Cab top won't open

greg968CAB · 2014-11-16T08:57:36-06:00

Ok so here is the good news. After sitting for over a year I utterly lucked into finding a guy who actually has the tools and knowledge to go ahead and rip the engine out and get it all working again. Before I took it into the shop this summer, I inspected just how bad sitting had been while unused. Aside from some rodents chewing some god awful expensive ABS wires, the car had emerged largely unscathed. I did check the cab top. It was already in manual mode. It went easily down and up. The latches were fully operable. Obviously the car was on and off the lift repeatedly during the engine work. The latches were locked with the top up during this time. I've been really busy in real life. So the top in the up position has been a niggling detail. Alignment of top looks great. No rain leaks. No wind noise. The canvas appears even. I'm pretty sure no bows are broken. There is no rattling of top. When I go to attempt to move the latches, even with all strength on both handles at the same time, neither will budge at all. So any ideas ?