Thanks for the post, Joy.  There's no danger inherent in removing
those latches?  I guess my worry would be that the seat would fold up
on my 3 boys if I ever slammed on the brakes ...  Regardless, there
is still the issue of one of the posts wiggling around.  That just
seems a bad thing.  I guess I'll have a go at it with a wrench or
whatever next weekend.

Yes, I'm at MIT.  But not on campus; Lincoln Lab is in Lexington.

Tim Leek
Technical Staff
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lexington, MA, 02144
tleek@ll.mit.edu

On Apr 23, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:

> I removed all the latches for the bed to deal with that problem.
> Doesn't
> seem like there's any need to have those latches anyway.
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> p.s.  Hey, are you at MIT?  I once was...
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
> ****************************************************************
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> Behalf
> :::Of Tim Leek
> :::Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:39 AM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: bed problems
> :::
> :::The bed in my 87 Vanagon GL (not a pop-top) is hard to unfold and
> :::seems to be getting worse.  I have to pull up very hard on the
> handle
> :::and often give it a hard whack on one side to get the catches to
> :::release if from upright position.  Yesterday I took a look at the
> :::little plastic-shrouded metal pin on the side that seems to be the
> :::problem and found it to be loose.
> :::
> :::Is this a know problem for which there are known solutions?  Has
> :::anyone any advice to offer?  I'm thinking of at least trying to
> :::tighten up the pin in question.  Perhaps I should also squirt a
> load
> :::of lithium grease into the various mechanisms?
> :::
> :::Help.
> :::
> :::Tim Leek
> :::Technical Staff
> :::MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> :::Lexington, MA, 02144
> :::tleek@ll.mit.edu
>