Attaching Hardtop - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Operator's Manual

Attaching Hardtop

1. Engage parking brake and turn
key in steering lock to position 2,
2. Lower roll bar,
3. Open doors or windows.
4 Turn radio off to lower power
antenna, turn key in steering
lock to position 0 and remove.
5 From the rear of the vehicle, lift the
hardtop carefully over the
attachment points (1) and locating
points (2). First guide the rear pins of
the top vertically into the rear
attachment points, then lower the
roof onto the vehicle and locate the
front locking pins. Exercise caution
when maneuvering the top. To avoid
paint damage, the top's mounting
pins must not be allowed to contact
the body.
6 Turn key in steering lock to
position 2. The indicator lamp
in the soft top switch lights up.
7 Slide soft top switch (3)
forward - the hardtop should lock
and the indicator lamp in the
switch should go out.
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