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pit49

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  1. Heat control not controlling the heat adjustment
  2. Well, my solution worked for awhile but the elastic was just too stretched to work for any length of time. So I went back to my original idea which seems to be working also. I put the top halfway up (or down depending upon your level of optimism :lol: ) I removed the two velcro straps on each side which hold the headliner to the frame. This provides more room for access. I removed the screw and washer (part 1 and 2) using a stub-nose driver with the right star bit and a stub nose screwdriver. I pulled out the tab with the old, stretched out elastic. On the top-half (the side that was not stretched out), I counted down and there were 4 slots in the elastic and it was about 2 inches to where the original screw was holding the elastic to the frame. On the lower side, there were 5 slots in the elastic. I cut 5 inches of 3/4 inch, braided, industrial elastic (cost $0.84 for 1meter at Joanne's frabric). I cut off the old elastic from the canvas tab (I did not both to remove the old stitching but cut it clean on the edge of the trapazoid). Using a canvas needle and heavy duty polyester thread, I sewed the new elastic onto the remnants of the old elastic. I then used a small knife to run a small slit along the new elastic that was 2 inches from the non-canvas end. I replaced the screw to anchor the elastic. Operated the top. And it works fine once again. When I opened up and looked at the old elastic, it was in pretty bad shape. Literally no spring left in the lower half. The upper half was still 3/4 inch wide, but the lower half had been stretched so much that it was half the width. I'm told that the spring strength of elastic is determined by its width and certainly the 3/4 inch elastic has so much more spring in it than the old stretched out elastic. Hopefully this fix will last a year or two. >>>>>>>>> Just an update after a couple of months of the fix. Working perfectly!
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