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Roof Motor Relocation

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TheRealMCoy
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Roof Motor Relocation

Post by TheRealMCoy » Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:27 pm

Having spent most of the day wrestling with getting the roof motor out (to relocate into the boot...), I thought I'd share my breakthrough moment; including a few photos that would have helped me... The difference between the first two hours (pre-tooling) and five minutes with the tool in hand.....

This is the angle you see once you've opened up access from the boot... Just the top inch or less deep in the recess
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This is what you don't see... the fin on the back which is zip tied to the bodywork... Note also the tape line - that's the point where the container comes apart in two...
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Here's the real interesting bit... The clip on the back, out of sight and quite low down...
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This is the tool I fabricated by the time I'd decided I was just going to rip the top off - the end is sharpened. My original intention was to simply get a grip on the rear of the lid and prise it open. At the time I was not aware of the aforementioned clip...
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I think I did manage to get to the clip by chance but would have made the tool a slightly different shape had I known about the clip and its location beforehand.
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