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Re: [T3] Vent Wing Latch/Lock Broken.......Vandal broke in to my car


On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 12:40, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 12 Nov 2004 at 10:19, Russ Wolfe wrote:
> 
> > I thas been years sine I have seen any of the aluminum factory rivets.
> > That is why i use just standard pop rivets. The tool and the rivets can
> > be bought at any hardware store.
> 
> Don't pop rivets stick up too far to clear under the glass? I'd expect you to 
> have only about 1 mm of clearance there, the thickness of the rubber strip.

Not if you use the very short ones. that is all we ever used at the
dealers.
Easier that pulling the glass to put the aluminum ones in. And a LOT
easier than pulling the door apart and replacing the whole assembly
If you just replace the wing itself, where do you get the special rivet
and fiber washer that goes back in the upper hinge?

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'64 T34 (not running)
'65 T1 (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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