[R129 SL] Oh, Joy! (was: soft top not raising)

[Paul Samarin]

On Jun 7, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Paul Samarin wrote:

> Not sure I'm making progress, but I'm taking baby steps at least.  I 
> think I may have more than one problem with the thing.
>
Having replaced not one thing, the top now operates exactly as it 
should!  Many, many thanks to Anil Seunath and "mooncusser" for your 
help and encouragement.  Can you imagine how much it would have cost to 
have the Dealership throwing expensive parts at the thing for days?

Ultimately, I think the problem was simply that it hadn't been operated 
for years, and was just a bit creaky or cramped--not unlike its new 50 
y.o. owner--and needed some coaxing.  With help from my brother's 
mechanic and this list, I opened it manually a couple of times but was 
unable to get it to lock at the rear.  Nevertheless, with each attempt, 
it seemed to be willing and able to go another step further, 
electronically.

So, I persevered.  Anil sent pix and mooncusser suggested some switches 
to look at and so I tried again this am.  First time through it 
operated properly all the way through to locking itself at the 
windshield then stopped.  I reversed the switch to operate it all the 
way through to close and that went properly.  So, I just took the leap 
of faith and tried again to raise it, and lo and behold, the thing 
completed the cycle perfectly.

Now I get to go topless!

Thanks,

Paul
90 500 SL