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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hi, I found that just when I had slowly and carefully levered the white locking piece so far up that I thought the black plastic was about to crack, it suddenly slipped off. I think if I had gone 1 millimeter higher the grip would have broken. Almost any job on this car entails quite a bit of swearing at inanimate objects. My record up to now was replacing the wiper motor assembly after I fixed it. The neighbours must think I'm pretty odd. Regards, Daniel Baum. '69 Type 34 automatic. > On 25 Jan 2002, at 19:45, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > I may take you up on that, but in the meantime I can use my original lever, > > and I would like to try to find out what kind of button I have. It has > > "castellations" around the bottom, so that it is wider at the end with the > > thread than at the other end. It will fit if you put it in the wrong way, > > and then the castellations prevent it going all the way in. It seems like if > > you could remove the plastic grip from the lever, you could then install the > > button and replace the grip over it, and the grip would help keep the button > > in, as well as the thread. Is the grip removable? > > The buttons I've seen were all smooth on the OD, but I get your picture. Yes, > the grip comes off, but with difficulty. The little white plastic piece has to be > lifted while you pull. Takes at least 3 hands, some fancy language, and just > the right position of the tongue. ;-) > > - > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > </x-charset>