back seat, but the top will not move at all. I tried using the little manual crank but that didn't help either.
I saw a video on youtube showing a guy moving his E36 top back and forth effortlessly. He has a semi-automatic and I have the fully automatic version. Both should be very similar but my top is just stuck.
Does anybody know how I can either close the top or at least put it all the way down so I can drive the car?
Do you know of any detailed manual that would show how to service the top of an E36?
THANKS!
Ariell
I opened my top - but after about 4-5 inches there was an ugly noise (grinding, then tearing) and then the movement stopped while I could still hear the (top) motor running.
Now my top is stuck open that way and I cannot even drive the car because the wind would do further damage to the top mechanism.
I tried disengaging the top by pulling the lever under the back seat, but the top will not move at all. I tried using the little manual crank but that didn't help either.
I saw a video on youtube showing a guy moving his E36 top back and forth effortlessly. He has a semi-automatic and I have the fully automatic version. Both should be very similar but my top is just stuck.
Does anybody know how I can either close the top or at least put it all the way down so I can drive the car?
Do you know of any detailed manual that would show how to service the top of an E36?
THANKS!
Ariell
