[R129 SL] My story : SL280 Softtop

[william hughes]

had similar issues a couple of years ago and had the pumpseals replaced.
as another question about soft tops - where is the best source for
a replacement? i'm in the boston, ma area
thanks

Anil M Seunath wrote:

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> Gents :

>

> Its been a while since I've looked at the forum which probably means i 

> have not had any issues as of late. But i think its a good thing that 

> i share my experience on the Softtop issue

> About two years ago i was active on this forum, looking for ways to 

> get my softtop to work .. I had similar issues to most of us here.. It 

> was not until i got the diagrams from Jan that i started to understand 

> how the soft top worked. In short i pulled out all 12 cylinders and 

> had them serviced. Now you can't pull all out at once, since the 

> softtop needs to move to get access to some. When i say service, i had 

> a local machine shop pull apart the cylinder and replace the o-ring. 

> However they never worked .. they all leaked since the o-rings were 

> not to spec and there might have been slight damage on the shafts.

> So eventually .. i bit the bullet and purchased all 12 cylinders from 

> Mercedes Benz in Pompano, FL. It cost about 2,300 usd. Now the soft 

> top works near to perfect. I say near to perfect since the toggle 

> switch light still blinks all the time and the roll bar light blinks 

> also. Other than that .. the movement of the top is like new. My next 

> project is offcourse to get the lights to stop blinking.

>

> Thanks to the Flying Dutchman for all your help

>

> Anil Seunath

> Trinidad W.I.

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