Spent a good four days over the past two weeks trying to track down an electrical problem - battery discharging overnight. Finally got the sh*ts and booked it into the voodoo magic man tomorrow. Me and niggling but debilitating electrical faults in a 30 year old vehicle with hacked wiring REALLY don't get on - for the first time I really felt like setting fire to the b*tch.
Replaced the door trim cards and discovered rust holes in the bottom of my passenger side door. THat improved my mood because at least I can fix that.
Decided to pull my CD player and studied up on Mud to get the info I need on running the ipod touch straight to an amp.
Studied Bestop's patent for their "Super Sound Bar" to get ideas for speaker placement on my roll bar. At the moment I don't have sound when I pull the doors off due to speaker location, but an evil plan is brewing. EDIT: Here's the patent if anyone needs ideas:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=pDASAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Finally got back to OEM style soft top construction after a month's break from it due to work.
Made clear PVC patterns for the canvas and stripped off the Kayline bows mounting rails thingys. I was impressed that the steel and paint underneath is pristine - just a little red dust.
Modified my front bows so they fit in the factory holes - lengthened them a little and now they are the absolute correct height. Back and middle bows are good to go as is.
Fitted the top panel of the soft top - looks like a full length bikini top - just to keep some of the rain off while I work on the side and rear panels/windows.
Decided to make some B pillars for the front bows out of wood (prototype until I can get hold of a big block of poly to carve out). So much for making an OEM style soft top that works with Kayline Bows - I've basically rebuilt my Kayline bow sections into factory bows. At least this way I can purchase an OD canvas soft top from ocdBeetle and use my home made one as a spare/ full length bikini top with the sides and rear zipped off.
Got a little engine smoke problem, but I'll have that sorted soon enough.
