Date:         Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:32:40 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Heater Lever Knob Removal
Comments: To: Blake Heinlein <blakeheinlein@HOTMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2002111111085980@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

At 10:56 AM 11/11/2002, Blake Heinlein wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone know if you can remove the heater levers or the knobs on the
>end of the lever so you can remove the faceplate?  If so how do they come
>off?  Are they supposed to come off?  Do you have to glue them back on?
>Anyone's experience apprecaited.

Entire plastic lever slips off the metal lever -- warm the plastic
beforehand and pull on the shaft, not the knob.  If the knob comes off by
itself I don't think it's practical to replace it, there's not enough
bearing surface there for glues etc.

Beware coming off -- the edge of the internal socket likes to catch on the
edge of the faceplate slot and break it.

If it comes off very stiff, slit the upper surface between the detent hole
and the end before replacing.

david


>Thanks,
>Blake
>http:/members.accessbee.com/heinlein

--
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"