It takes a good solid day (8 hours) to remove and install the hydraulics. That is, a total of two days. It’s not difficult work, but it’s time consuming and involves removing a lot of trim panels and such.
The guy in Oregon, Klaus of Top Hydraulics, will rebuild the full set of cylinders and locks for about $800 last time I checked. He often turns them around the same day or next, so it’s not unrealistic to pull them off, ship them to him via USPS Priority mail, and get them back in the car within a week. I’ve done it. -D > On Mar 19, 2020, at 12:41 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I had a convertible top repair shop guy tell me that if he had one R129 a > month to do he could pay his bills. He said he had done a lot of them > Dan you know about the cylinders in these tops. > Dwight E. Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:28 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> This looks nice, AMG wheels, not a bad price, but were these earlier >> models prone to issues? Needs a new top cylinder, probably all at some >> point. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/912633219177904 >> >> 2001 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class SL 500 Roadster 2D >> >> $5,950 >> >> >> Seller's description… >> >> 2001 Mercedes Benz sl500 sport runs and drives great adult driven owned >> by one family since new it has new tires and breaks ice cold a.c and hot >> heat has Amg wheels convertible top replaced 2 years ago has hydraulic >> leak in front post of top however the top still works manually other >> than that the car still works perfectly serious inquires only please >> asking $5959 >> >> -- >> --FT >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
