maddening isn't it ?

the rod sliding forward is a problem..
I might have used a big vice grips to prevent that.
and a needle nose vice grips to hold the small too-strong spring back to get
the clip in.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:17 PM
Subject: How the dickens? (Pickle of the day)

> Following the procedure in Bentleys 37.13, I have set about tinkering
> with the length of the throttle adjusting rod to see if I can affect
> kick down to better accommodate the limited range of motion I have in my
> right ankle.
>
> But now I can't get the thing back together. I can't mash the Override
> Spring (#2 in the left picture on 37.13) far enough onto the Adjusting
> Rod to expose the end so I can push the Circlip back on.
>
> That's a mighty tough little spring, and the adjusting rod isn't helping
> matters by sliding forward when I start putting pressure on it.
>
> What's the trick here? It feels like even if the adjusting rod was
> immobile I would not have enough strength in my fingers to mash the
> spring far enough forward and hold it there long enough to reach for the
> circlip, drop it, fumble for it, find the little pliers, pick it up, put
> it back down and turn it the right direction, pick it back up again, and
> get it onto the end of the rod.
>
> Stupid manual should warn a fellow that "assembly is the reverse of the
> above procedure except that the spring takes superhumanly strong small
> fingers to reinstall".
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
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