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Subject:Re: heater control knob
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:31:10 -0500

At 06:06 AM 12/24/2001, Frank Condelli wrote:
>        Been there !  Ha !  What a Mickey Mouse affair !  YES, it will just
>pull off.  You need to really pull, that's why they break.  VW wanted to sell
>more heater control levers !  I have been successful in gluing them back

Warm them first with a hair dryer through the ashtray.  If they're really
tight, after removing them slit the tops as far as the round hole that
engages the bump on top of the metal lever.

david

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