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Subject:Re: Smelly dirty vanagons ..
From:Patrick Spragge
Date:Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:47:16 -0700

Get on YouTube and search for vanagon armrest. There is a video by mercedesdieselguy that explains it pretty well.

Patrick Spragge

> On Mar 19, 2016, at 11:07 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> They aren't hard to fix.  There is a pin that you knock out with a drift or
> alignment pin.  Then two Allen bolts that need to be tightened.  Then tap
> the roll pin back in.  It can be hard to see but if you know how it works,
> it isn't to hard to figure out what is up.  Sometimes the roll pin is
> working its way out and just needs to be tapped back in place.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Ken
> 
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016, 12:11 AM Jennifer Rabbitt <
> yoursocialconcierge@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Find that bolt. Sounds like a Giant Robot movie.
>> 
>> jen 🐰 949 2907897 📞
>> Good words to you. 📝
>> Make every stroke count! 🎾
>> 
>>>> On Mar 18, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've fixed mine, not too difficult.. The bolt needs to be tightened for
>> the one that is not staying horizontal. For the other.. Find that bolt! :-)
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Jennifer Rabbitt <
>> yoursocialconcierge@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Speaking of which, Ken?
>>>> I have one armrest that came off completely, and another one that won’t
>> stay horiZontal. Do I need a special guy to put these back in working
>> order, or do I just beg my mechanic?
>>>> 
>>>> Jennifer Rabbitt
>>>> 90 7-pass
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 17, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Chris Szpejankowski <
>> szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I will have it smelted with me in it and have small Vanagons cast from
>> the residuals which will be given to my family.
>>>> 
>>>> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>>>> 
>>>> Dnia 17.03.2016 o godz. 16:22 Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET>
>> napisał(a):
>>>> 
>>>>> I'm having it crushed with me inside it..
>>>>> 
>>>>> You know, saving the environment and stuff..
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:33 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
>>>>> kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Don, you don't understand, I am NEVER going to sell my van so who
>> cares if
>>>>>> the dogs stink it up.  I am going to be buried in it with a huge
>> crane
>>>>>> putting me in the ground.
>>>>>> (sarcasm intended)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yep, it's a pain...... though I discovered on a recent dog-filled
>> trip
>>>>>>> during mud season that a painter's canvas drop cloth does a pretty
>> good
>>>>>> job
>>>>>>> over your bedding...two Wet Chesapeake retrievers
>>>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2016 10:46 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In a message dated 3/17/2016 10:08:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>>>>> dhanson928@GMAIL.COM writes:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> putting my wet dogs
>>>>>>>> inside.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ive passed up many vanagons that looked and smelled like mobile dog
>>>>>>>> kennels...  transporting animals is fine, its just some people
>> never
>>>>>>> clean
>>>>>>>> anything or bother to cover any of the seats...  or let their dogs
>> use
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> westy seats and cabinets as chew toys..  (ive sold many replacement
>>>>>>>> armrests to owners of bored dogs LOL)  ... sand everywhere, all
>> nooks
>>>>>>>> crannies and air vents filled with dog hair...you turn on the rear
>>>>>> blower
>>>>>>>> and get dog dander and hair blowing out...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> would you want to lay your head on a westy rear seat that smelled
>> like
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> slobbery great dane that loved to swim in algae filled ponds and
>> roll
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> dead fish like most dogs do????   i think not.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> i love all animals, but i have seen some really disgusting westys
>> out
>>>>>>>> there that were owned by dog owners..   i guess theyre used to it
>> and
>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> doesn't bother them.. but it sure does kill resale value.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> if you have dogs, cover the seats!!!! is that really that hard to
>> do??
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Ken Wilford
>>>>>> John 3:16
>>>>>> www.vanagain.com
>>

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