This chime is driving me nuts!

Gingy snaps

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Morning All! Has anyone had a problem with their hard top ? I manually had my soft top put down cuz number one I couldn't see out the plastic windows due to sun damage and two the hydraulic system isn't working . Now I hv an annoying chime w the hard top on Grrrrrr....
How costly is this fix or does anybody have a suggestion to cut the chime?
 

LostKiwi

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Fix the hydraulic system and everything should come right.
 

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You don't want a soft top that doesn't work in sunny California :eek:
 

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To update more:
The chime is because one or more of the hydraulic units isn't properly latched. To get it to stop you need to identify which of the four it is. The headrail ones can be checked using the manual locking tool and rotating to increase locking pressure while driving to see if it stops.
The rear ones are more difficult and will require diagnostic kit to identify the status of each switch.
 

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