Nah, I'm just hypersensitive from being jumped on by Listees. No problem. :) On 6/15/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > My apologies -- I didn't think you were rude at all. My answer was meant > in the spirit of humor. I'm a clumsy writer most of the time. > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > > On 6/15/2007 12:33 PM Jake de Villiers wrote: > > > I wasn't meaning to be rude Mike, just pointing out the limitations of > > the device. VW wasn't happy with its operation so they redesigned it. > > Unless you've experienced another early van's door and found it to be > > markedly superior, your door may be as good as it's going to get. > > > > On 6/15/07, *Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott* <camping.elliott@gmail.com > > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Not quite the solution I was looking for . . but thanks, anyway? > > > > -- > > > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > > KG6RCR > > > > On 6/15/2007 12:15 PM Jake de Villiers wrote: > > > > > Replace the 84 with an 86 and up and you get a vastly improved > slider > > > with with click and slide locking action too! > > > > > > Quieter, smoother & with shorter throws. > > > > > > Sorry, Mike, my 84 retains the longer throws despite careful > > adjustment. > > > > > > On 6/15/07, *Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott* < > > camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com > > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > > > > > Have to push on the handle of the 84's sliding door pretty > > hard to get > > > the sliding door to unlatch. It's not that the handle is hard > > to turn, > > > it's not. It's just that the handle turns a lot before the > door > > > unlatches. > > > > > > I have the inner cover off the door and see what the > > Bentley's calls the > > > Bowden tube. Turning the cable's adjusting nut so that the > > outer sheath > > > of the tube is all the way forward, and the handle can't > > unlatch the > > > door at all. Turning it all the way rearward, and the handle > > can unlatch > > > it, but it does require that the handle be pushed nearly all > > the way to > > > its stop before the latch releases and forces the door away > > from the > > > frame. > > > > > > Is there some other adjustment that can be made to this cable > > to maybe > > > shorten it? > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > > > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > > > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > > > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan > Capistrano > > > KG6RCR > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jake > > > 1984 Vanagon GL > > > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com> > > <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com> >
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