Date:         Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:46:13 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Newbie and inop electric windows
Comments: To: A PETER MARSH <apetermarsh@MAC.COM>
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At 05:07 PM 10/23/2010  -0400, A PETER MARSH wrote:
>just how I remove the door panel and get to the electric motor as my
>VW Tech is real busy on other projects at this time.

 From memory...

Rubberish cover of window handle -- oops, you don't have that.  But
if you did, the fixing screw is under that cover -- no Japanese-style
spring clip.

Plastic cup outboard of door handle unclips, then there's a screw
underneath with special cupped lock washer.

Two screws (P2 and P3) at each end of grab handle.

Two or so screws holding on the vestigial vent cover at bottom aft
corner of door.

Then an easy pop-clip every few inches around the perimeter and one
or two in the middle.  Tools not needed.

If it's a wire problem at the door hinge -- the two ends of the
rubber tube have molded grooves that engage their respective
holes.  At least one of them (the door one) is an absolute bear to
get back in.  Rubber lube might help, dunno.  I believe I finally
achieved it by binding the end tightly with tape or something, then
removing it from inside the door.  It's too late for me now, but
having put the thing back together I wish I'd run three or four extra
wires through it against later need.  Or at least a fishing string.

I suspect you could use a twelve year old, to help cuss and also
retrieve you from whatever posture you get locked in at the worst moment.

Yours,
David