No wipers, no heat, and a leaking top.  What am I doing out with my 715 in the middle of this monsoon?

I have to get the 715 to a shop tomorrow for some tuning and we are still in the middle of "Arctic Storm Watch 2008!!!!!!" 

Maybe I misspoke.  Technically, the wipers are there.  But at some point before I got the truck, the vacuum wipers were swapped for electric wipers, I swapped YJ arms and wiper blades on, only to find the electric motors don't work.  The real kick in the jimmie here is that the motors are 120 bucks a pop (yes, the truck requires two).  And that's why my wipers don't work.

The heater too, is there.  But, the truck got relocated to SoCal before I finished hooking it up, and with normally hotter-n-hell temps here its way low on the list of things to finish.  Its in the 30's outside which is about 10-degrees cooler than shorts and t-shirts weather in the truck.  Throw on a jacket you say?  Sure.  Problem is, no heat, means no defrost.  No defrost means foggy windows.

Problem 3 is the top.  I got it from New Life Resources at least 4 years ago, and until recently its stayed on the truck in all weather, outside.  Not a big deal, but I noticed a few months ago that the top no longer repelled water.  Anyone familiar with canvas tops or tents won't be shocked here.  I've not treated it or sealed it in the 4+ years I've had it.  So, today I get in the truck for the 47 mile drive home, find the seats wet, the floor soaked, the gauges foggy, and I remember that I've been putting off re-sealing the top.

With the "biggest storm system of the year" on top of us, I decide to do something about all this.  Since I was already looking at 6 hours of sleep, I wasn't about to do it all.  It was too dark to rig the heater up, not to mention the time factor.  Finding those wiper motors wasn't going to happen even if I had 240+ tax to dump on em, and then I had no tools to install them.  So, re-sealing the top became priority.  22 bucks, three cans of silicone, and about a half hour later and hopefully my top will keep the water off me for the 100-mile one-way drive tomorrow. 

I managed to blow like every direction on the can: Clean fabric (lol, yeah right); Check for discoloration (not with the rain coming, bub!); Hold can 7-10 inches away (in this wind???); Apply one light coat, recoat after 4 hours (at 3 AM?  I don't think so); Let dry for 24-48 hours (lol, it was raining before I finished).

Oh well, its gotta keep me dry for 200 or so miles.  Wish me luck.