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Hi guys, my electric roof on my 89 mk4 cabbie is working spot when going down. Have to unscrew little tap and manually put the hood back up as not working when i want to put it back up via electric ?? Any ideas ?? Is there two relays for up and down or is something snapped in the pump ?? Many thanks if you can help, cheers :big_wave:

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Hi guys, my electric roof on my 89 mk4 cabbie is working spot when going down. Have to unscrew little tap and manually put the hood back up as not working when i want to put it back up via electric ?? Any ideas ?? Is there two relays for up and down or is something snapped in the pump ?? Many thanks if you can help, cheers :big_wave:
hi can u hear the motor when u try to go up if not the switch could be buggerd or check the the motor has enough oil init to make the presure work not sure if it had too relays
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Guest talisman

sounds about right, if the fluid is low it will take ages to create enough pressure to move the roof. If its going down electric then theres nothing wrong with the pump or its internals, recon it just needs a top up. Have a look in the back, there is a tank on the back of the pump, it should be about 2 thirds full.

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Hi guys, my electric roof on my 89 mk4 cabbie is working spot when going down. Have to unscrew little tap and manually put the hood back up as not working when i want to put it back up via electric ?? Any ideas ?? Is there two relays for up and down or is something snapped in the pump ?? Many thanks if you can help, cheers :big_wave:

 

What sort of fluid, regular powersteering fluid ? (when i tried my hood nothing happen at all!)

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What sort of fluid, regular powersteering fluid ? (when i tried my hood nothing happen at all!)

 

 

best bet is to go to fords, they are very expensive to repair if they break, so i only put the fordy stuff in.

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hi mate wots it doin when you press the up button then does the motor make ne noises or does it not do ne thing at all matee

 

 

Actually thats a very good point! There are 4 releys in the circuit, 2 of them are under the dash 1 is the ignition circuit and stops the roof from opening when the engine is running. T

 

he other is the reverser circuit that tells it to run in reverse. If you hear the motor when your dropping the roof but dont when you press the up button one of the releys could be faulty.

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