Soft top swap issues

[tommy583]

Ok I went out to the car on lunch break. I was able to see the brass nut and a phillips screw holding on the trim piece. I was also able to see the microswitch. I could see neither of these things the way the sun was blasting my face yesterday evening. The only time I was able to see the switch yesterday was after I had the six bolts out of the top, top slid back and started lifting it out of the car. That's when I noticed the wires. I'll pop the cover off when I get home and see what I'm working with then. Thanks for your help so far guys.

I already changed the transmission on the passenger side because the cable was broke. I could have just changed the cable but I bought a used set of known working transmissions already and it was just as easy to change the whole thing. The drivers side seems to work, but I may just change that one out too after I get the top out.

One thing I'd like to point out is that most of the on-line how to's cover the newer transmissions with the 360 degree plastic gear. I was surprised when I opened up the transmission to see the metal 270 degree gear. Hopefully the timing instructions I have seen are the same for this year of car.

[tommy583]

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[tommy583]

Bingo!! Took the trim off and found the connector.

[tommy583]

Well I just found another oddity. I took the 6 bolts out of the frame and it wouldn't move. Come to find out there were 2 screws on each side of the frame in addition to the 3 bolts on each side. I have never come across this in any of the online DIY videos.

Just to be clear I have 2 cars and I was going to swap tops. So the car I was talking about yesterday is a different car and didn't have the screws. But it is the one I had the top all about removed when I discovered the B pillar microswitch wire. This car also has the microswitch, but I took the trim off first on this one.

[tommy583]

Twins

[tommy583]

OK How do you remove these? I've never dealt with these fasteners before.