Roof Hydraulics

[westfalia]

My roof hydraulics are bolloxed.
Put the roof up today and it wouldn´t come down on one side, proper fixed, wouldn´t budge
even trying to pull it down with the button pressed at the same time.

So i removed the control panel and in doing so i managed to pull the display away from the circuit board
and pull off a ribbon wire thing so thats bolloxed too.
Anyway the control panel is now on it´s way to holland for a repair.

I got the roof lowered by undoing the screw.

There doesn´t appear to be any oil leaks anywhere.

The question is.
Can i replace one of the hydraulic rams without having to pressure the system up again ?
Or will the ram be full of oil therefore the system will need more oil ?

On the bright side- at least it happened at home.

 

[Hotel California]

There is a report by someone who posted pictures on replacing the hydrolics afther one exploded.
I'll try and search it for you...

 

[Hotel California]

Maybe this can help a bit , @Dumè maybe can give info .
He removed the complete system to change to manual.

https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/threads/roof-conversion-hydraulic-manual.21626/

I think if you DIY , the oil needs to come off , replace parts , fill up oil again and make sure no air is in the pipes...

 

[westfalia]

Maybe this can help a bit , @Dumè maybe can give info .
He removed the complete system to change to manual.

I think if you DIY , the oil needs to come off , replace parts , fill up oil again and make sure no air is in the pipes...

Thanks for that.
What i need is for Dume to come and change mine to manual. I haven´t got the time
at the moment.
I may contact him and buy the spares that he had for sale.