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Love it. Schedule a or b. Mite be c.

Just ordered this part mine was lose little about a inch shop wanted 780 got it done for 75 lol ❤

Nicely done, particularly the copper shim. Thanks

Does anyone know if I can buy the gear

My car open and close ok. But my window does not closed totally when roof are close. What can be ?

Great job!!

Hi, how did you get the gear back on? Can’t seem to do it and it popped out some how

Fantastic job! Thank you so much!!!!! I changed the rear center brake light and after that this happened. So helpful!!

I have same problem with my car thanks for the video ❤❤❤

Thx so much dude

The bolt going thru the shaft broke, any idea on replacing it?

My question: Why didn’t you test the repair before installing the final cover which is so hard to remove

Great job

Thanks so much for the great instructions Stephen. I purchased the OEM upgraded version from Pelican Parts, including shipping was $75. I added frog lube to the internal slide and bearing for the flapper. I figure if it works for gun parts it will work well for this application to reduce wear and friction. I followed your instructions to the tee and completed the project for both sides in about 1 hour. Thank you for making the video, greatly appreciated. 👍

Thank you sir very helpful

Hello! great and very useful video you made, thank you very much for this! I have a question for you, how did you secure this plate inside so that it does not move under the action of the rod ?? I have her stock all the time squeezes out and she moves out from under it ((

Great job!

you saved me 140 bucks, thanks

thanks for video big help first side took about1 hour reason being was trying to leav flap on big mistake take it of it isnt that hard sencond side timed it 16 minute thanks again

Thanks for the video. I had also to change out the cable as one side the nipple had snapped off. Not sure how but hey ho. Easy to change and follow your instructions once I had changed over the cables. Mercedes wanted to charge me £3000 to replace the simple fix and of course a new complete cable loom. Roof works a treat, appreciated. The sun is shining, beep beep.

Hello, Steve I replaced brackets for wings about a year and four months ago the rigt side flap came loose again? I was nice a tight when I fixed working perfect can I ajust the nuts on the piston to tighten right side wing again? I know this is not suppose to happen so soon not used everyday to drop top barely used?? Any suggestions? Thanks Nick

could you show me how you install a copper plate? and what is a thinkness of that copper?

What are the part numbers

What's the name of that little flap.

Hi Stephen. I've watched several videos on this problem. Yours is by far the best! Thank you.

Thank you for the tutorial. I will check and lube the mechanism on mine.

Well done! Thank you.

Happens to my girlfriends SL 550

Hi there, your video was a great help, I was quoted £862.00 to fix that same problem on the same side, after I was picked up off the floor through shock I thought fxxk that, so went online & saw this video. Went to Mercedes & bought the part for £38.00, it took me 45 minutes to fix and now it’s working fine, thanks for your help couldn’t of done this if it wasn’t for you. Cheers John (London UK)

Hi Stephen I had this problem with my wife"s car lose flaps in trunk right side hanging really low order the kit thank"s to your advice paid $77.00 ON Ebay OEM part watched your video & repaired the convertible works perfect my mechanic told me theirs a kit for $590.00 I guess he meant cable & wings ? I explained to him what I ordered he told me bring the car to him so he could see no book price to do that type of repair I did it my self thank you very much saved over $500.00 ! thank you again. Oh ps i'm not so good with my hands if i could do it anyone can took about 1 hr & 15 minutes to repair.

Hi Stephen, your video is great, I was apprehensive but when I took it apart it was obvious that the old bracket was bent, so got the repair kit from a Mercedes dealer, it was only £38 here in the UK which I thought was reasonable. The new replacement part is nearly twice as thick and much more robust. Just gave it lots of lube and put it back together. Slipped in the new part and now the roof works fine.

What’s the name of the part ?

Thank you ,great video , is there a guide to how and where to lubricate the roof ??

That little flap was loose disassembled and alignment everything assemble it again NOW IT WORKS JUST FINE THANK YOU!!!

Hi Stephen, I have a 2004 SL500 with this problem. MB quoted me $2400 I just finished fixing it myself from your video with a thin piece of steel as packing , it now works a charm! thank you very much you just saved me $$$$ BIG thank you.

Hi there is no problem yet ,can you suggest any service to prevent problems ? Thank you ,good video .

Perfect video Stephen and many thanks. I have replace two parts on my 2007 SL600 and now my roof rework perfectly. My little problem has been to disconnect two electric connectors but it's done! Thank you again. Marcel

Excellent Clear Video about the mechanism

Amazing video. Thank you! I can't believe there's a video for my exact car, exact problem, same side (passenger). It worked. I used a strip of copper, lubed it with lithium. It's working great. I was able to do it without taking the cover / flap apart.

Brilliant!

Hello Stephen G - I have a 2004 SL500 and have tried (and PAID) 3 different mechanics to try to fix my convertible top which has a problem raising (closing / going up), in the Fort Lauderdale / Miami area, yet none of them seems to be able to diagnose why: after it seems to be working perfectly, when I drive it (just a little distance) it fails again, i.e., the trunk opens but the top won't come out of the trunk. So..... I was wondering if you either know what the problem might be, or anyone in the greater Miami / Fort Lauderdale area who REALLY knows what they are doing with these tops so I can pay them to fix this????

Thank you for your great video Stephen. I had the same problem. It was easy to fix it because you show so exatly how to do it. Greetings from Germany

Hi Stephen, thanks for a brilliant video. Thanks and regards from Cape Town...Marc

Hi there , how many miles did the car have at the time ?? Thanks

Hi Stephen i have a problem with my mercedes sl500 2006, the process of opening the roof just opens the trunk and i need help, how I can repair that, thank you very much

OK Tavarish does the same for the SL55 both Videos show the same thing and shows the part that is bent. His looks pretty busted before the fix, the flaps should be tight to the boot/trunk trim, and any play may stop the microswitches czcams.com/video/vKYc_VRWiP0/video.html

Great Video Thanks!!! 4 years later and this video really helps make this an easy fix first side within a few hours, 2nd side will probably only take 1 hour tops. If the roof is stuck open you can manually hold the flap in the correct position to engage both micro switches and allow it to close (2 people will help here). This saved me paying £650 when quote was to replace complete mechanism £450 + 3 hours labour!! So firstly this video covers what you need to do, for me the exception was to buy the uprated part from Mercedes £35 for a pair, the shim clearly worked, but the old part actually was bent over the gear because of the upward force, hence the new OEM part is double the height to stop this, the slight challenge was to push the cable sleeve in far enough so the case seated properly. Part Number MA230 750 01 11. (This was selling for £50 on Ebay so goes to show main dealer can be cheaper). I'll post a picture of the part, and copy link here once done.

What a great instructive insight your video was. More please. I understand you can hold the unlock button down on the key fob (without the engine on) and it will unlock the SL and if you continue to hold it down it with open the roof and fold it away. It works on my 2007 model

Hi Stephen. First of all really thanks to you for your video. I try to do same thing but it take 2 hour :) Finally it was succesfull but when ı did first time, flap was so tight when hardtop closed. I tried to open hard top but it stops at the half of openin period. And then ı try again (taking of flap an doing it again) when hardtop halfly open :) at that time trunk didnt close when you want to close hardtop, opening is ok but when you want to close hardtop, trunk doesnt close exacttly. At last ı take of everything and try again this time the screw of gear so tight, because of it flap doesnt move. (this is my guess) Then ı relaxed the screw and it was ok. Now it is working. do you think is it possible when you do gear screws so tight, ıt doesnt work? Or i did something wrong another. thanks a lot