Originally Posted by laura9797

Now that I have gotten your attention, here is the deal. We just purchased and drove home from Florida a wonderful 1995 SL500. For 4 or 5 days, the soft top went up and down like a charm. Then we noticed the hydraulic fluid on the passenger's side in front of rear tire. Further reading on this site to determine that these cylinders appears to go bad after some time. While we are going to send the cylinders to Dennis to rebuild, I am wondering how difficult it is to manually raise and lower the soft top?
Shoot, I am Atlanta and the weather is perfect for driving with the top down. Our kids don't believe that this is a convertible! Do I need a special do-hickie-tool or should I just leave the soft top on and stick my head out the window and pretend?