Guest Jody Bach Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Hello Can anyone help me please!!! I have a Escort calypso P reg, power hood, and the seal keeps coming up just when i put the roof up just behind the nearside rear window, i have tiger sealed it, and put a self tapper through the seal (under the plastic cover) and it still comes up!! I have examined closer and it seems that a brace/ram/hinge may be pushing it up at this point, anyone heard of this before? does it make sense? and anyone know what i can do??? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest STILTS Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 is your frame slightly kinked or bent ??? check the distance on both sides sum 1 before you owning the car my have tried to pull the hood up manualy and twisted the frame ..... just a thought !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jody Bach Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 is your frame slightly kinked or bent ??? check the distance on both sides sum 1 before you owning the car my have tried to pull the hood up manualy and twisted the frame ..... just a thought !!! no frame is straight enough, it looks to me like theres a knuckle of a ram or something pushing it up, all i can see is a shiny black thingy kicking it up, it looks like a knuckle from a ram/hinge!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Savage Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Might be worth checking the "T" key on the roof motor (by the canister in the boot is fully in the right position. A long shot is getting the rear 1/4 card off (bit of a git) and checking the 3 gold coloured bolts are all sitting right and flush - think they are a 17mil socket and only 3 that size where you should be looking. They hold the bracket that holds the roof in place when it goes up and down. Good luck in finding the fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Savage Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Just read your previous reply, the ram is attached both ends behind that 1/4 card. Both 13mm sockets. Check the bottom one is in place. I swapped a roof over today - I'm not normally this technical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RelaxedDiver Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 i have the same problem with my roof, its on my list to do next weekend. (i feel it doesn't look cool to be half in and out of the car when putting up the roof :-) hehe) Good luck fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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