[R129 SL] Hardtop compatibility

[Mark Howard]

I have the same problem. I have to manually remove the hardtop with the
special hardtop tool. It goes back on fine!


Mark



From: "Victor R. Lopez" <vrlopez254 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: SL Mailing List <r129list at mbcoupes.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:27:57 -0800 (PST)
To: <cliffv8 at btinternet.com>, SL Mailing List <r129list at mbcoupes.com>
Subject: RE: [R129 SL] Hardtop compatibility

Thanks Cliff, I've tried that already. In fact I've even danced around the
vehicle on one foot chanting, and it still dosent work.
thanks
Victor

Clifton Richardson <cliffv8 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Victor,
>  
> I have experienced this problem and I found that driving the car around the
> block then trying again solved my problem!
>  
> Regards Cliff
>  
> UK
> 
> 
> From: r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On
> Behalf Of Victor R. Lopez
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 07:06
> To: SL Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [R129 SL] Hardtop compatibility
> 
> Gentelmen
> I hate to jump in the middle of this tread. I have a 1999 sl500 sport. Today
> the weather report said no rain for at least two weeks. I currently have the
> hard top on and was going to remove it. When pulling the switch back to un-due
> the top, the switch blinks, but nothing else happens. When pushing the switch
> forward the hard top seems to pull down tighter.I unplugged the rear defroster
> thinking that it may have something to do with the hard top not coming undone,
> but it didnt make a difference. Any help would be great.
> thanks in advance
> Victor 
> 
> CQRT at aol.com wrote:
>> From what I've read on other forums, ALL tops fit ALL 129 cars between the
>> years of 1990 and 2002-- albeit that those prior to 94 reportedly require
>> some "minor adjustments" . . . the specific nature of said "tweaking"
>> unspecified-- but presumably involving the latching mechanisms.
>>  
>> I can tell you however, than my 92 and 99 appear to my eye to be virtually
>> identical.
>>  
>> Regards-
>>  
>> CQRT in AZ
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