I take a large flat screwdriver wrap tape around the end with the sticky
side out, it will fit up in the inside of the door and I line it up to were
I can see the hole in the nut and scew the posty in !!
Robb Pynes
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> From: Tom Duffy <tomuo@pacbell.net>
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Door postys
> Date: Sunday, April 29, 2001 8:30 PM
>
> Well, last weekend I replaced all but 2 of the twisty & postys on
> my 68 1600, so this weekend I started on the last two, on the
> doors.
> Suffice it to say, they weren't designed for ease of access.
> I ended up taking out the quarter window/vertical window
> guide assembly and the door glass as well.
> Getting the old posty off was easy, just a case of getting the
> right size spanner into the works. The washers and nut dropped
> inside the door, but it's possible to fish around for those.
>
> The problem is getting the washers and nuts onto the new
> posty. I have small hands, but I just couldn't find manouvering
> room for two fingers to get anything on the thread.
> After many painful attempts, I used some gloop (grease would have
> been good, I actually used chrome cleaning paste) to "stick" the
> washers to my thumb. That way I could position the part onto the
> thread, and turn from the outside to "catch" it on.
>
> If there's a better way, I still have the other door to do...
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