[R129 SL] [Fwd: TOP PROBLEM]

[Jan Kuylaars]

Guy's.

I don't understand why you don't read the topics what is send and answers in
the past and is stored on the homepage.
You can download all the topics and you can read the questions and the
answers for your problems.

The soft top is controlled on every move by micro switches. First the start
position and second the end position.
So after one cycle there is a switch on the end that tells the controller
box it is finished.
If that switch is not reached, the next cycle is stopped.
When you make the last part by hand and the rest of the cycles then
automatically follows, the switch is not defect but mechanically not just
fixed or disorientated.
Correct the position , sometimes with a washer underneath the switch, will
fix the problem.

Most of the time the control box has no fault and is very expensive to
change with no result.
Check the micro switches first.

Greetings

Jan Flying Dutchmen.


  -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
  Van: r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com
[mailto:r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com]Namens Paul Samarin
  Verzonden: woensdag 20 juni 2007 17:37
  Aan: SL Mailing List
  Onderwerp: Re: [R129 SL] [Fwd: TOP PROBLEM]


  The *quite expensive* control box for the whole top mechanism is located
beneath the storage compartment behind the pass seat. It's very easy to get
to: remove the inside bottom of that compartment and there it is. What the
heck you do at that point is a mystery, though. Obviously, if you could find
a good used one and replace it...but, short of that:

  I don't know whether my "immaculate correction" will work for you, but
it's free. Operate the switch until the movement stops, then manually make
the "next move," then go back and operate the switch again 'til it stops
again, and then manually perform the "next move." What's the next move? It's
trial and error I think. So, in your example:

  Is the rear: A) moving down to the deck and then just not latching or is
it: B) not moving down to the deck.

  If B, then grab it and pull it down to where it should latch, then go back
to operating the switch and see if it grabs it; if it does not, or if the
problem is A, above, then:

  Your owner's manual (somewhere near the back, mine's now been stolen so I
can't look it up, but I don't think it was listed in the Index) you will
find a procedure for manually latching both the windshield part and the rear
deck part. There is a special tool in the tool kit (also now stolen from
me!) just for this purpose. It's not immediately obvious, but I did figure
it out w/o help, so give it a shot, patiently. The rear part is operated
from inside the trunk. The actual latch is hidden inside where the trunk
hinges disappear. Once you figure-out what to do, it's a piece of cake.

  There's one other place where that tool works to manually operate the
process of the top. It's not your particular problem here, but I'll mention
it anyway. Imagine the roll bar down; standing by the side of the car and
looking down at the roll bar, hidden between the roll bar and the side panel
of the interior of the car is a little "bolt." You can get the tool in there
to operate the bolt, but you cannot see the bolt with the roll bar down.
This is true on both sides of the interior of the car. These operate to
latch/unlatch the sheet metal tonneau cover that covers the compartment
where the soft top resides while down. If you raise the roll bar, you will
see them readily. The special tool fits this "bolt." Something like a
quarter turn rearward opens the thing and frontward closes and latches it.

  Although I shouldn't have been, I was shocked by the simplicity of the
entire process once I'd figured it out.

  So, in any event, once I'd cycled-through the whole thing a couple of
times, the whole thing just worked. When I bought mine a year or so ago, the
soft top just wouldn't come out of its compartment b/c the cover would not
unlatch and open. Imagine my thrill upon fixing it without really doing
anything. It "felt" to me as if I'd merely "reminded it" of its job, and
once it had relearned it, it was good to go.

  I hope you are as lucky as I was.

  Paul

  On Jun 20, 2007, at 7:13 AM, william hughes wrote:


    update:
    kept playing with the top switch and the roll bar switch.
    nothing happens but a clicking sound that seems to come
    from behind the passenger seat each time i move the switch.
    also i put the top up mannually but i can't latch the rear of
    tha top - is there a trick?
    thanks,
    bill

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:
    TOP PROBLEM
    Date:
    Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:00:34 -0400
    From:
    william hughes <jennianenterprises at verizon.net>
    To:
    SL Mailing List <r129list at mbcoupes.com>


    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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