[s-cars] door reassembly trick

[JR]

PITA.  From the latin word "Painumintheassimus"  Meaning "Pain In The Ass."

JR


Bill Clancy wrote:

>PITA?   translation please.
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "James Bowes" <thermobob at hotmail.com>
>To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 6:23 PM
>Subject: [s-cars] door reassembly trick
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>>After much struggling to get my door panels back on, I found a trick that
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>>thought I'd share.. As anyone knows who's tried to get the panels back in
>>place, the lock pin is a PITA. It's at exactly the right height where it's
>>nearly impossible to get lined up with the hole in the trim while you push
>>down on the panel to get the 'hooks' to engage. If you miss the hole, you
>>need to pull the panel back off and start over again. And again. And
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>again.
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>>Here's the miracle tool: A BIC pen. Yep. That's it.
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>>Line up the trim best you can without engaging the hooks. Pull out the ink
>>cartridge and stick the barrel of the pen through the hole in the trim
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>>the top (open side on the pen facing down), and get it around the lock pin
>>(remove the lock 'button' with a 1/4 turn). Now you have all the vertical
>>adjustment you need and the pin stays centered in the trim hole.
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>>Wish I'd used this trick earlier. Anyways, thought I'd toss that one out
>>there.
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>>-James
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