Forgive me, all.
I am a new member with a recently acquired '71 280SL, and I am experiencing issues that you have all been through before. Unfortunately, the previous discussions on many subjects have "expired" (many from at least 10 years ago!) so I am attempting to re-ignite a discussion that seemed to die out before.
It appears that my first rite of passage as a Pagoda owner is discovering that I have a broken soft top spring connection lever on the passenger side of my car (it's LHD). Here is a previous thread by Eric (tel76) that evaporated. My intention is not to call anyone out here, just to re-start a discussion.
"My lever is broken off where it was originally welded to the main assembly,a new lever will be made so that it can be re welded into the same location.
It would be possible to make a complete assy: but if you can weld in a new lever in the correct location this would be a better solution.
Hello Jeff,
The jig i am having made will fit onto the good side using the large hole in the main assembly and a secondary fixing point using the peg in the same area,it will then transpose to the faulty side so enabling a new lever to be welded in the correct position.
If you bear with me, i will send you a photograph when we have made it."
Does anyone have photos of the final piece that was fabricated and/or a template to make the piece that needs to be welded to replace the broken attachment piece for the springs?
Thanks for helping a newbie.
Gary
