How to Jump the Convertible Top to Open/Close it | Porsche Boxster 986
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- This video shows you how to easily open or close your powered top if the switch, relay, or microswitch is not working! Two little wires and voila!
I also have another video on how to troubleshoot and diagnose the reason it's not working in the first place: • Convertible Top WON'T ...
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Great tip Aaron👍. You could make one of those 2 wires maybe 3 feet long with a switch in the middle of one to activate it to close or open . Luckily, my top is rarely used so it still works ok🙏. Hope you are able to fix it.
+bruce wayne brilliant! Next on the list 😂 🍻
I was about to say the same... But i dont feel bad, since only Batman beat me to it... 😂😂
Great minds think alike. I just watched and was gonna comment. I'm sure he would've realised that at some point. 👍
@@georgelouie5330 no shame in that haha
@@tellsitlikeitis5126 yes… yes… I’m sure I would have… 😆
You are awesome, I got home late this evening and after trying to lift the top up with no sign of life out of the blue, I believe my switch inside the emergency brake somehow stopped working because I’m not also getting the light on the dash but I wasn’t going to take it apart in the middle of the night so I started looking and I stumbled on your informative video, I like it because you got right to the point without saying things over and over like a lot of people do, a 5 minute video they turn it in to a 30 minute useless video, I really appreciate you taking the time to do this amazing videos, if you ever in Florida hit me up and will talk about cars with a nice cold beverage. Thank you so much
+Nick Vito Bovino thanks, glad it helped. I’m from Florida and was just there last weekend 🍻
@@HelpMeDIY next time you are down here let me know if you have time, I’m 10 miles north of Clearwater.
Worked like a charm. You are a life saver. Thank you.
+@ComputerGeekOnTwoWheels you’re welcome. Thanks for subscribing 😉🍻
Great little video. I bought a car with the roof not working. Before I get on to fixing that I am doing other work and need the roof in the service position so this is perfect. Well done.
+Peter High thanks! Hope you’re a subscriber now 😉🍻
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+@carllinnington thanks 🍻
Great video. Big Thanks from Salisbury UK. Same problem with my 986S. Given me the confidence to keep going with the testing👍
+john harvey glad it helped! 🍻
Going to try it, thanks!
+@dougvansteinburg6077 you’re welcome! 🍻
This works! Thanks!
+@NealWinters yes, it does. You’re welcome! 🍻
Thank you for your time sir.
+Sandman51 you’re welcome! 🍻
Thanks from the UK 👍
+Darren and Sarah Sapsford right on! Hope you’re a subscriber now 😉🍻
@@HelpMeDIY watched a lot of your Porsche videos 👍👍
Hey Aaron, ran into an issue with my top a few weeks ago on my 97 where the top would alternate between opening and closing in the middle of the cycle without fully doing either.Turns out the clamshell latch sensor needs replacing, but flipping the plastic arm a few times reset it for me, and allowed the top to function normally. Hopefully this is helpful! My box is a basket case but I still love it!
+Dylan Wrede yeah I tested that switch and it seems to be working 🤷♂️
FANTASTIC!!!! I have a '98- 986...so far no problem. BUT, can happen next time I get in. I will make a set of those wires TODAY! Thank you, thank you!
+capnchip absolutely! 🍻
Thank you!
+Michael Lauinger 😎🍻
Informative, but you need more cameras and tripods 😊
+Damian Laugher 😆 thanks
Hi Aaron
Any chance of a link for the PDF file please.
+@bobsurunclebob5718 in the photos section of my Facebook page
Is the "end of opening" sensor is still active in this case or can it harm something if you try to fully open it up this way ?
+SP CUSTOM TV it completely bypasses all the sensors so you can definitely break things. Have to be very careful!
@@HelpMeDIY thank you very much !
So the main problem is the relay? I have trouble on my top 986 2002
+julio rutiaga no, there can be many problems. This is just how to bypass most of them. I have another video on troubleshooting the top
So, in this case it wasn’t just a matter of replacing the relay? Bob in Houston
Do you keep a spare with you when you’re in the car, Bob?
@@johnnickson1455 "Ah ha!" said the blind man to the deaf dog. Now I get it...D'oh!
+John Nickson 😁
+Bob In Houston I don’t think the relay is bad… but also yes, what someone else mentioned… nice to know of you don’t have a spare relay or another solution.
Looks like old Porsches are a PITA. 🤓
+Bob Fognozzle man I was just wondering where you’ve been 😂 🍻
@@HelpMeDIY well it a long story but first let me say that I has to do something similar to an old Volvo fuel pump relay to get me home, but in other news my wife and I went to Sweden to visit grandchildren. Saw them early in the trip then drove across Denmark, northern Germany, Holland Belgium And France to Paris…then returned three weeks later, saw the kids again then flew home. I strongly recommend at least one driving trip in Europe where driving is a choice and a privilege not a competition. Thank you for your thought. I’ll try to be a more regular poster…
@@bobfognozzle that explains it, sounds like a great trip!