Date:         Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:19:52 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Re: Pop Tops - open and shut
Comments: To: Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet <NormandSylvie@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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A MAJOR WARNING ...

The DPO put grease on the hinge, and it keeps getting all over the canvas! I
cannot get rid of it all.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy "Iron Igloo"


>Maybe it is more simple and unpleasant than this. Mine pop-top mecanism
>(on a 85) broke in 98. I found that open-close the top cut the
>cross-pipe (it is the hinge of the mecanism). I had to remove it, found
>somebody to rebuild the pipe with parts.
>
>I think, that this year I will put some grease in that hinge ;-)
>>>I suspect that the cable-assist mechanism in one or both of the
>>> lifting legs has failed.   _David
>>
>>>There's a cable assist mechanism?  Mine needs brute force to lift it.
How
>>do I
>>>fix it?  _Jeanne
>>
>>Me too.  The pop top on my 1984 is a very heavy lift, pretty much a fight
>>all the way.  I have only had my Vanagon 9 months and it has been a hard
>>lift from the get- go.  Maybe it isn't 'sposed to be that way.  I know my
>>1971 Willfailya's pop top is much easier to put up.  I hope David can shed
>>some light on this.  He is usually "right on" with information about other
>>items concerning our Vanagons.
>>
>>_Ron Bloomquist
>>
>
>Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
>NormandSylvie@attglobal.net
>