Tom Salicos typed:
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List
>>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Mike "Rocket
>>> J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 1:51 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: [Fwd: Reaching skylight knob]
>>>
>>> Following up on my own query (below), How about removing the
>>> knob, connecting a universal joint to the shaft, then a 6''
>>> shaft, then attaching a knob to the lower end of this dangly shaft?
>>>
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> You know, my Fiamma F45 came with a long crank to crank the awning out.  If
> you could just replace the knob on the skylight with a loop of some kind,
> you could crank that puppy up and down.  Of course you'd need a crank.  And
> a place to stow it.  And you'd look stupid.  So never mind.

Wait wait wait -- looks stupid, you say? Well shucks, I look stupid
pretty much all the time anyway.

So yeah - replace the knob with a big D-ring or similar and use a dowel
w/ a hook on the end. Or find a pirate. With a tall enough pirate I
could skip the modifications. But I'd need to feed him.

This is complicated.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR