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Date:         Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:20:33 -0500
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: front heater/ door handles
In-Reply-To:  <20021210141135.46468.qmail@web80105.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 09:11 AM, Tracy Bonin wrote:

> Good morning, a very annoying occurance has started happening, thought > maybe someone might know what it is.....when I turn the front heater > on ( 1, 2, or 3 speeds) it makes a really annoying loud squeaky sound. > Does anyone know what this is, and how to fix it?

The fan probably needs cleaning/lubrication. Since you have to remove the dash to do this, you probably won't. > > And for my next trick I want to take off my door panels to redo the > paneling. But I dunno how to take off the handles. Does anyone know. I > know it's probably a matter of just unscrewing them, but how and from > where? I know the windoe cranks are easy, if you just lift the plastic > part theres a screw underneath, but the handles look a little more > complicated. Or maybe it's just me. > > On the handles there is a rectangular piece of plastic (and the top and bottom.) Pry this out, and you'll find screws behind it. Remove the screws.

You'll also need to remove the door opener. Behind the lever is a rounded piece of plastic. Again it needs to be pried out, revealing a screw (or two ) behind it. Also don't forget to do the air vent at the bottom.


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