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Subject:Re: Carat Table Problems
From:William A. McKinley
Date:24 Oct 96 21:00:07 EDT

>If the table has the same lock as the one in my MV you have VERY slim
>chance of forcing it open.  The latch is like a one-way clicker.  I.e. 
>push and release to open, push and release to latch shut.  I had to keep
>trying for two months to get my table loose.  I haven't let it latch back
>since.  It looks like it may only need some lubrication to work correctly. 
>But there is absolutely no backup method of releasing the table. 

Hmmm... I seem to remember a post about an easy way to get to these things.
Seems you take a three inch hole saw and cut a hole thru the table top directly
above the latch so you can reach thru and change the sender. Whoops! that was
something else.  Friday yet? 

Andy McKinley
75112.2101@compuserve.com
'72 Westy