Convertible won't go down on my 81

[giuliot60]

Hi all.

All of a sudden my top didn't want to go down. Upon further inspection, it turned out the tab/bracket that the top cable goes through on the driver's side is preventing that side from going down, unless I push the window in first.

Here is the part indicated in green. It's right below the point where the chrome trim meets the top. Is this tab supposed to be parallel with the ground? The passenger side tab doesn't bind and it's pointing down, almost perpendicular to the ground.



Should I bend it down so it matches the passenger side?

[vandor]

I'm 99% sure it should be vertical. It looks weird standing horizontally like in the pic. I wonder if the top frame going up caught it and bent it up?

[giuliot60]

I'm 99% sure it should be vertical. It looks weird standing horizontally like in the pic. I wonder if the top frame going up caught it and bent it up?

Thanks Csaba. I'm also wondering if maybe the cable tension was too tight. I'll bend it back and keep an eye on it.

Giulio

[giuliot60]

So I bent the tab down using pliers and all is well now. I will be keeping an eye on the cable/tabs to see if it starts to happen again.