[R129 SL] TOP PROBLEM

[Phil Carbone]

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Phil Carbone
1997 SL600
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Cogan" <jeffreycogan at hotmail.com>
To: <r129list at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [R129 SL] TOP PROBLEM



> Have a 1995 SL320 and both pistons in the roof above the windshield are

> broken as apparently I put the roof on crooked.  My mechanic friend says 

> he

> cannot find the part.  Does anyone know a good resource to obtain parts?

> either a salvage yard, a store that sells reconditioned or anything else.

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> Jeffrey

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>>From: Paul Samarin <pauls at sbcglobal.net>

>>Reply-To: SL Mailing List <r129list at mbcoupes.com>

>>To: SL Mailing List <r129list at mbcoupes.com>

>>Subject: Re: [R129 SL] TOP PROBLEM

>>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:23:10 -0700

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>>Had a similar problem, sort of.  After running through open and close

>>manually a couple of times...I think it was part manual and part

>>electrical, and probably a more complete automatic cycle with each

>>run-through, it eventually just worked correctly...corrected itself,

>>sorta.

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>>It still has a small glitch upon closing.  It'll get all the way to

>>dropping the top onto the top of the windshield then stop.  I then 

>>release

>>the switch, squeeze the top down closer to the windscreen,  and then

>>reactivate the switch.  It grabs the top and pulls and  latches it and 

>>then

>>completes the cycle.  Very small irritant, but it  didn't cost me anything

>>to get it that far and I'm living with it.

>>

>>Paul

>>'90 500 sl

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>>On Jun 19, 2007, at 2:00 PM, william hughes wrote:

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>>>SUDDENLY MY TOP WON'T GO DOWN.

>>>PULLED THE SWITCH, THE WINDOWS WENT DOEN AND THE

>>>BACK LATCHES RELEASE THEN IT QUIT.

>>>PUT IT DOWN MANUALLY - TRIED TO PUT IT UP AND NO

>>>RESPONSE

>>>WILL APPRECIATE ANY HELP

>>>REGARDS,

>>>BILL

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>>>R129 SL Mailing List

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>>Paul Samarin

>>pauls at sbcglobal.net

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