2001 XKR Convertible top latch positive lock query. .
#1
09-13-2011, 03:47 PM
2001 XKR Convertible top latch positive lock query. .
Searching for a temporary 'fix' to avoid joining The "Green Shower" Club on a forthcoming Southern extended road trip away from TX home base.
Mechanism working properly. (pressure reduction valve recently fitted.)
Original hoses most probably still in place-30,000 miles on the clock.
As it is not intended to lower the top until return, would it be OK to disconnect the electric and/or the hydraulic pump connections.
In other words----does the top latch require hydraulic pressure to keep it in the safe/locked position while driving at speed?
platinumcat1002.
Mechanism working properly. (pressure reduction valve recently fitted.)
Original hoses most probably still in place-30,000 miles on the clock.
As it is not intended to lower the top until return, would it be OK to disconnect the electric and/or the hydraulic pump connections.
In other words----does the top latch require hydraulic pressure to keep it in the safe/locked position while driving at speed?
platinumcat1002.
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09-13-2011, 04:03 PM
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Searching for a temporary 'fix' to avoid joining The "Green Shower" Club on a forthcoming Southern extended road trip away from TX home base.
Mechanism working properly. (pressure reduction valve recently fitted.)
Original hoses most probably still in place-30,000 miles on the clock.
As it is not intended to lower the top until return, would it be OK to disconnect the electric and/or the hydraulic pump connections.
In other words----does the top latch require hydraulic pressure to keep it in the safe/locked position while driving at speed?
platinumcat1002.
Mechanism working properly. (pressure reduction valve recently fitted.)
Original hoses most probably still in place-30,000 miles on the clock.
As it is not intended to lower the top until return, would it be OK to disconnect the electric and/or the hydraulic pump connections.
In other words----does the top latch require hydraulic pressure to keep it in the safe/locked position while driving at speed?
platinumcat1002.
It is not necessary to disconnect anything...if you are not actually operating the top, the system will not be pressurized, and the probablilty of a leak will be very low. Disconnection will not change anything under this circumstance.
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