On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:14:35 -0700 you said:
>My driver's side vent window won't stay opened if I'm driving over 30mph or
>so. I've looked in the Bentley, but it doesn't cover this particular
>problem. Before I start disassembling everything, I wonder if anyone has any
>experience fixing this.

yeah. :( it is the worse design i think i have ever seen on the bus or any
car (well, cept for that stuff on the Chevy Vega ...).

ok, the bottom pivot point has a long foot/shaft that sticks down into the
door. on the bottom of this shaft is a clamp. this clamp looks like the
letter P with the shaft sticking though the "hole" in the P. there is
a screw that tightens the "leg" of the P (there are TWO plates/sides to
the leg). this controls the tightness of the vent window movement.

well, that sounds simple. sure does. it's the getting AT that screw that
is the bitch. :( you have to take the door panel off, peel back the
vapor barrier (you DID roll the window glass UP, didn't you?) and get a
flashlight and a small mirror (cause you can't see it at all) and a small
pair of Vise-Grips to turn the screw. it's a phillips-head screw, but there
is no way you are gonna get a screwdriver of any shape or form in there.
the morons who designed this made it easy to assemble OUTside the car!!
then the whole frame of the window/vent-window was stuffed down into the
door. :(

the screw is on the outer side of the clamp ... facing the OUTside of the
car. which makes it even more difficult. it would have been waaaaay too
simple to design it so it faced INside (and maybe cut/drill a hole in the
door metal so you could stick a screwdriver in there!!!!!) :(

also be careful of your hands and fingers ... the metal edges up in there
are sharp and will cut/nick your skin.

it's a real pain to do this, but it can be done. figure at least an hour
of sweating and grunting to see it, reach it, grab it and tighten it.

and for those of you whose vent windows are too tight, this is how you
loosen them as well.

good luck!
joel