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Date:         Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:16:09 -0600
Reply-To:     patrick paul clerkin <clerkin@STUDENTS.UIUC.EDU>
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From:         patrick paul clerkin <clerkin@STUDENTS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: hard to make sliding door latch
Comments: To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@uidaho.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.GHP.4.30.0112192122210.17606-100000@falcon.csrv.uidaho.edu>
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Its an 86. How do you adjust the latch?

Thanks, Patrick

On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Matthew Pollard wrote:

> what year?? > > in general, the rear catch (the part on the bus, not the door) needs to be > adjusted. If not that, then the latch (inside the door) needs to be taken > apart and cleaned, baked to dry (about 100F. too high and you'll break > stuff... guess how i know!), THEN while hot, spray some wd-40 or tri-flo > on the mechanisms. > > -matthew > 86 syncro westy > 84 weekender (for sale!) > > Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death > Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" > University of Idaho > www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 >


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