Wonder if you could not upgrade the screw to a hex head while you are there?

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From: Matthias Kuster <matthiaskuster@VERIZON.NET>
> Running the danger of bringing this thread back to it's original,
> boring technical nature, once access is established to that ingenious
> Phillips head, how in the Lord's name does one tighten the damn
> thing? I don't see any way of fitting a Phillips head in there?
> Special Snap-On mucho dinero tool or glue a Phillips drill bit to a
> say 8mm open /box end wrench maybe? Why couldn't Shmolkswagen use a
> hex screw? needless question obviously...proper Volkswagen procedure
> probably requires drilling an access hole through door, brilliant !
> This seems to me to actually be a pretty easy fix once the door panel
> and speaker is out, with huge instant reward if you don't have
> working ac.
>
> Dynamite would probably work also, I will have to call Wolfgang and
> Dieter back on that one...
>
> Matthias