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Date:         Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:47:16 -0700
Reply-To:     spraggepat@GMAIL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Patrick Spragge <spraggepat@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Smelly dirty vanagons ..
Comments: To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <CANEuo0ihknA_r7tG0A=M3-TNkjDYu3r63J3VVdoE3BP2xDc7_Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Get on YouTube and search for vanagon armrest. There is a video by mercedesdieselguy that explains it pretty well.

Patrick Spragge

> On Mar 19, 2016, at 11:07 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > They aren't hard to fix. There is a pin that you knock out with a drift or > alignment pin. Then two Allen bolts that need to be tightened. Then tap > the roll pin back in. It can be hard to see but if you know how it works,

> it isn't to hard to figure out what is up. Sometimes the roll pin is > working its way out and just needs to be tapped back in place. > > HTH > > Ken > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016, 12:11 AM Jennifer Rabbitt < > yoursocialconcierge@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Find that bolt. Sounds like a Giant Robot movie. >> >> jen 🐰 949 2907897 📞 >> Good words to you. 📝 >> Make every stroke count! 🎾 >> >>>> On Mar 18, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've fixed mine, not too difficult.. The bolt needs to be tightened for >> the one that is not staying horizontal. For the other.. Find that bolt! :-) >>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Jennifer Rabbitt < >> yoursocialconcierge@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Speaking of which, Ken? >>>> I have one armrest that came off completely, and another one that won’t >> stay horiZontal. Do I need a special guy to put these back in working >> order, or do I just beg my mechanic? >>>> >>>> Jennifer Rabbitt >>>> 90 7-pass >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 17, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Chris Szpejankowski < >> szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>> >>>> I will have it smelted with me in it and have small Vanagons cast from >> the residuals which will be given to my family. >>>> >>>> Wysłane z iPhone'a >>>> >>>> Dnia 17.03.2016 o godz. 16:22 Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET> >> napisał(a): >>>> >>>>> I'm having it crushed with me inside it.. >>>>> >>>>> You know, saving the environment and stuff.. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:33 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) < >>>>> kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Don, you don't understand, I am NEVER going to sell my van so who >> cares if >>>>>> the dogs stink it up. I am going to be buried in it with a huge >> crane >>>>>> putting me in the ground. >>>>>> (sarcasm intended) >>>>>> >>>>>> Ken >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yep, it's a pain...... though I discovered on a recent dog-filled >> trip >>>>>>> during mud season that a painter's canvas drop cloth does a pretty >> good >>>>>> job >>>>>>> over your bedding...two Wet Chesapeake retrievers >>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2016 10:46 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In a message dated 3/17/2016 10:08:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>>>>>>> dhanson928@GMAIL.COM writes: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> putting my wet dogs >>>>>>>> inside. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ive passed up many vanagons that looked and smelled like mobile dog

>>>>>>>> kennels... transporting animals is fine, its just some people >> never >>>>>>> clean >>>>>>>> anything or bother to cover any of the seats... or let their dogs >> use >>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> westy seats and cabinets as chew toys.. (ive sold many replacement

>>>>>>>> armrests to owners of bored dogs LOL) ... sand everywhere, all >> nooks >>>>>>>> crannies and air vents filled with dog hair...you turn on the rear >>>>>> blower >>>>>>>> and get dog dander and hair blowing out... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> would you want to lay your head on a westy rear seat that smelled >> like >>>>>> a >>>>>>>> slobbery great dane that loved to swim in algae filled ponds and >> roll >>>>>> in >>>>>>>> dead fish like most dogs do???? i think not. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> i love all animals, but i have seen some really disgusting westys >> out >>>>>>>> there that were owned by dog owners.. i guess theyre used to it >> and >>>>>> it >>>>>>>> doesn't bother them.. but it sure does kill resale value. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> if you have dogs, cover the seats!!!! is that really that hard to >> do?? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Ken Wilford >>>>>> John 3:16 >>>>>> www.vanagain.com >>


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