George Goff wrote: >A brilliant and straightforward solution to the problem of increasing the >friction on the lower pivot of the window wing has been suggested to me by Lister >Alistair Bell: drill an access hole directly over the screw location. Now, >if you have to ask exactly where to locate the hole, perhaps you should think >again about doing this. > > Aw, c'mon, tell me why! Not the same on all Vanagons? We should disassemble the door and visually inspect to find the location? It's not that lame old "I could tell you but then I'd have to make you dress like Mary Matalin and engage in pillowtalk with James Carvell" thing, is it? As a new Vanagon owner (the ownership is new, not the car . . . or me) I have a floppy driver's side vent and have been staring at it dolefully for some weeks now, wondering what, O what, can I do. Earlier posts about this have presented the repair procedure as one that no one in their right mind would recommend tackling. To hear that there is a simpler solution is encouraging. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 VW Type 2 / 84 Westy: A poor but proud race. KG6RCR |
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