Date:         Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:44:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Battery removal & seat tracks
In-Reply-To:  <38CB7BE5.E7D@cyburban.com>
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At 06:13 AM 3/12/2000 -0500, you wrote:
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>Has anyone come up with a method to make battery removal easier.

FLAPS will have a battery carrier that is a rubber strap w/holes at each
end (ends are metal) - slip the holes over the posts: lifting jams the
posts in the holes, grabbing so's you can lift.


>Also, do the seat tracks need greasing to make the seat slide easier?

Completely remove the seat & rub a candle or paraffin wax on the tracks of
both the seat & the base...this also works on the bottom/front bearing on
the sliding door (the god-awful screech just B4 it closes) - in the last 4"
of it's travel, the outer race (by design!) slides sideways on the bottom
rail; the wax provides lubrication, w/o attracting dirt.

Austin