glad it helped

My first semi modern Porsche .. I've had older 1960's and 70's ones before , I'm finding the same fragile plastics issues that modern Benz's also suffer from. Why is it that Japanese and American plastics last forever , and German stuff becomes like a potato chip after 10 years ? that's the real frustration. Beautiful mechanicals with crap plastic. I omitted a few clips of cursing until I found those 2 little matchmarks ..manuals don't mention them..lol

razorblatter it's easy if you did it before !

Glad it helped!

thanks .. glad to help

@@fupabox have you by any chance decided or consider writing down or typing a step-by-step how to adjust where the adjustments can be made and where they're located with pictures kind of like a tutorial? Man if you go through all the work and it comes out great I'm sure most people like me would be willing to pay five $10 for it per copy anyway to save us a nightmare, LOL. I am watching your video again because now I have the time to address it. The clamshell when the top is completely closed the right side passenger side the rear facing the trunk sticks up and it doesn't lay flush like it doesn't a driver side when the top is completely up or down any suggestions?

@@joejoe188 It sounds like the 2 sides aren't in synch . Remove the 4 bolts on the hard clamshell/hard tonneau cover and remove it ...it will make it much easier to adjust .unhook the cable on that side from the drive motor (the one that won't sit flat ) and turn the inner cable by hand until the clamshell hinges align on both sides then hook the cable back to the motor . It may take some fiddling back and forth to get it dead on

hope it helps ..I know it was a bunch of convoluted shots over a couple days and not necessarily in order .

Glad it helped ..

Glad it helped

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I didn’t either . Lol . A convoluted video which I apologize for , but hopefully the important bits got through .

Check a few things ... the ebrake switch (does the dash light come on with the ebarake engaged ?) if not the top wont raise or lower . Check fuses for corrosion . Check microswitch on top of windshield frame header latch that sends signal to the computer to allow roof to open and close. Check your window auto drop on opening and closing the door with roof up . To be sure , reset the up and down limits for the windows. The car needs to know where full up and down positions are to know when the window is up or down. To reset , start car and press one window switch at a time. Raise window and continue holding button another 10 seconds once all the way up .. same for down..hold additional 10 seconds once down all the way . Do both windows .The roof is a pretty simple analog system . It relies on switches to tell each action to start or end . on or off..yes or no in sequence . If any of them isn't co-operating then the next action won't take place . Is parking brake on ..yes..is roof unlatched at top ...yes...button pressed..yes..windows not up...yes..roof lowers.. any no in that sequence and the roof won't move . All of this is assuming the rear motor isn't slipping , but the roof will go down so I'm doubting that is the problem. My bet is the windshield header switch.

they should both move at the same time . the drive cable for the side that isn't moving is likely broken or detached from the central drive motor . or is binding on that side under the big round drive sprocket

fupabox thank you. Yes the cable was shredded on the inside.

Damn ..If I recall correctly it was in closed position

Thank you so much for the reply. I had mine in the service position, And the marks are a little past the line. So yes yours lining up with the roof closed makes sense, Once again thank you for the excellent video and reply.

when you replace the top it will be naturally tighter, takes a while to stretch . you may need to use some extra force to pull it closed the first few times

Ok thank you so much 👍

They just snap onto the chrome ball swivel . The black plastic ends on the push rod are replaceable and can be too loose to stay snapped on

Thanks you! I was just able to reattach it but I’m still having the issue with the clamshell not closing all the way... Do you know if it’s necessary to grease all the moving parts on the convertible top?

@@williamlowery7282 I have got the exact same problem with my 987. Did you find a solution?

@@pauljordan1956 I reattached the pushrod on the passenger side. It does snap on but I found that I had to take a small mallet to it to make sure it clicked on completely. Then I greased up the tracks. After using the top for about a week I noticed it sat back down properly on the passenger side.

yeah I agree , the filming was poor at best . The side arm ends of the drive cables were never detached ..only from the motor . Pull the clip on the cable at the motor and pull straight out .