New beetle convertible switch to manual top operation

My daughter pulled out in front of  the someone and they hit the left behind the wheel.  Various manuals point out that this is where the hydraulic pump for the convertible top is.  You have to remove the trunk liner to see the pump (which I haven't done yet).

• Follow the manual to disable the button (remove a rubber stop in the left of the trunk and twist the valve to disengage the hydraulics)
• The alarm will go off for 5 seconds each time you pull away from a stop if the top is down.
• To disable the convertible system altogether and stop the alarm about the top not being secured down, you need to remove the fuse for the convertible system.
• I had to remove the driver knee bolster (the cover and the reinforcement) to see the fuse on the top of the relay panel.  This will disable the big button that rolls all the windows down.

It was a lot of work so hopefully this picture will save you the effort.  The fuse is the top green fuse on the right.  Below is a link to where I first got the information from newbeetle.org and a picture of the standard relay layout which does not include the position D or the fact that the convertible fuse is above that position.

I hope this saves someone the pain I went through of pulling the dash apart to remove the fuse.  It isn't a lot of effort to put the top up and down manually if you don't want to pay a mechanic thousands of dollars to fix the problem.

https://www.newbeetle.org/threads/fuse-position-30-for-the-convertible-top.110481/