The covers are held on with a long wire sort of the same way a watch
band is held onto a watch. If you take the outlet off and look at the side
you will see holes that you can stick a pin into to push the wire out a
little way. Then just grab the end of the wire and pull.
   I once replaced a broken spring with one taken from a ball point pen.
Worked OK for a while but then I lost the door. I havent figured out how to
replace the whole door yet other than to buy a new one ($$$$$!!!!!).
Searching the junk yards is futile as the outlets seem to be the second
thing to vanish from a new junker (the first is the rear hatch supports).

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of SPENCERVW@AOL.COM
Sent: Sat, March 27, 1999 9:37 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: how to fix westy elect inlet cover??

Has anyone had to fix any of the three covers on the utility inlets. The
electrical inlet(center) cover may have a broken spring or something else.
I'm
not sure how to take it off. Any help would be appreciated
Spencer