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MelissaInNJ · 03-02-2006, 09:16 AM

"Original convertible top transmission cables stretch and cause a $1200 problem and should be replaced with the reinforced ones."

Can't speak for the coolant tank but my cables failed 6 hours after I got my 97!!! Talk about BUZZ KILL! I did not go with a dealer but to a trusted mechanic. To replace the cables, the other parts that broke because the cables failed, to put it back together because I disassembled it because I needed the clamshell in a down position to drive (roof was thankfully up), and labor...$700. Not cheap. So if yo get a jump on that...think the cables are $30...all the better. Because they will fail...not if.

Melissa

03-02-2006, 09:16 AM	#2
MelissaInNJ Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 2	Cables... "Original convertible top transmission cables stretch and cause a $1200 problem and should be replaced with the reinforced ones." Can't speak for the coolant tank but my cables failed 6 hours after I got my 97!!! Talk about BUZZ KILL! I did not go with a dealer but to a trusted mechanic. To replace the cables, the other parts that broke because the cables failed, to put it back together because I disassembled it because I needed the clamshell in a down position to drive (roof was thankfully up), and labor...$700. Not cheap. So if yo get a jump on that...think the cables are $30...all the better. Because they will fail...not if. Melissa