Installing motor for convertible-top compartment lid drive
- Completely open the convertible-top compartment lid
Grasp convertible-top compartment lid above the brake light and pull backwards and up untill the convertible-top compartment lid is completely open
- Positioning the potentiometer
The potentiometer must be set to 6.2 kΩ before installing the motor.
Push the potentiometer on the shaft and maintain the position of the lug -A- on the motor, do not clip the potentiometer on the motor. See Figure.
The potentiometer can be adjusted by pushing out and turning the shaft.
- Setting the potentiometer
The potentiometer must be set to 6.2 kΩ before installing the motor.
Connect a commercially available digital multimeter to pin 3 (blue/yellow) and pin 5 (red/black) of the potentiometer.
Lift the potentiometer from the motor and turn on the teeth until it reaches a value of 6.2 kΩ.
Clip the potentiometer on the motor.
- Hexagon socket head bolt for emergency operation of convertible-top compartment lid
Coat hexagon socket head bolt for emergency operation of convertible-top compartment lid with screw locking compound and screw it in three turns (left-hand thread).
- Using new studs
-A- Old studs. See Fig 1.
-B- New studs. See Fig 1.
- Screw down motor with studs
Screw down the motor for convertible-top compartment lid with both new studs -B- to drive for convertible-top compartment lid. See Fig 1. Tightening torque for hexagon thread bolts -3- 6 Nm (4.5 ftlb.). See Figure.
- Installing motor
Illustration shows stage 2
Courtesy of PORSCHE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Push motor with potentiometer on the bracket and screw down the fastening nuts -11- . See Fig 2. Fastening nuts -11- 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.). See Fig 2.
- Plugging in electrical plug connections
- Laying carpet over the motor
Insert the carpet again and fasten with the plastic clips.
- Moving convertible top from the service position.
- Calibrating the potentiometer
Once the motor has been installed, the potentiometer must be recalibrated with the Porsche System Tester 2.
Select menu item "convertible top". Select menu item "calibrate" in the command line which then appears. Start calibration with F7 key. Calibration can be started irrespective of weather the convertible top position is open or closed. The latching hook in roof frame 1 does not close during calibration.
The values between pot. 2, calibration value 1, and pot. 2, calibration value 4, are calculated as percentage by the convertible-top control unit. See CALIBRATION VALUES, POT. 2, CONVERTIBLE-TOP COMPARTMENT LID .
Insert electric plug connection for potentiometer -2- onto control unit untill the connector is felt to engage. See Fig 2.
Insert electric plug connection for microswitch -5- and engage on the bracket.