At 04:57 PM 8/14/2015, PB wrote:
>Ok - so in order to repair or replace my pop top frame mechanism without
>removing the poptop itself, I would need to support it. That's a simple
>concept, but I would like to know EXACTLY how!  I'm envisioning a wooden
>jig something like THIS ONE
><http://s74.photobucket.com/user/edtech2000/media/Pop%20Top%20Suppport.jpg.html>.
>I was thinking that an auto jack might go below the base, but never used
>one.

You're working too hard.  2x4 in the middle, padded or secured as appropriate.

FWIW, I discovered my cross-tube was almost sawn through three hours
before I had to leave to catch a ferry to Nova Scotia.  I propped up
one side at a time, cut the tube short, turned solid ends from
bronze, glued them in with JB Weld, and was on the road in time.  But
it's occurred to me since that I could have simply shoved in three
inches of the largest-diameter piece of round bar I could find that
fit inside the cross-tube and been fine for the trip and maybe forever.

https://picasaweb.google.com/117189706757545167023/VanagonPopTopHingeTroubles?noredirect=1

Yours,
David