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

[mooncusser]

Yea!!!! great news...hope the sun shines bright on your weekend...
enjoy...
BFR
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:01:24 -0700, you wrote:

>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
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