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• slider door handle
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:22:05 -0800
  ...Is it better to replace the whole mechanism (ie the latch on the inside of the 85 door into the 84 door) or should...
• Refrigerator door panel
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:34:58 -0700
  Hi all, I've decided that I want to put a better door in the rear of my '85 Westy, so I'm looking...
• Re: Westy height ? Garage door openings
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:56:19 -0500
  A standard garage door opening is 7 feet high. The thing to look at is the garage door itself, the older one piece pivoting...
• fishing for back cargo door
  Historical mailing list - Christensen
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:56:19 -0500
  I am looking for a rust-free back cargo door. prefer late model. My 90 multivan has all the door options. It would be...
• Interior light sequence on 7 seater......
  Historical mailing list - Scott Stothers
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:54:09 -0500
  Hi all, My drivers side interior light stays on when the drivers door is shut.So what is the sequence.... Should both the driver...
• Re: [WetWesties] Forget engine swap - can I change doors?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:38:29 EST
  ...I love the double doors on the splitties. Can I (easily) replace my sliding door with them? -Oive 71 double-decker . Yes, but, there...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:25:02 -0400
  ...http://www.feddishbasses.com/vw/handle.html >> I LIKE the idea of being to close the door quietly from inside - especially in camp grounds...
• Left Rear cabinet w/ BIG door for sale (was: WTB: rear linen closet
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:42:44 EDT
  ...the big door makes for easier acess ..this one has both the big door and the smaller trapeziodal shaped door.. tan formica w/ brown...
• Re: Sliding Door won't latch
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:02:16 -0500
  ...Is the door lower in the back? If you lift up does it close easier? Is something loose on the door latch? My 84...
• Re: Trim for door underside?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:01:57 -0500
  ...The doors on the MINI are also wide like my Westy so I have the door edges trimmed with it. I will look at...
• sliding door handle adjust question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:39:52 -0400
  Hi folks, I’ve noticed that the outside handle on my door now slides away from the van and back again. It used to...
• Re: Peel and Seal In Progress
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:26:57 -0700
  I was doing this to my driver's door yesterday.� I cleaned the inward-facing metal surface of the outer door skin and applied...
• RE: Coolant Fill Crisis Resolved, how about sagging doors?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 06 Dec 1994 10:25:03 EST
  ...Open door about 6-8 inches, pile up something sturdy under the door*, put a block of wood on a bottle jack on the...
• Re: Slider door (early version) outer handle getting loose
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:27:12 -0700
  ...It was a little tedious to get a good fit in both the sheet metal of the door and the shaft of the handle...
• Re: 89 syncro westy electric door locks
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:35:10 -1000
  ...When the door is >shut it automatically locks itself and shuts down. Side door can be opened >independently... rear door must be opened while...
• Window seal reusable?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Thomson
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:44:20 -0800
  I'm replacing my damaged '87 westy slider door with a straight '86 non-westy slider door and have to move the window from...
• Re: help fitting van in garage
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:50:04 -0400
  >A Westy will fit in a standard garage, with a roll-up door, provided the >door is rolled up all the way so the...
• Re: '80-'84 vanagon Slider doorhandles NLA... Re: WTB: Outside handle for '81 Slidin
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:27:12 -0800
  ...1983 Sliding door handle. $400. Comes with door and rest of van attached. Also have mini-munchkin ice cube tray 1981 version... $500 includes...
• Re: door edge seals
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:12:11 -0800
  Last I checked the seal "holder" that mounts to the door is NLA for the lft side..Maybe seal too by now..If you...
• Re: doors/slidingdoor
  Historical mailing list
  13 Mar 97 12:19:55 PST
  ...I had a shelves on my doors that could be fixed in the horizontal position. While closed the rear door could be used as...
• Re: Slider Door
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 12 May 2020 23:47:21 +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...
• '64 Bus common door fault
  Historical mailing list
  7 Nov 94 15:42
  ...In late '63 VW decided to modify the check strap spring strength on the cab doors of all Splitscreen models. They increased the spring...
• door pocket in my '90 Westy Multivan
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:18:32 -0800
  ...On the driver's door, there's an open pocket at the bottom of the door. It protrudes out from the door an inch...
