Poncho... another 'take' on that... I had a power top in mine ,it didnt work, hoses were shot, the motor would work, but was loose in the back ,rattling ,so I took it out plus the wiring...got rid of the frazzled hoses, my switch was under the dash , I assumed it was an aftermkt switch , but car had undergone extensive rebuild 10 yrs earlier so I didnt know what was orig and not , maybe another dash? maybe power top was added? anyway , I didnt want to spend money on the power top because I saw when my friends that had them , it took quite a time to raise the top with power...manually its alot quicker and since we quite often can get showers very fast here , I prefer to be able to raise the top by hand ,fast. my cylinders are still there ,but empty and I have no idea if they are good or bad, but the top works fine manually ,nothing is bent, broken...you dont need to convert to use the power top manually...to get the springs...nor the hold down clips, I dont have those ,the top is not going up by itself...I drove it at speeds over 95-100 mph without the boot w/o any problem...I since have bought a boot for it...it will hold it down too, but not needed... if it were me , I`d just get rid of the hoses , drain the cylinders , if needed( I dont know ,mine were empty when I got it)and use it manually...its faster and cheaper... just my .02
so after these replies you are probably not any closer to a decision than before! :rolleyes:
