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Old 05-18-2010, 05:45 PM   #16
RandallNeighbour
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Pothole, also inspect your transmission cables. They go around from the center near the third brake lamp where the motor is located toward the sides where the transmissions are located.

Rub off all the grime from both sides and you should see a diamond pattern on the cables, which is reinforcement below the surface of the plastic sheath.

If you don't see the diamond pattern, those are original cables and this could have caused your issue. The plastic sheath on the originals stretched with age and heat and effectively "unplugged" the cable from the transmission making the top open or close on one side and not the other.

Now if the cables have diamond patterns, a loose bolt could have torqued things up and messed up the mechanism. I have not inspected the bolts in my top mechanism in a long long time. I think I shall put that on the list for this weekend.

Hope you get it sorted out soon. Summer's here!
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