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Richcartips
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 19 มี.ค. 2018
How to fix BMW E36 convertible Knocking sound from motors in the trunk
If your Bmw e36 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000. Has a convertible top that is not working and is making this knocking or popping or banging sound check out this video,
I didn’t show, but in the process of how I bent the plate back on the motor. All I really did was move it away from the plate of where the gear goes into the gear is more flush into the motor.
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below i’ll be sure to try to answer as many as I can

I didn’t show, but in the process of how I bent the plate back on the motor. All I really did was move it away from the plate of where the gear goes into the gear is more flush into the motor.
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below i’ll be sure to try to answer as many as I can

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How to check/test all three motors for your bmw e36 convertible soft top
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Very easy to do, I used a regular 12 volt car battery to do this on a 1998 bmw e36 m3 convertible Test the convertible motors to see if they work using the simple steps mentioned in the video for your Bmw e36
Great video! Just subscribed. You're right in my neighborhood, the custom licence plate gave it away, well that and I drive my Convertible (Dakar yellow) by and saw yours.
Ahhh i remember you honking at me Lol 😄
@@richcartips yes! Will stop next time
Hey. Great video, I would not know where to start with my 97 328, I believe mine is semiautomatic. Where are you located?
Unfortunately I’m not a shop, i just do this in my garage when i get chances, try to find where your module is and try the test with 12v battery and see what happens, if the motor even responds
hey, so my tonneau cover gets stuck on the truck on its way up. Do yk why that might be???
Maybe the cover needs to be adjusted 🤔 if it’s when the convertible is in the storage make sure it’s in all the way and not sticking out pushing into the tonneau cover
Nice video. My 1999 323i had the same problem with the tonneau motor. I adjusted bracket as you have shown. In addition, I replaced 2 struts for the tonneau cover and 1 strut for folding roof. it appeared that all of them were not holding up. I was able to test tonneau motor was working outside of the car. When I attempted to reset the top, the tonneau cover would close as shown in your video, but it stayed closed and nothing else moved. What do you suggest to try next? also, the folding of the top acted like yours when it last worked. Look forward to see what you do or find next.
If you do the test i did in the other video i made, and the cover works good, i would try changing the convertible module because that same issue was happening to me where it would pull in the cover for the reset and nothing else, i changed the module and it worked after, also dont forget there is a fuze in the trunk by the battery and that is for the module
I have one more question, My top was in the locked position and couldn't use the allen wrench move the front part of the top. Able to remove the cover over the top locks to access to windshield locks. Any idea how to turn left and right gears manually. See videos on e46 with access holes to turn manually with hex or torx bit. Thanks
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This is helpful I got the same car in silver. Blue is to clean much love 🫶
Thank you my man, i love them in every color but happy i got the blue
Hey bro you helped me so much on this so I followed your steps and all motors are working. But it won’t work regular way what do think it could be module
First check the fuse in the trunk by the battery if it’s bad, switch it, after that try to do the reset method for the top, there are a bunch of videos put out for that, if you don’t get any feedback, try getting a new module, I had to buy 2 used modules because the first one I got was not good and the second was good and it worked after that
Great video thanks for sharing this, I'd really like to see more videos on your E36 M3 my E36 convertible is 3 years in progress at the moment garaged and going back together this year, here in the UK though we suffer with corrosion issues mainly jacking points, rear trailing arm pockets and wheel arches mine has all 3 so plenty of new metal and welding, so any extra information on these cars is always welcomed, and the Viper video was really interesting too, that's thinking outside the box!
Thank you bro, I’ll try to make more videos as I work on the car more, for now I put on a hardtop for the wintertime and might do more work to it as it hits the summer
Nice job. Thank you
Thnx bro this helped me a lot!!
Glad it helped
Yeah my module is ff ed.. but motors are working! At leas i know the issue now.
well done. very clear. next time get a camera operator, lots easier for you...
lol thank you, hope it helped, I’ll try to get a better recording for future videos
Very good video. I will test my motors. I tested the fuses after seeing other videos, but yours is the only one that discloses the convertible module. My problem is that the convertible top switch does nothing when pressed.
Mine was doing the same thing, turned out that I needed a new module because all of my motors worked fine, it was only the module which was dead, I ordered multiple because one of the ones I ordered also didn’t work even though it said it was working, I hope this fixes your issue, if any questions feel free to leave a comment
There is a fuze also located in the trunk near the battery make sure the one there is good, if you put a new fuze and it burns out when you click the button for the top then you might have a short circuit going on in the wires, I had a short circuit in the soft top area leading to the motor overhead I found it by tracing down the wires and found some that were a little ripped up and touching each other, make sure also when you re-engage the motors you try the proper reset procedure for the top, there are many videos for this all over TH-cam
@@richcartipsif u don’t mind me asking how much did the new module cost?