Is There A Guy Or Person On This Forum That Used To Do Hydraulic Top Cylinders , Besides I Think His Name Was Dennis
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Thank You
Harley03joe
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Thank You
Harley03joe
Hydraulic Top Cylinders
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Harley03joe,
I'm not sure what exactly you are looking for. Are you trying to contact Top Hydraulics? Let me know how I can help.
Klaus
www.tophydraulicsinc.com
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I will gladly endorse Klaus. He helped me tremendously when I was rebuilding the cylinders on both my cabriolets.
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Definitely agree about Klaus.
100% Klaus customer for life. I did all of the cylinders in my 1996 using his services and then did all of the cylinders in my 2002 using him. Absolutely top notch, crazy fast shipping an excellent products. I'd NEVER use anyone else!!
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Sounds like he is looking for a Dennis
This has been the general feedback that Klaus gets so why even mess with anyone else? Even if you find Dennis I would still go to Klaus for any hydraulic needs.
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Pete, where are you getting these pics from? Definitely not car related.
YES I AmLooking For Dennis , Do You Know Where He Is ? Or His Benzworld Name
Any Help Here
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Harley03joe
While TopHydraulics is the predominate vendor for this, that I will be using myself this spring, you are looking for Dennis Ficken, [email protected]. I don't know if he's still active, the most recent post on this or other boards is a couple of years old.
Harley Joe is asking for contact details because two of the cylinders repaired by Dennis Ficken are leaking, and apparently they have a ten year guarantee.
I would imagine that the cylinder bores have been damaged so any new seal that is put in will leak again after a year or two.
Joe now has the time consuming job and expense of removing the cylinders again.
If it were me I would cut my losses and send them to Klaus at Top Hydraulics and have them professionally rebuilt.
I would imagine that the cylinder bores have been damaged so any new seal that is put in will leak again after a year or two.
Joe now has the time consuming job and expense of removing the cylinders again.
If it were me I would cut my losses and send them to Klaus at Top Hydraulics and have them professionally rebuilt.
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Not only Klaus rebuilds cylinders for a very reasonable price but he also provides tremendous help through this forum. I remember last year on a Sunday morning I was putting back some cylinders I received back from Klaus. One of them was the infamous left bow extension cylinder with its micro switch which is a bit tricky to reinstall properly. After mounting everything back together the top would not operate. I posted a message for help and suggestion on this forum and on that same Sunday within 30mns I had a detailed response from Klaus with suggestions what to investigate which enabled me to solve my problem that same day.
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I have had no personal interaction with Dennis on hydraulic repair, so I cannot comment about his process, but I do know that Top Hydraulics uses an improved material and design over the original MB components. The service I have received with my top cylinders and suspension valve went way beyond what I expected. The turn around time was nearly instant. The exchange program is amazing. You can change a cylinder at a time so you don't mix anything up and the down time is limited to your own speed :grin. As mentioned, Klaus donates tons of time he doesn't have helping us goofs when something goes to hell :crying. If I was the OP, I would send those cylinders to Top Hydraulics and forget about the original deal. The price is extremely fair, and the beauty is do it once and forget it. Why step over a dollar to pick up a dime. Go with a sure bet. As I said after repairing my own front cylinders, This is as close to a free lunch you will find in the world of Benz :grin
Ok James
My leaking cylinders that were repaired by Dennis Fricken, I'm ask if someone with his contact details can PM Me with the details.
You See He Did All Mine With A 10 Year Warranty Now I'm F77Ked
But I'm Going To Take James Advice , Take My Losses And Move On
Thanks James
Harley03joe
Joe, it's great to see you back posting on the forum albeit with with a problem that you should not have encountered. I just hope that none of the other repaired cylinders fail!!!!
Thank goodness we now have Top Hydraulics that do a "better than original" rebuild.
As an aside, last year the hydraulic steering rams on my boat were leaking.
Klaus, as a favour, made me some custom made seals of a superior quality to the OEM seals.
He still has to take up my offer of Tuna fishing in the Straits of Gibraltar
Thank goodness we now have Top Hydraulics that do a "better than original" rebuild.
As an aside, last year the hydraulic steering rams on my boat were leaking.
Klaus, as a favour, made me some custom made seals of a superior quality to the OEM seals.
He still has to take up my offer of Tuna fishing in the Straits of Gibraltar
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"My leaking cylinders that were repaired by Dennis Fricken, I'm ask if someone with his contact details can PM Me with the details.
You See He Did All Mine With A 10 Year Warranty Now I'm F77Ked"
I guess that's why you can't find Dennis any longer. I'll also vouch for Klaus' rebuild services and technical savvy. He rebuilt all 11 of my cylinders...no problems whatsoever! :smile
You See He Did All Mine With A 10 Year Warranty Now I'm F77Ked"
I guess that's why you can't find Dennis any longer. I'll also vouch for Klaus' rebuild services and technical savvy. He rebuilt all 11 of my cylinders...no problems whatsoever! :smile
That will have to wait for availability of Tony's Jet as Albert already reserved it for 'our' trip to visit Chicky.......
Klaus, as a favour, made me some custom made seals of a superior quality to the OEM seals.
He still has to take up my offer of Tuna fishing in the Straits of Gibraltar
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