My roof is dead.

gord said:
Can anyone buy them?
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Im not sure to be honest with you but I will ask him tonight. The guy who Im seeing tonight only does the odd bit of work evenings and weekends but used to work for BMW. Don't think he has his own registered garage or anything so I would imagine its obtainable. Will let you know :)
 
mr tommo said:
Im not sure to be honest with you but I will ask him tonight. The guy who Im seeing tonight only does the odd bit of work evenings and weekends but used to work for BMW. Don't think he has his own registered garage or anything so I would imagine its obtainable. Will let you know :)
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Oh, you have a "guy".. I see.. yeh would be interesting to hear the result.. I've had a chap on my msn with his name advertising BMW diagnostic kits..
 
Well well well...

Today I finished the repair of my roof motor :D

It cost me the grand sum of £0.

CLOSELY following the online guide from the only other member to have done this repair himself, I stripped the roof off, got to the motor and it was soaked.

Dried it up and stuck it in the oven :o

Hooked it up to a power pack and it was spinning like a dream :eek:

Got back to putting it back in and risked having to do the whole job again to buy a new motor for around £300-400 pound.

Took 3 hours to finish it all off today and the roof is working perfectly. So 5 hours in total and £1000 saved :D

Drinks are on me tonight :D
 
Cheers guys...

I had my dads friends help, (ex auto electrician) but there was nothing apart from the actually lift that I couldn't do on my own.

It wasn't difficult in the slightest, thats from a person who doesn't even know how to change brake pads on a car :o

The guide on www.shipkiller.com is absolutely spot on and as long as you can follow instructions there isn't a problem.
 
Have you done anything to prevent the motor getting soaked again?

In my old Polo the mini-air compressor that worked the central locking alsways used to get wet. Using an old ice cream tub and some sealant I fashioned a cover to keep it dry.
 
Tomsk said:
Have you done anything to prevent the motor getting soaked again?

In my old Polo the mini-air compressor that worked the central locking alsways used to get wet. Using an old ice cream tub and some sealant I fashioned a cover to keep it dry.
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What I was going to say too, is there a blocked drain or something which has caused the water to build up?

Good on you for doing it yourself/with help instead of taking it to the dealers.
 
Nice to see a bit of work done by yourself has fixed it. But I have to wonder why you have water there, surely bmw would not design water to be there, checked drain holes lately?
 
Poor design from BMW. Something to do with the design of the drain holes. Crap clogs it up leaving the water to surround the motor housing which isn't tight or protected from water, wrapped in insulation (great for soaking up the water :rolleyes:)


It's quite a common problem and is the reason the drains should be cleared every couple of months or so.

On the facelift models, BMW used the same drains and housing, but instead wrapped tape on the inside of the seal. Not sure this will hold up much better judging by the state my housing was in.

Will post some pics in a bit...

To protect myself in the future I just sealed up all the joins with black all weather silicone sealant.
 
Some photos while doing it...

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