Date:         Sun, 5 Dec 2010 16:59:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Advice, questions, help request
Comments: To: Austin <slyvess1@yahoo.com>
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Indeed there is.  So put some tape on both the pilot drill and the hole
drill so you know just how deep to drill.  Won't take much.  That particular
place is the A pillar.  To add the accessory, you'll need the whole
assembly, plastic inserts, original screws, the handle and the screw
covers.  Then you will take off the one on the passenger side (B pillar),
and put masking tape over the holes thus revealed making sure the tape is
long enough to make it to some particular reference above the grabit.  Mark
the holes in the tape, then pull off the tape and place it in a similar
position on the A pillar.  This will become your template for drilling the
mounting holes.  Drill shallow holes, very shallow.  Use a tape-marked pilot
drill to start then gently drill the final holes.   The needed size for the
final holes is that which just fits into the now vacant holes on the B
pillar.  Reattach the B pillar grabit and then attach the A pillar grabit.

Easy, eh?

Pensioner



On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Austin <slyvess1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Be careful - there's wiring inside that "tube" / windshield column.  And I
> know because...
>
> Austin oldud
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>
> --- On *Sun, 12/5/10, Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
>
> Subject: Re: Advice, questions, help request
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 1:33 PM
>
>
> For some of  us it's an elder accessory.  Had one since 90.  For short guys
> it makes that syncro step even easier.
>
> Al
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu<http://mc/compose?to=Jones@colorado.edu>>
> wrote:
>
> > Here's an idea to consider:  Put a grab handle on the
> > driver side, just like the passenger side.  It makes
> > getting in a whole lot easier.
> >
> > Lots of us have done it.  You could probably get a shop
> > to install it for you.
> >
> > Chris:  do you have a handle for the lady?  ;-)
> >
> > Richard
> >
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