Update: I was not lucky. After a few more cycles the top stopped working. Checked fuse. Nothing not even a murmur when I press button either way.
We were away on a trip so I had to go into manual mode as I was stuck with top down.
Got out the tools. 3 out of the 4 ball joints were easy to pop off. Not so with drivers side cover linkage. Finally borrowed a wrench and as I loosened ball nut from trans the ball joint popped off. Transmission is bent and that linkage was bound up.
So drive home for 6 hours with the mechanism rattling at each large bump reminding me of how stupid I was to pay money for a mod that is now like to cost over $1,000 in repairs.
I'm surprised with all the stories of this kind of damage there is still so much positive talk here about comfort top.
