How do remove the top on a 1990 500 sl?

Are you talking about removing the hard top or removing the soft top from the car?

If the hard top that is simply a case of using the red button to the left of the gear lever to release it (the same button that raises and lowers the soft top) and then with the help of someone else lifting it clear.


If it is the soft top then there is an Excellent video run through here -


http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r129-sl-class/1328118-r129-disassembly-videos.html#post3194559