Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: ludo21 on September 24, 2012, 19:00:53
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I have managed to get my soft top stuck with the rear bow stuck in the box compartment!
The fix for this is described in the Tech Manual but I can't get it to work.... the inverted 'L' brackets mention (that I am supposed to push up) have no give in them at all! (they merely form part of the rear bow frame).
I will try and attach photo to show the part I mean, but it does not appear to be spring loaded and does not move!
Any ideas ???
Having trouble attaching photoso will try and post it later.
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Photo...
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This happened to me recetntly. I found that if I stood on the floor in the back of the car and had the front of the top halfway up, I could just about reach over to the rear bow and lift it out quite easily. Doing it from one side didn't work as the whole thing twisted a bit so standing in the back it was...
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If you do a search on the forum you will find many a post that goes into this. Given how many owners have been stymied by this problem, I'd call this a design flaw ...
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You need to push the L shaped lever (but it will only move a little) and whilst you do this, push HARD on each side of the frame up-right. You indeed cannot move the lever on it's own.
Try again... http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Tops/SoftTop#StuckSofttop