Thank you for the rapid and detailed replies. I may not have time or the resources to work on it on the road and as you say it isn’t overly urgent. I just still confused about the spring, am I misssing one on the left side to hook to the middle? Or should the one spring be attached to both tabs?

Hello, first time poster!

I bought a second hand 1998 a couple of months ago, out on the road now in France and just noticed something odd at the back of the elevating roof.

It might be easier to see from the photos but on the left hand side the spring holding the fabric tab is so taught it's ...