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Subject:Re: Pop top issue
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Sun, 29 May 2011 17:23:12 -0700

On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 20:46 -0400, David Beierl wrote:
> At 08:20 PM 5/28/2011, Troy wrote:
> >Something is definitely askew with my poptop, so I seriously doubt
> >it's related to your shelf, but it does exacerbate the situation.  I
> >tend to do most of my cooking outside, so
>
> Have you checked that the hinges on the lifting bar are in good
> shape? https://picasaweb.google.com/dbeierl/VanagonPopTopHingeTroubles#

Oh my goodness, I totally forgot about this. There was quite a bit of
hubub when this came out. Last year, right? Photo is (C) 2010 but the
EXIF data shows 2004?

Anyway, you wrote "My fix was to cut the tube short, turn a solid end
piece out of bronze and epoxy it in."

How's that holding up? Did anyone come up with a fix that doesn't
require a lathe?

-- RJS