It wouldn't take much to fabricate a bracket and a bellcrank ( "L"
shaped piece with a fulcrum pin at the base of the L) to change the
direction of the servo thrust/pull.
On Friday, October 8, 2004, at 10:27 AM, Automatic digest processor
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> Date:    Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:54:25 -0700
> From:    jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
> Subject: Re: cool hatch acessory mod..  (fun easy stuff to do this
> weekend)
>
>> I haven't looked inside for space ... but how hard would it be to
>> install an
>> electrically activated solenoid to operate the latch?
>>
>> Mike
>
> Just yesterday I was "fixing" (deactivating) the power lock mechanism
> on
> the rear hatch of a customer's syncro, and I was thinking about the
> same
> thing. The problem with the arrangement of the mechanism back there is
> that
> all the moving parts that release the latch move in a back-to-front
> direction, so you'd need to get the solenoid to pull along the one axis
> along which you have no room to mount anything. The latch itself is
> released by a vertical tab that when pushed back rotates a little to
> the
> side, so it MIGHT be possible to squeeze a solenoid with a cable end
> in the
> port side of the hatch cavity and attach it to the tab. It might be
> pulling
> too perpendicular to the initial direction of travel though. I wish I
> had
> taken pictures; I'm having trouble describing it!
>
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"