Date:         Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:21:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Antaki <wrack@HOME.COM>
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From:         Antaki <wrack@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: "Fold-Up" Table
Comments: To: John Ryan <jcryan@IMAGINEMAIL.COM>
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I have one of those in my '88, and it sometimes sticks. It's held to the
wall by a "push-push" latch arrangement similar to what is found on some
furniture's doors.

On mine, the latch stuck so that I had to pry the table out, ruining the
latch. It was replaced by a new one, which lasted for a few years before the
same problem occurred.

Time for some Yankee Ingenuity. I happen to have a fetish for the *very
strong* rare-earth magnets that I salvage from dead computer hard-disks.
They usually are attached to brackets that screw into  the drive casing. I
attached the magnet to the table, and it's companion steel plate to the wall
(or vice-versa, don't remember).

Now, that table stays put when it should, but is easy to pop open.

If I could only find those extra-large rubber bands, I'd be able to replace
the Wasserleaker....;->

Good Luck,

Ron Antaki

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of John Ryan
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 1:46 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: "Fold-Up" Table
>
>
> Hello!
> I'm trying to figure out how to unfold the table (or what appears
> to be a table) positioned at the middle of the driver's side
> interior of my 1989 Vanagon. There are two hinges at the top and
> the latch is at the bottom right (that's where the resistance
> is). Is there a special trick to this? It's not mentioned in my
> owner's manual.
> Sincerely,
> Tableless in Massachusetts
>
>
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