Date:         Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:01:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Dave Katsuki <dkatsuki@WORLD.STD.COM>
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From:         Dave Katsuki <dkatsuki@WORLD.STD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hatch Strut Pain
Comments: To: VICARY2U@aol.com
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Remember the emergency weak strut fix:

Take a piece of 1/2" PVC pipe the right length and cut a slot down one side
to fit over the strut rod when extended.
Keep it in the back near at hand and resolve each time you put it in to
order replacement struts from Ken or Ron.

Dave
90 Westy (now I can do chin-ups on the open hatch with the new struts...)



At 10:18 PM 6/27/01 -0400, Vicki Derrer wrote:
>"You
>haven't experienced pain until you have walked into the edge of the
>hatch that you didn't notice had dropped down six inches since you
>walked under it the last time!"
>
>     April, 2001...  The ER...My boyfriend was even reluctant to accompany me
>inside, for fear of being accused of battering.  "How did this happen?" they
>asked.  "I walked into the open back hatch of my VW camper," I replied
>earnestly.  Eleven stitches for me and some raised eyebrows from the nurses.
>
>Vicki in NC (my bangs will hide the scar)

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