My two cents....
First off thank you's are in order to Shipkiller and all that participate in this forum, THANK YOU
I had the motor on my roof go out and it needed replacing. Here is a list of a few things I think future people may find helpful when replacing their motors...
1. The clips that hold the roll bar on each side are most easily removed by placing the roof in the up position (but not locked) and pulled straight up on the hoop. Or using a large flat screw driver to pry from the trunk area.
2. When replacing the motor pay attention to the new markings on the new motor. The hydraulic lines are reversed. This also means you will need to reverse the wires on the motor. For whatever reason, mine would not work hooking it up the old way...but worked just fine once switching.
3. When replacing your motor with a new motor, prior to unhooking the hydraulic lines, take off the bowden cable line. Then depress the bypass valve down. Most likely this will be rusted and will take some pressure to depress downward. This will allow fluid to drain from the lines into motor, causing little to drain out while changing the hydraulic lines.
4. Make sure you test your motor with a 12V source prior to installing back into the car. With the bowden cable NOT pulled, hook up a 12V source to the terminals on the motor. If you connect one way the motor may run in reverse not moving the top, just switch the terminals and your top should start moving. Starting in the down position, move the top up, and then pull the bowden cable to release back down. Keep an eye on the fluid level in your hydraulic pump. By doing this several times, you will pump out any air that entered the system when switching the lines. Either using the old hydraulic fluid or purchasing new, fill level back up to the line marked on the pump. fill port is at the top of the motor, unscrew allen bolt and fill.
5. Tape and tape some more. I used a entire role of tape and have no scratches at the end
6. When removing the roof I used this process: pull out the passenger side hoop, then the driver side, then go towards the front of the car to allow the hoop to fully come out. Putting the roof back in is the opposite order. Seemed to work the best for us...
Hope this helps someone in the future and feel free to ask questions for those of you starting...