Originally Posted by
RSKim
Mike It clips itself....
Ran - the actual manual that came with the car is really helpful - it says "take to your nearest BMW dealer"
When i read up on it, it told me to tighten the roof manually which i did with a funky tool, then to reset the motor in the boot, and try again, but nothing worked, the light in the car still flashes and the roof wont work at all
Without looking and trying a few things it's hard to say because there loads of things it could be.
There are several miscroswitches throughout the system and if anything has broken or worn it knocks things out of alignment and any of those switches could not be getting activated and that'll stop it completely.
One of the motors could be gone. The motor linkage could be stuck/seized or have a loose connecting screw, the mechanism on the catch could be jammed or the spring could have broken/come loose, if one of the banjo-type connections on the opening mechanism has worked loose which they do over years of operation, the hood won't fold properly and the nearest microswitch will pick that up and it won't work. The wire coil in the opening mechanism could be broke, one of the microswitches could have simply failed.....
There's lots of things it could be.
The video you watched showing the re-set is it American with a red E36? If so that's the best video. Have you followed it to the letter? That one only has a semi-auto 2-motor roof, but the rest is the same.