Date:         Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:01:36 -0500
Reply-To:     "John P. Flaherty" <jflaherty@PIVOT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "John P. Flaherty" <jflaherty@PIVOT.NET>
Subject:      Re: 81 steering wheel height
Comments: To: Murray Crawford <murrayerin@YAHOO.COM>
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Murray:

While I don't have an artificial leg, I am 6'10"  and familiar with not
having enough clearance under the steering wheel to work the clutch
comfortably. A couple of minor changes have helped me. One is relocating the
handle strap from it's position on the lower part of the door up to just
below the window. This allowed room for my knee to slide between the wheel
and the door when working the clutch. The other was bending the tabs on the
back of the seat track to allow it to slide back further.

Good luck,
John
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Murray Crawford <murrayerin@YAHOO.COM>
    To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
    Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 3:13 PM
    Subject: 81 steering wheel height


    I emailed Tom C and he suggested I try the whole group for an answer.
I'm looking at an 81 westy manual but have not got enough room to work the
clutch on account of the fact i'm 6'3" and have an artificial lower left
leg. If the steering wheel can be raised 2-3' driving it would be fine - can
this be done?. The other option is to put on a smaller diameter steering
wheel but then it might be a battle to turn the wheel.

    Any suggestions would be great. Past vans were a 69 RHDrive in England
and a 74 auto LHD so have not encountered this problem before, however I do
prefer manual transmission. Could replies be sent to murrayerin@yahoo.com
please.

    Thanks Murray



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