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Old 05-18-2014, 05:20 PM
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Hey Y'all! It's been a nice week except for the 3"s of rain we got and my top not working. But, the rain is over and the top is working again so I'm not complaining. I drove the car to a cruise-in in a small town about 40 miles south of here yesterday and had a good time except for two things. First, I didn't think about the love bugs being active and ran through a swarm of them on the way to the show and again on the way home. For those of you who are not familiar with them they are a black flying insect about the size of a fly. They mate in mid-air and number in the hundreds to thousands depending on the time of year. There is something in them that will eat into the finish on a car if they are left on. I used a detail spray to get them off as soon as I parked at the cruise-in and again as soon as I got home. Below are a couple pictures of them.
Second, on the way home I was cruising along about 65mph in the right lane when three large ducks decided they wanted to play and ran out in front of me! I was able to swerve and miss them but it scared the tar out of me.
I had an issue with my top not working but after undoing the trunk connection, to check for current, and hooking it back up the top started working fine.
There was a thread on here about installing relays to take the load off the switch and I plan on attempting that modification.
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