Wise Man -----Original Message----- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 3:40 pm Subject: [tcb] Re: Alternate use for ragtop on a bus. Yeah, I have a great spouse also. If she is at home and I am driving the Baja or the Porsche, which she can hear coming, the door goes up as I turn in the driveway. I have not tried the horn honking to get it open, not sure I am brave enough to try that one. From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 9:09:15 AM Subject: [tcb] Re: Alternate use for ragtop on a bus. I'm married to my garage door opener. If she doesn't hear my stock Bus horn, I just hit the air horn : ) Someday I need to fix mine... James DAC TCB '59 23 Window Deluxe '73/'77 Westfakia '78 Super Vert From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:12 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: Alternate use for ragtop on a bus. I dunno; some of us poor folks still raise the garage door the old fashioned way. From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, April 30, 2012 7:17:03 PM Subject: [tcb] Alternate use for ragtop on a bus. So my bus is broke then my son wrecks his car now my garage door opener breaks with my bus inside. I had to pull the release to get the garage door open but, did not want to push the bus out to look at the opener. So I got in the bus opened the ragtop, stood on the rear seat/bed and was able to access the opener through the sunroof. Pulled the cover and the main gear is striped. Since I am still job challenged(unemployed) I was not looking forward to spending the cash on a new opener. I however found the parts to fix the opener on Searspartsdirect.com for $29.95. Yea me! It's a shame people don't fix stuff anymore. Most of the time I find it's a really inexpensive part that needs replacing. The problem is finding said part.