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Subject:Re: 84 slider getting a bit stubborn
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:43:44 -0700

On 8/16/2005 6:34 PM Pascal Giasson wrote:

>The same thing happened to me.  My problem got progressively worse.  It
>ended up being the cable inside the door that got loose.  The lock nut
>that keeps the cable tight had worked itself loose so the cable got out of
>adjustment and too long.  I had to take the door pannel off and then
>adjust the cable to make it a little shorter and then snug up the lock
>nut.  You can see how this works in the Bentley 58.7.
>
>

That's kind of how this feels -- like something is almost, but not quite
fully letting go.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
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