[T3] Posting for a friend any ideas?

[Dave Hall]

With spare wheel and tyre in the way, I think it could be very frustrating.
You would probably need a snake camera to see what you were doing in there -
or borrow an endoscope from a surgeon or a boroscope from an engineer!

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of David
Sent: 14 April 2011 04:38
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Subject: Re: [T3] Posting for a friend any ideas?

[[[3) Last resort. find another car from the same era and with the same
release lever. and see how the cable hooks to the latch. Drill a hole in the
front of the body such that you can lever the release with a screwdriver.
]]]

Before I drilled any holes, I would try another idea. I've never tried this
idea, but if I had this problem on our '72; I would first unbolt the front
bumper and slide it out with it's tubular reinforcement. After moving the
plastic bellows aside, I would figure out a way to get a makeshift tool up
thru these openings and pull on the latch release arm.
I would spend ALOT of time trying this before I went drilling any holes ;-)

Dave Pallo
'72 Square ~ "Elwood"
Fairport, NY

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