[Chrysler300] 300 H sluggish convertible top

[RWestra@xxxxxxx]

Thanks to all who provided input on bringing my top lifting mechanism back  
to life.  I spent most of the week trying to get it to work right.   
Couldn't work on it while the grandchildren were here (language you know).   But 
it works good now.  
 
I believe the problem was largely the fact that the hydraulic oil had  
deteriorated after 57 years and turned to sludge.  I cleaned the motor  and  
pump as I reported earlier.  Then I removed the cylinders and  purged the 
sludge and flushed them with kerosene.  Then I refilled them  with type A fluid.  
I had a lot of trouble getting the air out of the  system.  This may have 
been part of the problem right after I cleaned the  motor and pump, I am not 
sure.  
 
In any case I removed the pins that fastened the rod end of the cylinder to 
 the top mechanism and tipped the motor on end so the reservoir always had  
oil.  I removed the fill plug and cycled the cylinders from full extended  
to full retracted about a dozen times. You could hear the are escaping into 
the  reservoir each time.  I kept refilling the reservoir after each  cycle. 
 I must have added a pint of fluid during the air purging  process.   
 
The whole system seems to work quite will now.  
 
By the way type A cleans up off the carpet quite nicely.  Now if the  odor 
of Type A fluid will just go away.  
 
Thanks again for all the help.  You guys are great.  
                                    
                                                                            
        Rolland  Westra
                                                                            
        Rockford,  IL
 


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