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.
Slk vario roof maintenance.
The vario roof front latch cylinder repair can be a time consuming job.
My 1998 roof latch cylinder was leaking so badly i acn noo longer open the roof to repair it.
On this style of cylinders the factory installed hoses are permanently crimped to the cylinder.
Most of the time the vario roof operation work ok openig and closing but sometime specially in the last few weeks when i try to close the last step closing the small rear windows do not opwrate and the red light of the oper switch stay on but if some one push down the trunk over the lock inmediatly the.
The mercedes slk 172 cabriolet third generation continued with the popular two piece metal folding roof known as the vario roof which included a choice of a roof painted in the vehicle colour a panoramic vario roof with.
In particular the left side release cable broke when i pulled and the left side front roof latch will not release.