Roof

NicknLiz · Post by **NicknLiz** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:58 pm

Daft question, BUT...

When I bought our Bongo from the previous owner, I could've sworn he said that once the roof is "fully up", while the up button is held down it stops beeping. HOWEVER, now I'm holding the up button and it's carrying on with the beeping.

Do I remember wrong, or is something not quite right?

Ta muchly guys...

Post by **Simon Jones** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:02 pm

You could try giving the roof an extra push by hand in case it hasn't quite reached the top of its travel. Otherwise, it sounds like the microswitch which detects the end stop may be faulty. I'm sure there's been several posts on here before regarding this.

NicknLiz · Post by **NicknLiz** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:03 pm

so once it's fully up it SHOULDN't beep when I flick the switch?

Dave up north · Post by **Dave up north** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:07 pm

Beep beep beep as it lifts, then when it gets to the top it stops beeping.
If you havent had it up for a while the material can be a bit tight. Give it a gentle push to help it reach the top and it should shut up.
With use this will not do this as the material becomes slacker.

Remember on the way back down, it only comes half way down to give you chance to check nowt is stuck in there then release and press again to bring it down all the way

Dave

Dave up north · Post by **Dave up north** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:08 pm

p.. Watch your fingers. Its heavier than you would think.

Sore fingers anyone???

alphabetter · Post by **alphabetter** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:25 pm

NicknLiz wrote:so once it's fully up it SHOULDN't beep when I flick the switch?

Correct. What the others say - if its tight a bit of manual assist is sometimes needed. The other option is to slightly lower the roof on the switch and then try another run at raising it!

NicknLiz · Post by **NicknLiz** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:30 pm

Again I'm saved by the wisdom of the bongofury website... Ta muchly guys...[/i]

Post by **aitch** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:21 pm

Only opperate when engine running or else could drain battery!!!!

Steve L · Post by **Steve L** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:48 pm

Just another slant on this. Mine kept on beeping when apparently fully raised until I opened the roof hatch. Then the beeping stopped. It seemed that the suction effect was preventing it raising that last bit, enough to cancel the alarm. Once I lifted the hatch the beeping stopped. When raising or lowering, the roof is like a huge bellows and obviously displaces a lot of air.

Ozric · Post by **Ozric** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:54 pm

SteveL makes no difference in my van.. does it do that all the time or was it just by chance? Just out of interest.

Steve L · Post by **Steve L** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:49 am

Just by chance actually. I've been keeping the hatch shut when raising the roof. I raised the roof right to the top, still beeping, so I got in the back of the van, pressed the button again, still beeping, raised the roof hatch, beeping stopped.

alphabetter · Post by **alphabetter** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:10 pm

Steve L wrote:Just another slant on this. Mine kept on beeping when apparently fully raised until I opened the roof hatch. Then the beeping stopped. It seemed that the suction effect was preventing it raising that last bit, enough to cancel the alarm. Once I lifted the hatch the beeping stopped. When raising or lowering, the roof is like a huge bellows and obviously displaces a lot of air.

Opening the roof does suck a lot of air in, but I believe (despite some of the more far fetched ideas on this forum) that the "coke can" hatch is designed to allow the pressure to be corrected. As long as you haven't blocked this then the pressure will equalise between the roof and the body of the car pretty much instantly.