At 12:57 PM 4/20/2001, Matthew Pollard wrote: >has anybody been able to slow down the front doors when they open so they >don't fly against the end-stops? Would expanding the arm mechanism help? Works for me -- I expand the arm mechanism while holding to the handle inside. When the arm mechanism is fully expanded I lean forward as necessary to allow the door to come to rest at the stop. I was advised by my brother-in-law to use this technique in windy Scotland, where the dead rabbits on the roadside are almost obscured by flying doors (not quite; I was there during the myxomatosis stage where they all stagger around blindly and walk under things until you have almost literally fur-lined roads)... d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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