Subject: coathanger is not strong enough, 13 mm wrench Author: shogun (moderator) : member since March, 2004 : 12550 posts Posted on: 2007-01-19 22:15:10

is fine as shown here on the Japanese site
Here you can see the slider on Johan's website and the part you have to pull and push is on the right of the green arrow


More pics on the site of my backyard hack mechanic buddy "Take"
As you can see, very often the plastic plug for the door is broken, so better buy a new one for maybe 2 $.
We just imported another 20 sets from Malaysia from Kenneth Woo, that is the seller, link in David's post.


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