WHEELER1 0 Posted July 11, 2008 Can any one help? the spoiler on my car is stuck down. I have bought a new mechanism which works when plugged into the plugs in the boot lid, but because the spoiler is down i cannot get the old mechanism off the car. do i have to force the spolier up or is there an easy way round the problem? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted July 11, 2008 hello mate, Take the black plastic cover the runs the width of the boot to see the mechanism etc. Theres a handle to manually raise/lower the spoiler. I think you have to pull the handle towards you, then you can turn to raise/lower. Are you sure its the mechanism? Gaz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHEELER1 0 Posted July 11, 2008 thanks i will try that tmrw. didnt know what the problem was so i got the whole thing out of another car. It works so it must be something like the old motor i guess? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHEELER1 0 Posted July 12, 2008 Cant seem to find any manual way of winding the spoiler up? any more ideas anyone? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted July 12, 2008 It's in the instruction manual mate - just remove the boot cover panel thing, plus the plastic lever and then turn... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHEELER1 0 Posted July 12, 2008 i removed the plastic piece on the spline. Is that the right one? still cant turn it though? ciouldnt find it in the manual either! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted July 12, 2008 Its right there mate. The handle should be square ish with rounded edges, pull the handle, turn to raise or lower and push it back in to lock it again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHEELER1 0 Posted July 12, 2008 got it cheers. was looking at the right part just took some serious brute force with the molegrips.!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted July 12, 2008 got it cheers. was looking at the right part just took some serious brute force with the molegrips.!! Good stuff, glad you got that part sorted. :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 13, 2008 That sounds like the same as what happened to mine, one of the cable tubes got jammed with gunk but stopped it going down! You can free them off if you carefully strip it all down and re lube the cable tubes, i got another mech too from a mate so i just used that, fixed the old one so at least i have a spare set up if anything else goes wrong with it! easy test for the motor is to put a piece of wire on each terminal of it and touch the other ends on the + & - battery terminals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHEELER1 0 Posted July 13, 2008 ok il try that. always worth having a spare by the sound of it! cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
