Date:         Mon, 1 May 2000 01:40:59 EDT
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From:         Jeffrey R <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pop Tops - open and shut/Don't do this:
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Here's a DON'T in the world of pop top raising and lowering.

I guess my cable assist mechanism is shot. I use the "rest the top on your
head" method of pulling in the canvas.

But Don't do the following:

The DPO showed me a "great" trick which turned out to be detrimental. To
lower the top he closed all the windows and doors and then released the open
top and let it drop down. The canvas billows out as a result of the vacuum
(or whatever) and the top very slowly drops as the pressure releases. This
gives you time to pull in the canvas at the sides when the top gets low
enough. The PROBLEM is the rear of the canvas billows out where you can't
reach or see it from inside. And then the top closes on a bit of it leaving
some of it exposed to the elements-- Not enough that I could see it though.
So after last winter when I poped up the top the rear had mold on it and the
canvas was weakened and split. Now I'll have to patch it.

The DPO also showed me how the radio covers up the sound of a bad tranny. But
he didn't exactly explain that one was a "trick". Lesson: Never trust a guy
who works for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jeff
83.5 Westy
NYC


In a message dated 4/29/2000 4:30:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dbeierl@IBM.NET writes:

<< But on the way down it comes by itself until it's about
 12-18 inches up, then I start alternately rolling the canvas and pulling
 the top down until it's three or four inches up.  Then a sharp pull down
 and it's latched. >>