Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:33:16 -0700
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Grrrrr. Got it, so onward.
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Thanks, guys. That was it and I discovered it while waiting for a reply. Trouble for me is not dropping it into the door but into the gravel driveway. Many a small fastener has vanished there.
The bride complains about the window binding when trying to crank it up, so the object of the exercise is to get that fixed. Regulator works fine, so I'm just lubing and reinstalling that, but not before using the last of the B-Quiet on the inside of the door for soundproofing. I also had to vacuum out the broken glass from the break-in the PO told me about.
It appears that the mounting plate on the bottom of the glass has the holes positioned so that the assembly cannot slide far enough forward and is therefore causing the binding, so Dremeling out the slots on the regulator plate to permit the window to move forward in the door looks like the way to go. More later. Thanks!
Stephen
--- On Sun, 8/17/08, The Westy man <thewestyman@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: The Westy man <thewestyman@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Grrrrr. What's the secret to removing the door panel?
> To: "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008, 11:50 AM
> It's a good thing you did.
> That thin plastic dish that is behind the lever comes out
> by inserting a
> flat screw driver at the front into that little gap, and
> pry it out on that
> side, then it will just slide out when you lift the lever.
> And the magic
> little bolt is behind it. But your troubles don't end
> there. When you are
> turning that bolt out, make sure you hold it with your nail
> tight onto that
> philips srew driver to avoid it to drop into the door.
> And when you install, you would do the same.
> That's all.
> Make sure, you don't scratch the paint when you are
> prying the panel off
> around. Stay close to the clips to avoid breaking that
> thin pressed
> cardboard like material.
> Zoltan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Grisanti"
> <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:32 AM
> Subject: Grrrrr. What's the secret to removing the door
> panel?
>
>
> > '87 Westy passenger door inner panel. I've
> removed the speaker, the
> > window crank, the door grab handle and the ventilation
> grille at the lower
> > rear. It's the door latch handle that I can't
> figure out. Bentley shows
> > a little center cover with the black surround and what
> looks like a screw,
> > but how to get to the screw without breaking anything
> is the question.
> > Thought I'd address the list before going any
> further, because it's at
> > this point that stuff usually starts breaking.
> Thanks!
> >
> > Stephen
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