Why not hack add an antenna rotator motor with a wireless remote and upgrade to a power sunroof?

Todd
'88 Westy

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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
> Tom Salicos typed:
> >
> >
> >>> -----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?
> >>>
> >
> > 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.
>
>
> --
> 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
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