Good Morning Ken et al, Thanks to everyone for their comments on the tight tent. Fortunately, the Syncro is an '87, so no stapling to tack strips. I would say this wasn't a particularly difficult job, but very tedious. I can certainly see how one could get into big trouble if you tried to hurry through it. My tent fits very nicely, seams line up at the corners properly etc... it just seems very tight. It pulled one of the aluminum strips free of the Vanagon roof, but at a point where the hole was elongated and the screw didn't have a very good bite. I saw a couple of suggestions to get it wet, so we'll wet it and leave it up for a few days. *Best Regards, Jon* > > Jon Kanas wrote: >> Greetings everyone, >> >> Today's question is a simple one: With the new canvas installed, the >> poptop is now extremely difficult to lock into the raised position, and >> the canvas seems extremely taught. For those of you who have replaced >> the canvas in your Westfalia, was the new canvas significantly tighter >> than the old canvas? Any suggestions on how the get the canvas to >> stretch a little bit? Just leave it locked open for awhile? >> >> *Best Regards, >> Jon B Kanas >> Email: kanas@qadas.com <mailto:kanas@qadas.com> >> Website: http://www.qadas.com/~kanas <http://www.qadas.com/%7Ekanas> >> >> * >> >>> >> > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.