Yay, the Top is Down! Boo, the Top Won't Go Back Up!

After a little digging under the dash, I found a couple of connections which were disconnected to disable the top. For the first time in what I now find is 5 years, the top went down. It's 49 degrees, overcast, and windy. Perfect day for it... The switch really is shot - it's a hair trigger to get the motor running to lower the top and it won't work at all to raise it. Now I have more reason than ever to get the switch replaced, as I'd like to put the top up so the car can be driven occasionally before the snow starts falling. In the background is my daily driver - the Family Truckster.




Under the dash, this orange wire is the first piece of the puzzle. It plugs directly into the fuse panel to provide power for the top. Just disconnecting this one wire seems to be enough to kill the top. That wasn't good enough for the donkey who disabled the switch though...




He also found this pair of wires which I assume are the up/down power wires to the motor or motor relay. Since I don't have a wiring diagram for the '72 (yet), that is only a guess. Either way, these wires were unplugged and pushed up under the dash. Once re-connected the top went down nicely. Unfortunately, it doesn't want to come back up. I think the switch is just completely shot, since no matter which way you push the switch (to raise or lower the top) it only wants to drop. Changing the switch will hopefully fix this. In the meantime, I may hotwire it to get the top back up if necessary.