[V8] solved....maybe

Roger Woodbury rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Thu Nov 20 12:28:42 PST 2008


Well, the recirc flap is fixed.  IN a manner of speaking.  I used a piece of
coat hanger wire and looped a wire tie through one end of the loop and the
wire tie itself through the bracket that held the broken cross piece.  It
was pretty nasty working upside down holding a small flashlight in my mouth,
but I finally managed to get it all together.  

I had removed the plug from the door and looped that through one end  of the
spring that I had looped through the coathanger wire loop.  The spring isn't
in the absolutely correct place, but the door is pulled closed and I think
it will end the majority of the problem of windows fogging over.

By far the best way is to remove the glove box, and unless you're pretty
svelt, the passenger seat should be removed too.  With that out of the way
it would be much easier to get both hands up inside to property loop either
a wire "M" like Ed did, or a wire tie positioned in the absolutely best
place to hang spring from.  But the entire operation should I ever have to
repeat it, will take only an hour or so, including pulling out all the
necessary pieces to gain access.  

One thing I discovered that I didn't know for some reason, is that the
little light that lights the footwell is burned out, so I will pick up one
before doing the entire reassembly tomorrow morning.

And by that time, the kink in my neck may be gone, too.

Thanks again to all for the ideas and support...this is a nasty job if a
dealer or professional mechanic had to do it!

Roger



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