| Not a good start to the year when my roof began to peel off !! Any suggestions on the best adhesive to stick the fabric loop back onto the bars ?? (1/00) |
| I had the same problem and used a "soft plastic glue" from B&Q (sold in small tubes similar to superglue). Not sure of the make offhand...Loctite I think. I applied it about 4 weeks ago and holding firm so far (1/00) |
| Bostik 3206, sticks like that brown stuff to a blanket. ;-) Bit difficult to find though. (1/00) |
| Bostic 3206 , priced £9.30 fo 1L, available RS (01536 201201), try rswww.com for on-line catalogue. Next day delivery normally. It's the muts nuts for sticking plastics. (1/00) |
| The same is happening to me unfortunately. I notice at speed the roof will get lifted off the bars a little by the lower pressure. This occurs at 75mph+. There is a little more noise created by turbulance as a result. Is it a cause for concern? (1/00) |
| Some w*&^%r last night slashed the side of my roof outside work. It is a 3 or 4 inch slash Does anyone know of somewhere I can get this repaired?? How much am I looking at???? (3/00) |
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I have seen a roof that was patched, presumably due to a similar slashing incident. Whilst the patch was neat, it was also immediately noticeable, especially due to the difference in colour between the patch and the roof. (No the patch was not tartan or anything - just blacker than the slightly fading roof!) Obviously the ideal thing is to replace the roof but if budget rules that out you could have it patched and see if you can live with it. On the other hand, if you decide to replace the roof after all you may be able to get a second hand Mk1 roof at a very reasonable price or, if you have a Mk1, take the opportunity to fit a Mk2 roof so you get a glass rear window. (3/00) |
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There is a mazda repair kit for roof tears Repair Sheet - NC10 R1 211 Essentially cut the rip out, cut a square of patch to fit the new hole. Cut bigger pice as backing. Then glue all together as a sort of 1/2 sandwich. If the tear is clean and exact joint can be made when roof NOT under tension then can just use the backing sheet underneath the provide the structure to hold the tear together (5/01) |
| Anyone have any knowledge on Mark1 soft tops? In particular on the wire that runs overhead (through a sleeve in the roof) spring loaded at each end, that connects down onto the car body on both sides? I found it slack not so long ago, and like a fool pulled it a little to find that it had separated, both ends being slack. What does the wire do, is it important, and how would I go around fixing it? (5/01) |
| Its rivetted to the front part of the frame, passes through the hood sides to a spring. Basically seems to keep the tension on the sides of the hood. You should be able to replace it in situ. You need to undo all the seals on the front of the hood, and the front retainer bar, and peel back the roof a bit to drill out the forward rivet. The wire itself is fairly easily available; you just need some way of making an eyelet for the rivet. Stick it to a bit of straightened coat hanger wire to feed it through. There should be an eyelet on the other end that hooks into the spring. I know someone used heavy duty nylon fishing line, and that seems to work fine. (5/01) |
| The cable on my mark 1 roof was broken - discovered after a winter of water getting into the car and soaking the driver's seat. A company called "Car Interiors" (Gary the Hood) of Hayes, Middx, 020 8561 4709 came and replaced it, and I have had no leaks since!!! Obviously if you don't live in South East England then Gary is no good to you, but there must be a similar sort of company near you - your Mazda garage should know of one. (5/01) |
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I have noticed that since the summer, and my top going up and down more frequently, that the rubber seal which locates along the top/back edge of the drivers window has come adrift from the metal hinge. First attempts to relocate the rubber into the groove have proved less than successful, and when the top is raised it pulls free again. (I think it may have been trapped for sometime before I noticed and so has taken on a twisted form) The rubber is doubling back on itself and sticking to the reamins of the adhesive use on the foam lining. This adhesive doesn't have enough stick to hold the foam, but is doing a damn good job at sticking the rubber! Is this covered under warranty? Do I need to remove the part completely, stretch it out and reattach? Or do I just attack it with some 'araldite' or similar and stick it back. Or should I just give the car away to a passing tramp and get another cos it's obviously defect!! :-) I am concered that when the top is up, it doesn't provide the full wet proof seal it should and I am worried about water getting in and causing more problems. (6/01) |
| STOP - if the car is under warranty, let the dealer try to fix it first. If you were to mess it up, you couldn't expect them to be interested then. (6/01) |
| Whow!! I hadn't started!! :-) Ok, I'll run it past the dealer sometime, I wasn't sure if it would come under warranty or whether it was wear and tear. (6/01) |
| Mine have been replaced twice under warranty, the second time appear to be a modified type without the bit that peels off. (6/01) |