Hey guys, good to be back on board...bad to be back with more problems but i guess that's part of the "fun" of these cars. I'm getting kind of sick of all the surprises but i guess there are only so many more i can run into. Anyway, i don't think i've posted since i sold my first 325 cuz i got a truck right after that and then i just didn't have any problems with my 318, but now i'm back to a 325i and i went convertible. I'll post some pix, she just got out of the body/paint shop; but first i need this problem solved.
There's a line in the bmw manual that says "do not open the soft top while trunk lid is open" or something to that effect, anyway. Long story short, I did it anyway (not on purpose, i just forgot it was open). so i think what happened next was that the motor sheared off of the hinge mount. so i figure, hey, i'll just screw in back on after i engage the gears and it'll be all good. Well of course i was wrong. the motor did nothing. no sound, no movement whatsoever. I ran a current meter to see if the plug to the motor was working and sure enough, there was no juice coming through.
What I'm trying to find out is: is there an emergency shut off breaker, or a fuse, or a relay, or anything that would cause the system to not send power to the motor? i can get the motor back on and working if i just figure out why it's not getting any power. Please help!
thanks in advance and good to be back.
There's a line in the bmw manual that says "do not open the soft top while trunk lid is open" or something to that effect, anyway. Long story short, I did it anyway (not on purpose, i just forgot it was open). so i think what happened next was that the motor sheared off of the hinge mount. so i figure, hey, i'll just screw in back on after i engage the gears and it'll be all good. Well of course i was wrong. the motor did nothing. no sound, no movement whatsoever. I ran a current meter to see if the plug to the motor was working and sure enough, there was no juice coming through.
What I'm trying to find out is: is there an emergency shut off breaker, or a fuse, or a relay, or anything that would cause the system to not send power to the motor? i can get the motor back on and working if i just figure out why it's not getting any power. Please help!
thanks in advance and good to be back.
