I swear that if I were King, there'd be a whole bunch of "engineers" at Mercedes being arrested and put on trial for crimes against humanity! So much idiocy went into the design of the R230.

Why did you change the line on drivers side also?

brain surgery............ too much .....take to shop

great video. Mine seems to time-out about once a month and I simply reset the fuse. This is likely the cause. Not sure I have patience to do this myself.

I didn't see where your soft close actuator worked. Any idea how much air pressure is required to extend that plunger to activate the final lock position ? Additionally, there's 2 micro switches behind the 3 wire connector. I'll assume the one turns off the light on the door switch. Fully closed position. The other is to switchover the air direction solenoid from open to soft close. Is this correct ? A wiring diagram would be very advantageous. Thanks

Thank you!

i have 2012 cls 550 4matic what could be the levels numbers for it ?

Great video sir! You have a new sub! I was trying to tackle the main cylinder over the windshield but i was interested in running the new cylinder and is lines on the driver side from front to back. Not sure if you have done this before but I'm stuck in a situation where i cannot get the lines to come out where it meets the rear piller near the back seat. Any help would be appreciated!

I find out that Dont need to remove the sit belt. All you need is move the side panel and pull the sit belt at the same time, that give enough space to do the job.

Awesome video! Thanks!

You did spectacular video. Short, concise and to the point!

Great video, i was able to use this to get the roll bar to roll down. However, it wont stay locked down, it just springs back up, any ideas?

You can buy a kit for less than a hundred bucks...that has the main seal that goes out on all 10 hydraulic cylinder...there's no need to remove or cut the lines..you can remove the plunger on each hydraulic cylinder...replace the actual gasket that failed and install the plunger into cylinder again...the key to this is removing the plunger...there's a german guy who explains how to do this..(on KZbin)....if you are going to this much trouble...go one more step...and fix the actual cylinder right in place on the car...I personally fixed 5 cylinders so far...seems like when one goes out another goes out soon after.....you must drill a small hole in the cylinder to release a clip that keeps the plunger inside assembly...must see (video)...it is always the same gasket on every hydraulic cylinder....carefull...don't scratch the plunger wall... Again see video first...it's slow and tedious....but quite doable....

Hey Marco,your video and explanation of that process is awesome!! Thanks a lot!!.. if I understood correctly, on the right side you only need to replace -or fix with Cabrio people - the lock paw, is that correct?

Thank you

The factory band that you broke, did you get any problems later on.

Ty, just forgot how that darn lil overflow clip went on and u helped cause I had it backward for sure.

Hello Marco. This is a great video! It helped me find the leak in my SL 500. It’s in the roll bar actuator. I removed it. One question. I notice you cut out the passenger lock pawl and sent that for overhaul with the actuator. Why? Is that a common fail point? And the drivers side lock pawl why did you send both? We’re they leaking?

I watched your roll bar video also, excellent job explaining the task. Thank you! We all appreciate you!

So since you said your toe was out of wack after installing that camber arm and still eating up your tires and that you were able to fix that situation by adjusting the toe arm.....i was wondering how do you adjust toe on these cars? Or did you end up getting adjustable toe arms also?

@MrMarco6900 could you update us if there is any problem with the couplers that you used? Usually i replace the whole links from the pump, but i'm looking into this solution, but not sure if i'll have a very small leaking in the future , i appreciate your video, you are amazing

Any advice to bypass close trunk lid error message? I have a leak, ran out of fluid mid cycle, roof closed, front trunk not latched to finish close cycle, I manually opened trunk, topped fluid which was very low, now want to close the convertible all the way now that there is fluid in the pump, but stuck at close trunk lid message (which I have closed many times including the trunk partition). Thank you.

Actually its vacuum which operates that

Love that your window magically goes from up with the door card removed to down a few minutes later. Really helping us out here

That’s for the video it worked perfect in my car . Saved me lots of money

Did you work on two cylinders or one? I thought you said there was no cylinder on the driver’s side. I’m confused.

Thank you for taking the time to show us your video it was very 👍 useful

how did you remove the plastic clear cover ?? @MrMarco6900

Thank you very much. Your video was very helpfull

did you change the lower control arm bushings?

can you add the dynamic seat control unit to one that does not have it? I am going to do this repair and would like to upgrade

Unbelievable! A garage that services Mercedes wanted $1,100 to fix. With your help I did it for $10 bucks! Having a problem with getting the rear cusion seat back in with the two red seatbelt attachment

Thank you for the very detailed video. Given the work involved, my suggestion is buy the new part (entire actuator assembly) and fix it right the first time. I found the part on amazon $375.

Great video well edited and straight to the point

Thanks for the demonstration. I just bought my first 2006 SL55 a few months ago & these tips are hard to come by for those of us new to the R230's.

Thanks for your video. I have a 2006 s500 with the m113 engine. My upper hose became so frustrating that I almost had it towed to the dealership. Your video showed me how to take tension off the connection. I made the same cut on the connection, though I used a router type bit on my rotary tool. Made the cut and I was able to easily pull the connection off. (Eazy-Peazy.) Thanks again.

Great video! I used the air pump wedge bags on Amazon…they are bullets proof and will last a lifetime!!!!

Respect Sir. Great info and it works. 👍 Greetings from Zurich.

So many vids on this issue, and finally one I fully understand! Thank you 🙏🏻

i have 1998 129 mercedes sl500 where i buy that adjustable rear camber arms and what size T.Y.V.M

what if ktag doesn’t load the driver for my e430 ME2.8 ecu? where do i get the driver or request it from ?

Best video !!!! I have oil disappearing and don’t see where it is going about 1 liter o oil filling and not a drop in the car or ground floor ….. any ideas where all this oil is

When I close mine I don't here anything no motor running no air nothing where does it get its air from, does it get air from the same pump for locks roof because they also don't work all the fuses are good any help would be very thank full

Outstanding video. The best video on this process I have seen. Very thorough and you didn't skip any of the details on how you did everything. I am going to be doing this soon on my SL500 and your video is a tremendous help. Thank you!

Excellent video. Thanks so much.

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Excellent demonstration of replacing that marker bulb, thank you.

Thanks for another deep dive r230 video. They are a big help to me and my own r230

Lets say that cylinder dies again than you just repeat the process. Can those connectors be reused or do you have to remove the line? Thank you so much. You are amazing teacher.

Mr Marco i have a leak but its not coming from the hydraulic cylinder it's coming from a hose. do you have a part number for that splice kit?