SLK roof problems again

[crt]

I know this question has been asked before but I am interested to know if any SLK owners have managed to get their SLK roof repaired at a reasonable price, and if so, by whom - I live in London.

My roof goes down part way and then just stops. On one occasion it wouldn't then go back up: great fun driving along a dual carriageway with the roof sticking up in the air.

Previous threads seem to suggest that MB dealers claim this is a virgin territory or that the time taken to strip down and repair is colossal.

George Fraser in west London has fiddled with some micro-switches from time to time but the problem always recurs.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[pascal]

I'd be inclined to go back to G F or some other independant, although someone
else with a CLK today got the dealers: http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=10687
I know its not an SLK, but just in case you missed it.

PS: Welcome to the forums, crt

Pascal

 

[seawings]

try alex crow at stowmarket suffolk very good fixed my roof problem and very helpful and reasonable charges

 

[kole301]

Start with greasing the mechanism and the rubber joints...
Metal on metal (M/M): by lithium grease
Rubber on rubber (R/R): Gummi Pflege Stift (www.einszett.de or http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin..._description=Rubber Protection - Gummi Pflege)

 

[crt]

Wow, this is an ancient one. I sold the car about five years ago, but I did fix the roof. It needed a new set of microswitches I seem to recall: I got the details of the fix off a US MB site including diagrams and the MB dealer in the UK who fixed were so grateful for the intelligence they gave me some sort of discount for telling them how to do it. From memory it wasn't punishingly expensive (even ignoring the discount). If anyone is interested in the details I could probably dig them out.