Your vario roof pump 2308000348 p n directly on the pump is 2308000030 was indeed close to failure but this wasn t the reason for the top slowing down.
Mb verio roof repair.
Having removed the cover i was able to use a screwdiver to release the latch and move the trunk back to the emergency open position.
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Medium tonne trucks and buses mercedes benz vario replaced the popular t2 model in 1996.
A common fault with the mercedes r172 is water ingress from the hardtop vario roof system onto the driver s or passenger s shoulder.
The vario roof front latch cylinder repair can be a time consuming job.
In particular the left side release cable broke when i pulled and the left side front roof latch will not release.
This cylinder is located under the front edge of the roof on the mercedes benz r230 r170 and r171 chassis and on the ferrari 360 and 430 spider.
I replaced the five vario roof hydraulic rams and tried to shoot a video of the process at the same time.
On this style of cylinders the factory installed hoses are permanently crimped to the cylinder.
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The fuse are good the red roof switch blink slow in a few minutes the system loose pressure because i can move the roof to any direction.
In this video i attempt to repair my mercedes benz r171 slk vario roof by replacing the hydraulic supports so i may ship them out to tophydralics to be rebu.
The mercedes benz vario t2w factory index model range bm667 668 670 is a car produced by mercedes benz which was manufactured from 1996 to 2013.
At cayman autos we have developed a repair to reduce the water that builds up without replacing the vario convertible roof system as advised by mercedes.
Hi i have a 2001 slk320 i change the 5 cylinders and the hydraulic pump the roof and everything works perfect one time but when i try to use the second time the pump stop working and the roof isn t moving don t hear the pump.
The vario minibuses are virtually identical to their predecessors in the t2 series of the early 1990s the same frame structure.
I will explain the reason for the slow top below let s cover the pump briefly.