Jeff; While my truck was being painted I had the handles off. I decided to disassemble and paint the. Serendipitously a list member wrote on flushing out and lubricating the tumblers. I used brake cleaner until it ran clear then white lithium . Makes an incredible difference in key effort. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe -------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 23:57:26 -0600 Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MB.SYMPATICO.CA> writes: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C04AA8.D047C720 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >volkswagen has the lousiest locks ever. ever ever ever. It's minus 2 >= >celsius, just two degrees below freezing, and I've been climbing in my >= >van through the trunk. my 69 notchback has better locks. i swear, my >= >locks attract moisture. one lock is seized, the return spring in the >= >other doesn't work, and i have to tighten the sliding door handle >every = >time I fill up. whenever it gets below 5 degrees i have to lay every >= >one of my 100 kilos or so to get the doors to shut. > >thank you for letting me indulge you with my pet peeve. > >Jeff=20 >85 Westy, Winnipeg > >------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C04AA8.D047C720 >Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = >http-equiv=3DContent-Type> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT size=3D2>volkswagen has the lousiest locks ever. ever >= >ever=20 >ever. It's minus 2 celsius, just two degrees below freezing, and >= >I've been=20 >climbing in my van through the trunk. my 69 notchback has better = >locks. i=20 >swear, my locks attract moisture. one lock is seized, the return >= >spring in=20 >the other doesn't work, and i have to tighten the sliding door handle >= >every time=20 >I fill up. whenever it gets below 5 degrees i have to lay every >= >one of my=20 >100 kilos or so to get the doors to shut.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=3D2>thank you for letting me indulge you with my >pet=20 >peeve.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=3D2>Jeff </FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=3D2>85 Westy, Winnipeg</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > >------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01C04AA8.D047C720-- ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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