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You are right to ask. I tried to add more fluid because my top went up with "jerky" motion. Shortly after adding the extra fluid, I ruptured one of the hoses behind the rear seat. That filled the seat foam with ATF and half melted the vinyl seat covers (the vinyl became very soft and drooped). Years later everything dried out and pulled mostly back into shape. But that is not an episode I want to repeat.

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I side with Tom (and not just to kiss up to the new Mod) on this. A blown line is more likely from aging lines and/or resistance to the pressure ("jerky" motion = binding somewhere?), and NOT from "filling when the top is at the wrong position".

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I don't need any kissing up anyway, I'm still "one of the guys"! heck, the majority of you guys on here still know more about mopars than I do. I just happen to know a bit about tops--since I have slightly more than a basic understanding of hydraulics thanks to my Acft Maintenance experience, and my hands on experience working at the packard restoration shop. (we discovered the Ford T-bird pump was the same because we had a Ford T-bird in at the same time for a paint job, and the brand new pump that was un-installed on the T-bird and not needed yet, was faster than waiting for one to ship and arrive 3 days later, when we were installing the top hardware and hydraulics that day )