Date:         Sat, 27 Apr 2002 06:11:42 EDT
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: My Vanagon has a name...
Comments: cc: Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM
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In a message dated 4/26/2002 10:25:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:


> My Vanagon has a name...

       Andy, this is a common problem with the electric door locks.  Most 
likely what is happening is that the electrical contacts inside one or both 
of the front door motors are corroded.  You must remove the motors and 
carefully open them.  Clean the contacts with electrical contact cleaner and 
then lube them with Dielectric Grease.  Reassemble the motors and reinstall 
and all should be fine.  Just be careful when opening the motor so as not to 
lose any of the small bits and make note of how all is before removing any 
part.  There are no diagrams on how the assembly is.

Cheers  

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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