Worked on the door panel vents today. Typical problem, broke round nubs that insert in vent control housing. Plus, broken vent ribs in vent housing (not pictured).
Donor vent on left, broken vent center piece on right.
Took a razor knife and cut nubs off donor, then took a 1/16 drill bit and drilled a small hole in the center of the donor nub(s) and broken vent's center piece. Cut a short piece of 16 gauge wire and glued the nub to it, then cut to desired length (just long enough to bottom out in vent center piece hole) and glued the nub into the center vent (thumb) control piece.
Both vents done and in place.
Had to make the small retainer wire that holds all three vents motion in unison, while moving the center vent thumb control. A bit of trial and error here. Used 18 gauge mechanic wire for the first one, failed. Was worried about the fact that it wasn't spring steel to begin with and my worries were justified. Even tried heating the wire up cherry red and quenching it to harden it some, hoping this would make it more rigid. However, this didn't work well enough to find reliable.
Had an old choke cable off my push mower hanging on the wall in front of my face, so I pulled out the inner wire...and used that. It was much more difficult to bend, but did the trick. Old one on the right, new one on the left, above^^^^.
^^^^Worked on this part today, also. Cut new rubber gasket. For those still following along...name this part or give location.
Anyhow...
Battery box painted and installed.
Belly pan painted and installed.
Passenger side door vents will get worked on today.
Finished putting the final touches on the muffler and exhaust pipe, should be able to install this evening.
Brian.