[T3] early seat release cables

[Dan Badeer]

It fails to release when the door is open.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Robert Rogers <rcrogers1 at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> Keep working at it. I finally got the ones on my '67 Fastback to work corrrectly.  The non-working one--does it fail to latch when the door is closed or fail to release when the door is open?  If the mechanism in the door jam is in good working condition and sufficiently moves the attached wire, then the problem surely is in the adjustment under the seat.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Dan Badeer <dhbadeer at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Jul 19, 2012 3:46 PM
>>To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>>Subject: Re: [T3] early seat release cables
>>
>>On my '65, one works and one does not.  I've fiddled with the
>>non-working one but no luck so far.  It looks like all of the correct
>>parts are there, though.
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Everett Barnes <everettb at thesamba.com> wrote:
>>> Does the catch move in/out as you open/close the door?
>>> Maybe they are stuck or the piece in the door jam is bent.
>>>
>>> The ones in my '63 and my old '63 and my old '67 worked.
>>> All of them required adjustment via the thumbscrew when I bought the car as
>>> age had prevented them from fully releasing when the door was opened.
>>>
>>> - Everett
>>>
>>> On 7/18/2012 5:41 PM, Keith Park wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well I got those cables on the Crate, got them all adjusted and well. they
>>>> really don't work!
>>>> Am I just wasting my time trying to get them to?  As I recall I had a car
>>>> once where at least one of them did. but that was long ago.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone with any advice or experience with them?  Its pretty easy just to
>>>> reach under the seat and pull the cable though..
>>>>
>>>> Keith
>>>>
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