Cable Conundrum

[Scott Johnson <scott@domain.elided>]

The saga continues...

Ok, so now I'm at the point of actually installing the top. First step, 
according to the factory manual, is to string the side cables (I got new 
cables... one of the old ones had been cut). Convieniently, the top came 
with a string through the cable... channel? ... that runs over the top 
of the window. I tied one end of the string to the anchor loop and then 
simply pulled it through.

But now I'm stuck. For the life of me I can't see any way to get the 
cable from the outside of the top to the inside of the top so I can 
connect it to the cable anchor. In the manual, there is clearly an 
eye-hole in the padding around the window which I assume is the point 
where you pass the cable through. I have no such hole in this particular 
top (manufactured by CROWN, purchased from Bruce's Parts Bin in NJ). 
Further, after having a second person look there appears to be no 
"secret passage" that we can find that might substitute for said eye-hole.

So what do I do? Is there a right way to create an eyehole? Some sort of 
fancy rivet that can be placed that the manufacturer of the top forgot? 
Could I have a defective top? I certainly can cut a hole through, but 
I've put in a lot of effort to do this "right", and don't want to screw 
it up now. It's really puzzling the manufacturer would be considerate 
enough to put a string for threading the cable and then not put a way to 
pass said cable through the top.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Scott Johnson
71 1750 Spider
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