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On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 17:56, Jim Adney wrote: > On 9 May 2003 at 10:04, William Kunz wrote: > > > I just purchased a new vent wing lock. Is there an > > easy way to detach the old one? > > I don't think so. It has always looked pretty hard to me. I think you have to > remove the glass and 2 rivets, then rivet the new one in. I generally try to > find a complete vent window mechanism rather than do this. Which side do you > need? I may have one here. > I have replaced the whole latch by carefully drilling the heads from the rivets from underneath. I then GENTLY remove the old latch assembly, and slip the new latch into it's place. I then install aluminum pop rivets to hold it. You might want to apply a little silicone sealer on the new latch before sliding it into place. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org