Date:         Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:42 -0400
Reply-To:     mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Somewhat urgent help requested
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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thanks, David. A Phillips is a tool I have permanently residing on board.
And a Leatherman.

I'll try to boost it up. That pax motor has always been a laggard...

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:22 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 04:13 PM 3/19/2010, mordo wrote:
>
>> Any recommended next troubleshooting steps?
>>
>
> Not troubleshooting exactly, but see if you can get a grip on the top of
> the window and help it up.   Or you *might* be able to unsnap the lower door
> panel enough to get a hand in there and help from below.  To fully remove
> the door panel you need a #2 Philips and ideally a #3.
>
> The window handle -- well, never mind that one.
>
> The grab handle has a #2 and a #3 on each end, under a flip-open cap.
>
> There's a cup outboard of the door handle that you have to pry out, then an
> obvious screw under it.  Keep track of the cupped lockwasher for that.
>
> The ventilator grill -- real or fake -- has between two and four screws.
>
> After that it's just a matter of sliding underneath and popping out the
> snaps.  All around the outside and a couple in the middle.
>
> The plastic sheet underneath is important and should be preserved.  Keeps
> the damp out of the door panels etc.
>
> Yours,
> David
>



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mordo
1990 Carat