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Groove in lower sliding door track
Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
Wed, 5 Jul 2023 17:31:05 +0000
I have a groove in my lower sliding door track (1990 bus). I've replaced the bearing/roller, but it still doesn't roll...
Slider Door
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Tue, 12 May 2020 23:42:27 +0000
...Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') | | | Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') | Rich San Diego
a couple of minor mods
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:19:39 -0700
I replaced the sliding window felt seal, the horizontal one. Can't do the vertical one with window in van (or has someone managed...
Looking for parts (sliding door handle assmelby&Washer mounts)
Historical mailing list - John Barry Kennedy
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:55:42 -0700
...I need the sliding door assembly and the 2 windshield washer mounts spindal things. ( dont know what they are called) If you have a...
Sliding door supposed to stay open?
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sun, 1 Oct 2000 16:38:02 CDT
If I'm parked on a slight incline and open my sliding door is it supposed to latch into a detent somewhere and stay...
Re: Sliding Window Removal
Historical mailing list
Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:29:53 EDT
...COM writes: > can someone please tell me how to remove the sliding side windows from and > 85GL. Couldn't find it in the archives...
Plastic Ring on sliding door Rollers?
Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:37:55 EDT
...It looks like it could be part of the top or middle rollers on the sliding door. Any one ever take one apart and...
Early / late sliding door hinges
Historical mailing list - john Runberg
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 23:06:40 -0500
Is the hardware (top guide bearing, middle sliding arm, lower bearing guide) compatible between early and late Vanagons? Can I use the pieces from...
Fwd: sticking sliding windows - 87 westy
Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
Tue, 20 May 2003 11:59:23 -0400
>Hello, > >One of my sliding windows won't open fully due to sticking in guides. Any >suggestions? Doesn't seem to be blocked by...
Re: Do Vanagon sliding windows fit in a breadloaf?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:35:32 -0400
...Mike Rich Jones wrote: > I have a pair of sliding windows from an 89 Westfalia for sale on the samba. Someone just emailed me...
Re: Sliding window idea
Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:18:13 -0500
...Sliding window idea >> >> For years I've been considering how to make the back windows on my van >> open, so that my dog can...
Re: Need to finish restoration
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:48:34 -0500
...Some things like > sliding door panels are a PITA to ship. > > In general, if anyone is selling or posting wanted items, please say where...
Re: 85 Sliding door problem
Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:14:18 -0800
...85 Sliding door problem hello, I am looking for the solution for a sliding door that pops off the latch after a short time...
Re: Plastic ring on sliding door roller where?
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:00:15 -0400
...Plastic ring on sliding door roller where? I found a half of a broken white plastic ring below the sliding door on my 85...
Re: thingie on sliding door
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:32:24 -0500
...thingie on sliding door > Not trying to interfere with "bear of a thread" but... > I am trying to figure out the purpose of this...
Re: free 85 sliding door.
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:51:40 -0400
Unless this was a mid-year change in 1985, the sliding door breakout (for US vans) is: 80 through 84 85 through 91 My...
Re: Sliding door question
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Fri, 1 Jun 2018 09:45:47 -0700
according to my experience, there are few things to consider when a sliding door is hard to open - the cable that link the handle...
Re: Sliding door hinge rebuild
Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:09:57 -0500
According to the diagram you linked, which is 80-84 sliding doors, the 2 lower bottom link seal seem to be the same (NLA...
On the road inner door handle bolt?
Historical mailing list - TCollins
Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:22:09 -0400
I need to know the size of the inner door handle bolt/screw (on the sliding door) for a 1985 tin top. I'm...
Re: sliding window rain screen - improved
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:05:20 -0600
...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen-improved/ alistair
'82 sliding door curtain
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:53:48 -0800
My '82 Westy Diesel came without a sliding door curtain, and no obvious way to attach one. It does not have the wooden track...
Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 11 Apr 95 14:49:30 MST
> >So Tim Smith says: > >> > >> >My '86 is a GREAT machine, but when the sliding door is opened at 2AM, > >> >everyone in camp knows what...
Re: Sliding Window Removal
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sun, 14 Oct 2001 04:28:54 EDT
...COM writes: << can someone please tell me how to remove the sliding side windows from and 85GL. Couldn't find it in the archives...
sliding door lock
Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:50:25 EDT
anyone have any trouble with the lock on the sliding door not staying up. i have to reach inside and hold the button up...
for sale: vanagon sliding side windows w/ screens, fit all vanagons
Historical mailing list
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:24:18 EDT
...vanagon sliding side windows w/ screens, fit all vanagons. these are from a vanagon westy, they will fit all passenger vans too. i have...
Re: Slider Door
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 May 2020 12:39:47 +0000
...Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') | | | | | | | | | | | Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') If your sliding door doesn't latch well, it can pop open...
Re: side sliding windows- westy
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:20:23 -0400
...side sliding windows- westy My sliding side windows make a really loud screech when I open and close them. Anyone have any tricks to...
Sliding window screens
Historical mailing list - Perry Patterson
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 01:20:01 -0800 (PST)
Hey, The '87 Vanagon I just bought has the sliding window on the sliding door and at the same location on the driver's...
wires?installing sliding door grab handle
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 00:24:20 EDT
I'm installing a grab handle in the doorway of the sliding door of my Westy like in some of the passenger busses. This...
Rear Sliding Window
Historical mailing list
Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:48:38 +0300
...That was because of the rear sliding window. But hey, the middle and rear windows of the SA Vanagons are a bit larger than...
Re: TBD sliding door screen
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:11:56 -0400
> Which model years is this item designed to work on? Does it open > and close to allow access through the sliding door? It was...
