Date:         Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:24:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      "88 Wolfy Fold out table stuck shut
Comments: To: cjruss@gis.net
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> In a message dated 1/29/01 10:11:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, cjruss@GIS.NET
> writes:
>
>
> The table on my 88 wolfburg is in it's fold down position and I can't seam
> to get it to release. On the bottom of it , say's to push table . I assume
> this is to release it but it wont . I can hear a clicking sound but nothing
> is happening . What is if there is any secret to getting this to come out ?

While pushing in on the table top, I sprayed a little WD-40 using the thin
straw-like nozzle as near to the latch as possible.  After it popped open
with repeated pushes I realized that there had been some gunk built up in
the latch. After cleaning and lubricating....no problems for four or five
years now.

Can't let this be...someone wrote (not cjruss@GIS.NET):

> then i just put my fingers behind there on the right bottom and pulled like
> hell, pulled the screws right outta the back of the table.

For me, reacting with brute force more often has created bigger problems
than just thinking about the problem and then acting.

>then i threw that @#$%& latch piece into the creek and put big velcro tabs on
>there.

Really glad the velcro works; really SAD that anybody (especially on this
list) would stoop to littering our waterways because of a fit of rage.
Just my humble opinion.  No flame intended.


--
Stephen Steele
Chillicothe OH
'91 Caravelle  Hans
'84 Westfalia  Fritz or Sunny?