I put my top up and down manually all the time it takes everybit of 2 minutes ,reason -I have been waiting on sensors for 3 months ,,,,, really no big deal a numder 6 allen and the multifuntion tool ......you really need to become familiar with this operation incase you get caught out in the rain and the top stops working ,,,,,rain inside the car can be catastrophic ,,,electronics ,,, pulling the fuses that supply the top will deinergize tHe pump and make it easy to manually move up and down.....FROM EXPERIENCE I SPEAK