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[Stoo]

Now the sun's out (yes I know it's freezing) I want to open the roof - but it just doesn't move or make a sound. Normally all my fuses need a turn and a bit of oil to start working again after the salty winter but after trying each one and testing the fuses I want to narrow down my search. Anyone?

Also - Probably like everyone else who has a roof 15 yrs old, mine has shrunk and normally needs me to stand outside the car to force the front edge down. I was thinking of using something like armour all or wonderwheels tyre stuff to try to soften it to allow it to stretch a little. Has anyone tried such a thing?

Here's hoping
Stoo

[Dan]

It's an aftermarket part, unless it's an MPi Mini there is no provision in the fusebox for a sunroof so which fuse it's wired through is down to whoever installled it. Nobody else is going to know. If it's been properly fitted it won't be running through the fusebox anyway but will be on a new circuit and a line fuse, they draw too much to be on the existing wiring.

[Stoo]

Sorry - I should have said. It's an Open Classic with sunroof as standard.

[jaspernina]

Sorry - I should have said. It's an Open Classic with sunroof as standard.

Hoods galore can fit a new roof for £150 + Vat, I'll pull the fuses in mine to find out which one is for the roof, a mate suggested it will be fed through a relay.


Stephen

[taffy1967]

It's an in-line fuse that controls it and it's the white wired in-line fuse that is set to the left of the others. (I know because my sister owned such a beast. I don't know that actual fuse rating though).

[mostly_harmless]

Sorry - I should have said. It's an Open Classic with sunroof as standard.

Indeed, I've got a BOC too, and my roof has just done the exact same thing; was working fine last year, this year nothing...maybe they were always designed to die in early 2008?

I had a look in the PDF workshop manuals, and it seems the roof has an inline fuse on a wire from the main box fuse 5-6 (second up from bottom). This wire is supposed to be white, changing to red after the line fuse. I have found a white wire on the left side of 5-6 (sounds like the one taffy1967 is referring too), which leads to a line fuse and then goes straight into the padding on the bulkhead, which suggests to me it could be heading in the right direction. However, it's white wire on both sides if the fuse (could this just be Rover having run out of red??).

I replaced the fuse and still not joy. Connectors inside the line fuse casing seemed a bit oxididsed though, so I'm going to clean them and also take the multimeter to them when I can find where I put it.

Hope its fixable! Incidentally Stoo, did your car come with the manual winding crank dongle for the roof?

EDIt: Oh, and its a 25 amp fuse by the way

Edited by mostly_harmless, 28 April 2008 - 12:15 PM.

[mostly_harmless]

UPDATE: I have now gotten round to cleaning up the contacts inside the line fuse holder and the fuse end caps (both had a light coating of pale-green powdary oxidisation), and lo and behold the roof now opens! Stoo; if you haven't done so already (and if the fuse is good), then I suggest you give this a go.