So my car is in pieces, battery is also out of the car with the ground and power cables and I need to be able to lower and raise my top to take my seats out and have more room to work. I've searched around and can't find anything that is useful. Anybody know how to raise and lower the top fast without removing the motors?

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I believe it's in your manual, you just have to disconnect the power cable going to the motors so that they don't put up resistance as you manually lower it.


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Good to know! Thanks

 

According to the above advice, since the battery is removed you wouldn't have to remove any cables. There is no power going to the motors to provide the stated resistance.

 

Thanks guys but it was still pretty hard. Got about halfway down by myself the needed my cousin's help for the other half.

 

I also tried to move my top manually the other day, except I was pulling it up to get clearance to remove the tray. I was only able to pull it up a few inches. I had to dig my battery out of storage and do it that way.

-Mike

 

im starting to think the top cannot be moved up or down manually. any other ideas on this? the above instructions deal with a my09 and maybe others but not a my05 which is what i have. hope somebody has done this and can share. i tried disconnecting te power to motor but there isnt any power to the motor when the ignition is off.
abroke1

 

It can. Just take the motors off of the top from the inside.

 

Is there no disable switch? When one of the motors on my Eclipse started going out I was able to swith off the power top. It was a bit of a job raising and lowering, but worked

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Thanks for the suggestion. I am wanting to be able to just pull the top up in an emergency like if a fuse blows and i dont have one.
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