Long story short.....Popped off the rear quarter panel where I heard guzzling from when I opened or closed the top. Sure enough, the bracket came off that mounts the convertible piston in place. The piston popped off and bent the fitting on the hydraulic line. It also stripped the female end of the plastic cap where the line screws into.
I tried threadsealing the line into the piston...wasted my time. I ordered a new hydraulic piston from Latemodel, they also want 100-something for the lines themselves, this is for the whole kit. I only need to repair one fitting on one line, doesn't make sense to buy the whole kit.
I tracked down the fitting from the gates website, but I've never messed around with hydraulic fittings before.
Is there any other alternative to repairing this line/fitting without buying a whole new hydraulic line kit?
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