Why I converted to a manual top...

[Pastor T]

I love this entire thread. The top mechanism behind the passenger seat of my Boxster started making a slight clicking sound about a week ago. Within a few days my top way pretty much stuck in the up position. Long story short, I removed the push rods and now have a completely manual top. I have ordered a few bushings and plan to grease everything good, put it back together and see what happened. I cannot afford a new top transmission on the passengers side right now. I really believe the problem is inside there somewhere. I just reading everything I can find, and I think I can rebuild the transmission if it comes to that. In the meantime and maybe for longer than I intended, I have a manual top. There is nothing wrong with doing that for a while.