Though I don't have this table config in my Westy, I = see this problem reported constantly here on the list.  If I = recall, Chris Jordan made a suggestion to just remove the catch = mechanism and replace it with a magnetic-type mount instead.  = Doesn't sound like there is any trick to getting it to work; rather it = sounds like faulty design of the catch mechanism.  Imagine = that!

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
> Of Alan Bosch
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:49 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Side table in Wolfsburg
>
>
> In a gallent attempt to spend quality time with = my three year
> old son, he
> and I packed a picnic dinner and went up to a = local park on
> Lake Ontario.
> We threw rocks, played on a playground and then = tumbled in
> the bus for our
> dinner.  I wanted to keep the bus = relatively clean of food
> debris, so I
> tried to bring the table into the open and = locked position.  Wouldn't
> budge.  So we ate off our laps and, as = three year olds are
> wont to do, made
> a general mess of things.
>
> When I got home, I tried for about an hour to = get the $#@%*&
> table to open
> with no luck.  So here's the question: Is = there any way to
> open that darn
> table, short of a pry bar?  I tried = pulling, pushing, and
> using a rather
> large screw driver, to no avail.  And, = once open, is there
> anyway to do
> some sort of PM or something to get the = mechanism to function better?
>
> Suggestions most welcome.
>
> Alan Bosch
> & Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)
> Rochester, NY
>