Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:57:28 EDT
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From:         KENWILFY <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
Subject:      '91 Carat back together again
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When we last saw our van it was ripped inside out.  Then I grabbed up all the
internals and put them back in the van, helter skelter, to keep them out of
the weather over night.  So today we decided to go with a magnet like the kind
that holds cabinets shut to hold my table down instead of another DZUS locking
mechanism that had failed and caused us to rip the whole van apart in the
first place.  (DZUS makes aircraft fastners and I was surprized to see that
this latch was a DZUS product.  I thought it would be a VW special item.)  So
we cut a little corner out of the left bottom of the foam cushing in the
recess where the table support goes.  Then my father put the magnetic catch on
a small piece of plywood and fastened the thing down with wood screws through
the plywood into the plastic wall.  It was very solid and we measured and
placed the piece of metal that the magnet uses to hold the table down in its
proper place on the bottom of the table.  When we were finished the table
looks just like it did before we started except now I can hit it with my hand
and it will come away from the wall and be ready to use.
I drove the van and since the magnet is pretty strong it held the table in
place perfectly with no rattles or anything.  I never have to worry about that
fastener going bad again and having to disembowl my Van again.
Just thought I would share this in case someone else should have a similar
problem in the future.
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
PS If that thing gets stuck you must remove the wall to get it unstuck.  If
you try to pull on it, eventually you will wind up breaking the wall.