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<div>Thanks for the insight.  I'll keep looking.  The strange thing is I cannot even pull the vent open from the outside.  Gotta be some bent and seized parts.<br clear="all"></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:54 PM, John Perkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zamagnette@charter.net" target="_blank">zamagnette@charter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Charlie:<br>    On my car, I found that over time the joints in the linkage (the designer must have been paid by the link) got rusty and trying to actuate the lever bent the links.  I covered every joint I could see with penetrating lubricant and straightened and much of the linkage as I could.  After working it slowly, I got my vent to fully open.<br>
    Perkins<br><br>On 5/15/2014 1:23 PM, Allen Bachelder wrote:<br></div>
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<blockquote type="cite">For some reason my cowl vent on my '58 ZB Chick Magnette will not open.  The lever moves what appears to be a full stroke but the cowl only opens about 1/4 inch.  I've looked under the dash to see if I can understand how it works and see if anything looks bent.  Frankly I'm pereplexed.  Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place.  Anybody have information on how the cowl vent works?<br clear="all">

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