old and brittle plastic bits ... of course I broke one. the locator pin, [face-plate anchor stem], (naughty word) can be reattached with a small blob of 2 part epoxy. you'll eventually have reason to pull the panel again so a little dab of anti-sieze on those clips might extend the life of those plastic parts and possibly make the next removal less stressful. h t h mike ________________________________ From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 3:19 PM Subject: Re: Air and heat knobs on levers At 02:57 PM 3/4/2013, WILLIAM WITZ wrote: > I was wondering if you can pull the >plastic knobs on >the air/ heat levers in order to remove the plate. The faceplate is held on by two plastic tits that insert into spring-steel clips in the panel, bottom left and top right IIRC. Pry gently, very close to the pin -- you want absolute minimum bending force on the pin. If rust has formed on the clips they may be frozen. If one breaks off, I have successfully repaired them by careful drilling a clearance hole in the broken part and a smaller hole in the base and inserting a plastic (meant for, not made of) screw from some long-vanished piece of gear. Yours, David |
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