(I reckon I should be used to asking simple questions.) I'm doing the final reassembly after installing the radiatior. Last thing: spare tire carrier. It consists of three (3) parts, excluding the bolt. One (1) clamshell, and two (2) curvy metal arms. Oh yeah, also two (2) little clippy things to keep the curvy metal arms from falling out of the hinges. Trouble is I can't figure out how to orient the two curvy metal arms. I know they don't go under the clamshell, but the only other way I can fit them is up from the hinges, through the notches at the rear of the clamshell, and above the tire. But the hooky things at the leading edges bang into the frame when I lift the clamshell to lock it in. There's probably a picture in Bentley but I'll be darned if I can figure out what Repair Group the spare tire holder assembly might belong to. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia. |
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