Sliding Door Problems
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 May 1996 14:26:07 EDT
The sliding Door on my '77 westy is missing the spring gizmo that pops the rear out so it can be slid open easily...
For Sale '91 GL Dual Sliding doors
Historical mailing list - J Rudolph
Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:16:44 -0700
DUAL SLIDING DOORS. original Factory option!! Canadian model '91 Vanagon GL. In '91 dual sliding doors were available as a factory option in Canada...
Tinting Westy Sliding Windows
Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:35:51 -0400
Has anyone tinted the sliding windows in a westy? Do they come apart east enough to get good coverage? I'm having my Jetta...
Re: Homemade Sliding Door Bug Screen
Historical mailing list - Yoshi
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 13:56:46 +0900
Roy Olynick <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB.CA> said: > I finally got around to a mod which I should have done fourteen > years ago a sliding...
thingie on sliding door
Historical mailing list - Leon
Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:08:12 -0700
...mounting plate and square post, attached to upper trailing part of sliding door interior with 2 screws.Square post little over 3/4" long...
sliding window latch loose
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Chasteen
Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:13:28 -0800
my sliding window latch is evtremely loose and wont allow the window to latch in place. this looseness also allows water in. i cant...
Re: Looking For A Sliding Door,1985, In Virginia
Historical mailing list
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 03:45:31 EDT
started fixing the damage to my sliding door yesterday, it has a nice big dent along bottom (luckily didn't mess up the track...
sliding window track guide Re: loose sliding windows
Historical mailing list
Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:40:20 EDT
...Also, the tend to ride "opened a crack." >> your little black plastic sliding window track guides are worn/missing. you can still get these...
Re: Removing Sliding glass locks
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:49:26 -0700
...Removing Sliding glass locks > Stan Wilder wrote: > > I'm parting out an 82 Vanagon Air-cooled and have a person wanting to buy > the...
Sliding Door Intermittent Electric Door Locking Problem
Historical mailing list - Christopher Mundy
Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:24:39 +1000
Hi, I'm having problems when locking my sliding door in conjunction with the front doors. Occasionally the rear door electric lock will click...
Re: sliding door
Historical mailing list
Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:59:09 EDT
...dent in my sliding door, I was able to find one > Vanagon at the junkyard, and it has it's sliding door. I was...
Re: Sliding door -- 91 Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:30:01 +0000
Since we are talking about our sliding doors, mine is not closing completely. Unless I lean on the rear edge of the door, it...
Sliding door screen
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:31:22 +0000
...I could use a new sliding door screen for my 87 Westy. Anybody have any recommendations on which is the best?? Bus Depot has...
Left & Right Side Sliding Windows needed Complete for my 1982 Westy
Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
Wed, 3 Sep 2014 02:36:42 -0700
Hi all, I am looking to purchase the sliding windows assemblies, both L&R sides. They were just stolen in the last couple of...
Sliding door handle mechanics-how to remove unit.
Historical mailing list
Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:01:16 -0700
How does one remove the sliding doors handle mechanics.� I don't see how to pull out the assembly that the key handle screws...
Sliding Door Service Video I made
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:38:24 -0400
I thought I would share a link to the list of the new sliding door servicing video I made on Youtube. This is one...
Re: best lube for sliding door
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:12:02 -0700
...best lube for sliding door >I wonder if TriFlow would be a good lube for the friction surfaces > that the rollers roll on? > Edward
Re: Vanagon Sliding Door Problem
Historical mailing list
Fri, 17 Nov 1995 21:29:50 -0400
>I have noticed a problem with the sliding door on my '87 Vanagon Camper. It >opens while I am driving sometimes (even when locked...
FS: late-style sliding door handle $15
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Sun, 10 Dec 2000 04:31:13 EST
Found another sliding door handle in my parts guy's stash. Doesn't come w/ a key. This is the short one which is...
Will it fit...?
Historical mailing list - JonR
Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:01:01 -0400
...The pics show a sliding door that is pretty banged up. I have two potential donors for this door. One (in the right color...
removing sliding windows?
Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 21:49:44 EST
...It would be a ton easier to tint these if I could figure out how to remove the sliding part! Has anybody done this...
Re: backwards side slider window?
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:09:07 EST
Won't the front edge of the sliding window catch the wind, rain, etc.? The way the windows overlap now puts the 'open' part...
Re: Sliding door contacter switch
Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:39:38 -0400
I don't have dimensions marked on the photo but you can see a clear view of the sliding door contact switch on my...
Re: Vanagon side window question
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:58:55 -0400
...When the sliding door was changed for the 85 model year, the window was changed too.Not just the door latch mechinism. Never knew...
Re: Sliding Door Handle -84
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:51:08 -0700
...Z --- VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM> wrote: > I had to change a sliding door handle with a new > one. > It is fine. It doesn...
Re: How original is this type II ?
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Mon, 20 Feb 1995 09:24:45 -0800 (PST)
>With the sliding door with two windows it sounds like it could be a (ex)fire >tender. I know a sliding door was an...
NVC: Eurovan sliding window replacement
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Thu, 26 May 2005 22:08:41 -0400
Maybe some of you have experience with a Eurovan sliding window. My friend has a 93 weekender he just got. One of the sliding...
Re: Sliding Door "Courtesy Light" Switch
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:15:17 -0700
...westys > > didnt have it because they figured the sliding door would be kept open > for > > long > > periods of time, thus burning out the lights...
Re: How to replace vent window on '75 sliding door?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 15:03:28 -0500
...i found that one of those kryptonite u shaped bicycle lock fit nicely through the sliding door handle and i then could lock it...