Lol, when restoring my ride could NOT believe the top motor still worked; but very slow and noisy. Leaked making a mess plus damage, since brake fluid was used. Reservoir leaked into the motor, like flooded and still ‘worked’. Repairing was easy, cheap, new seals, LOTS of cleaning, and being careful which side needs to be ‘up’ reassembling. Brushes were only half-worn (lol maybe from lubrication). Pistons were leaking too destroying the old carpet, getting new ones and new lines. Replaced brake fluid with power steering fluid. It worked better, but slow. Just thought, heck with it having replaced all the works and not the motor. Got a new one selling my old one for a turnaround price of around a 150-bucks. DESIRED results.
That makes sense.Problem is the top gland is retained by the tube being compressed into the groove in the gland.... How do you disassemble the cylinder without destroying it?
And since the rod eye is not removable from the rod you can't service the rod seal without disassembling the cylinder....
Buy new cylinders....
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BTW I too
A. I'm a cheapskate
B. I want bragging rights to say I rebuilt them.
And since I own three convertibles trust me, I've looked at the possibilities...
