69 olds cuttlass convertible

willykmcg · 02-22-2007, 01:12 PM

I have a 1969 oldsmobile cutlass convertible and the top will only go down it will not come back up. It has worked since i bought it 5 years ago and one day it just stopped. I took out the switch and hard wired it to see if it was the switch but it still does the same thing. Any suggestions

Kennybill · 02-23-2007, 04:42 AM

Get a trouble light and see if u r getting power at the switch. Possibly bad ground.

texasred · 02-23-2007, 10:52 AM

Is the top motor running at all? Have you checked for power at the switch?

C.J.

willykmcg · 02-23-2007, 11:50 AM

the motor is running. the switch has three wires one power, one goes down and one goes up. I removed the switch and used just wires but the power to it only goes down and when i connect the wires to go up it has no power. Not sure if there is a relay that might have gone bad or if one of the wires has been cut somehow i traced the wires from the motor to the dash and it looks ok but i can't see where they go behind the dash. Any idea if there is a relay that might have gone bad and where it is located. I have looked in what little manuals they have for this car and can't find anything

02-22-2007, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
willykmcg Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2	69 olds cuttlass convertible I have a 1969 oldsmobile cutlass convertible and the top will only go down it will not come back up. It has worked since i bought it 5 years ago and one day it just stopped. I took out the switch and hard wired it to see if it was the switch but it still does the same thing. Any suggestions

02-23-2007, 04:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kennybill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Youngstown, Ohio Posts: 198	Get a trouble light and see if u r getting power at the switch. Possibly bad ground. __________________ A man has to know his limitations, especially with an Oldsmobile

02-23-2007, 10:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
texasred Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 807	Is the top motor running at all? Have you checked for power at the switch? C.J. __________________ Home of the 1971 Cutlass Supreme convertible Super Karate Monkey Death Car.

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02-23-2007, 11:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
willykmcg Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2	the motor is running. the switch has three wires one power, one goes down and one goes up. I removed the switch and used just wires but the power to it only goes down and when i connect the wires to go up it has no power. Not sure if there is a relay that might have gone bad or if one of the wires has been cut somehow i traced the wires from the motor to the dash and it looks ok but i can't see where they go behind the dash. Any idea if there is a relay that might have gone bad and where it is located. I have looked in what little manuals they have for this car and can't find anything