Can't you just step up onto the seat pedestal Mike? If you make the knob hang down six inches it'll whack your head when the top's down.

On 6/28/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > Following up on my own query (below), How about removing the knob, > connecting a universal joint to the shaft, then a 6'' shaft, then > attaching a knob to the lower end of this dangly shaft? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Reaching skylight knob > Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:40:59 -0700 > From: Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> > Reply-To: camping.elliott@gmail.com > To: Vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > > I'm too short to reach the skylight knob when the top up. I used to just > lower the top a bit when I needed to open or close the skylight, but now > that I have installed a Buese Shelf(TM) on the crossbar, it's a bit more > complicated because whatever's on the shelf needs to be removed before > lowering the lid. What would be cool would be some kind of extension for > the knob, dangled down where I can reach it.* > > *Of course I could haul something into the van to stand on. I like to > keep the floor uncluttered though, it being somewhat small, so most > floor items get moved outside when camping. > -- > > 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 > > > -- > > 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 >

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