996 soft top issues

[Cypress996]

Good Morning all. Newbie to the site but not to pelican parts.
I bought someones 1999 Carrera garage queen with 31k miles last year. I have thoroughly enjoyed the car and have invested about 15k in it since I bought it. Ive read and followed all the things that I "needed to do" like the IMS and such. I LOVE "tinkering" with the car! I have the service manual for it.


The issue Im having is: When lowering the top the soft top started just DROPPING with almost a SLAM once it got midway over the rear seat. It would go back up after a few minutes of closing the top. However, it will no longer do that. I have changed and added the fluid to the pump by following the detailed instructions from the manual. The Top is still in non working order.


At this point I haven't located any possible diagnostics on the cause or fix of my issues by skimming through the manual. Anyone with similar experience or know of the fix?