Recent content by RivR129

Thanks Spike. I will search for the threads now.

The windscreen wiper of my SL has begun working incredibly slowly. Irrespective of what speed you set the stalk to, the wiper takes apx 30secs to complete a single wipe action. Any ideas on what's to blame, or advice on what I can check? Or am I best to assume that it's the wiper motor? If...

Success! I'm very happy to report that I now have a fully operational power roof and speedo! I hope this may help others. Having been told it was the speedo head at fault, I purchased a (known-good) second-hand instrument cluster, removed the speedo from it and fitted it to my own cluster -...

Success! I'm very happy to report that I now have a fully operational power roof and speedo! I hope this may help others. Having been told it was the speedo head at fault, I purchased a (known-good) second-hand instrument cluster, removed the speedo from it and fitted it to my own cluster -...

Having replaced my broken speedo with a 'known-good' donor today, I'm still left with exactly the same problem - a speedo which doesn't work and which dances all over the gauge. With great difficulty I managed to remove the binnacle, insert the new speedo and replace it in the dash with the...

Many, many thanks Alex. Will give it a go tomorrow morning. What implement did you use to lift the lugs up from above?

Oh dear! Thank you for this. That makes sense. I've definitely been able to lock the rear down before, so I hope I haven't done any damage!

The speedo in my R129 500SL is broken. The speedo needle has a mind of it's own from pull-away and never registers a road speed. A Merc specialist and a very competent auto electrician have checked everything and confirmed the NSF ABS sensor as good therefore, it's the clock at fault. The...

Hi all, As the electric operation on my 500SL is currently unoperational, I have resorted to opening and closing the soft top, manually. I'm now a dab hand at this however, keep having problems with the rear-most catches (those that have openings just aft of the tonneau panel and in-front of...

Not sure what I could ask him? He bought the car a year ago and has done under 300mls in it (kept it in storage when last year's Summer was a no show). As it was a private sale and sold as seen tried and tested, don't really see how he can be any help. Especially seeing as the roof was...

TMS Kirkham Thanks for the recommendation Redbarron. Have you had any soft top work done by them before, yourself? I googled them and found their website. On it, Ian says that 99% of the electrical work is passed on to a very local expert. Do you think a roof problem would qualify, or be...

Thanks Paul Thanks for your help Paul. I couldn't quite remember, as I bought the car a week ago and in fairness the hood was demonstrated to me by the previous owner several times, before fitting the hardtop, which I removed today. The hardtop would not come off electronically, so I had to...

Thank you. Thanks for all your help so far guys. I will give Dave a call on Monday. Battled for ages with the roof and eventually figured out how to close the roof manually. The multi-positions to each lock is/are a nightmare. But at least it's up now! Still, the only action from the...

Brilliant! Thanks for the info. I'm in Telford. Apx 40mins from Dudley.

Hi all, The power soft-top on my SL ('93 500SL) is not powering :mad: The hard top is currently off of the car and the roof is open. I wish to close it and it won't! There are motors running if I push the button forward but nothing if I pull it backward. The red light within the button...