Miata Mailing List: January 1997, Message #27
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Subject: Re: The Long Right Arm (of the law?)

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In a message dated 96-12-31 22:15:13 EST, jhamlton@hal-pc.org (J.A. Hamilton)

writes:



> I am STILL unable to raise the top from the driver's seat (even while

>  parked)....I DO however have the seatbelt tower brace to contend

>  with....Does this make a difference?

>  



I manage to lift it parked or at low (<15mph) speed, haven't yet gotten the

nerve or had the need to try it at higher speeds.  I have a '96, w/ the

brace.  At first I had trouble raising the top, but it was because I was

pulling up at an angle- kind of trying to pull it foreward as I raised it.

 The key seems to be pull straight UP first, then start to go foreward.

 After you do it a few times, you start to build the proper muscles, too.

 They don't seem to get much use in normal everyday life.



Pat