I did the same thing, but instead of using a door handle (good idea BTW) I
just led the cable out the nearest point in the center of the hatch
interior and finished it off with the pull handle from a garage door
emergency opener.

Jim

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 3:58 AM Bill Berg <overthehillbill@gmail.com> wrote:

> I made my rear hatch opener with a spare front door interior latch pull and
> a spare grab handle connected with bicycle brake cable to the latch
> mechanism.Photos were posted on some vanagon farcebook site but it
> unfortunately looks like I deleted them from my photos. Works very well
> though.
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