• Re: Paint van a slightly different colour?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 30 May 2001 10:26:07 -0400
  >The ony drawback will be that none of the inner door jams, ( sliding >door, front doors, and hatch) or the inside of the van...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 16:34:59 -0300
  >My '86 is a GREAT machine, but when the sliding door is opened at 2AM, >everyone in camp knows what YOU are doing. HaHa...
• Lost Email: Who wanted the white sliding door?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:56:22 -0700
  Sorry folks, but I was trying to help out somebody in PA that needed a door, but lost the email. I've got the...
• Volkspeople, lubricate your sliding door latches.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:00:18 -0600
  My latch wouldn't catch the door. It was a sticky latch mechanism. The cable wasn't allowed to move freely since the sliding...
• Re: Grey Westy Refrigerator Door
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:33:19 +0000
  ...Grey Westy Refrigerator Door > > Hey everyone > > Happy Friday! > > We have an '87 westy and have been searching high and low for a grey > refrigerator...
• 87 - door wires
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:53:27 -0500
  hi all, I finally got around to trying to fix my power door lock problems. I had them disconnected but it appears that my...
• Sliding Door for '84-85
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:22:42 -0700
  A previous owner crunched the sliding door pretty good on my '84 Wolfsburg Westy. I decided not to fix it when I bought the...
• door edge seals
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 04:50:14 -0800
  ...from the body into the doors.� Would it be worth getting these for my van?� Looks like the doors have to come off for...
• sliding door
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:29:24 -0600
  My sliding doors has been popping open "half" way when driving and driving on bumpy roads makes it happen quicker after closing. I lubricated...
• Re: door locks won't lock from inside
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:34:42 -0600
  On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Diana Broome wrote: > The automatic door locks in my '87 Westy are no longer automatic. That > doesn't bother...
• noise from door seals at speed
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:01:19 -0500
  ...I've insulated the doors, floor, walls and over the engine with a type of bubble wrap between layers of tin foil. (Good for...
• Re: Black door panel anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:25:40 -0700
  ...vanagon front door door panels in black vynyl. for manual crank windows. they're in darn good condtion, and have not been hacked up...
• Re: Electric door locks out of control!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:52:52 -0400
  ...Electric door locks out of control! > Last December, I had a remote installed for my electric door locks at > Fry's > in Burbank, CA...
• Re: Clam shell question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:56:02 -0800
  ...If it came with alloy wheels, it should have the deeper door. Where the �82 door has the attaching bolt hole through the door...
• Re: Two questions about doors and rear hatch glass
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:10:57 -0400
  Front doors will interchange in all years. The rear hatch should, too; later pushbuttons were slightly different, as were ones with power locks, but...
• Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:29:10 -0400
  ...Jay sent these pictures of a door he has for sale: http://mira.sbw.org/photos/20141010/ that baby blue and white door with...
• Re: Slider door (early version) outer handle getting loose
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:01:58 -0700
  ...https://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/sliding-door-escutcheon/img_1365/ entire post: https://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/sliding-door-escutcheon...
• FW: Stuck Door Lock
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 12:55:27 -0400
  ...Stuck Door Lock I can't get the driver's side door open on my '83.5 GL. It seems to be stuck in...
• Replacement for Door interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Oldguyflier
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:46:36 -0700
  ...Both sliding doors and front doors (with the leatherette overlay). John Collins Sent from my iPad
• Slider door (early version) outer handle getting loose
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:59:33 -0700
  Easy fix? Early version slider door, outside handle is loose, can't turn it far enough to open the door. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Re: Is This For Real? Friday Stuff NVC
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:50:52 -0500
  < http://www.flixxy.com/high-tech-car-door.htm > Nice alternative to a rolling door, but kinda impossible to adapt to our front door...
• sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Ron Basara
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:04:16 EDT
  My 85 Vanagon GL has a dented sliding door, I found someone with a door from an 84 westfalia. Will the 84 fit onto...
• Passenger door and sliding door needed in central PA
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sat, 3 May 2008 15:18:51 -0400
  A listember here at Grammy Groses Buses in Beaverton, PA is in need of a passenger and sliding door for an '85. Does anybody...
• Re: Sliding Door: Lock Knob (inside)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:31:23 -0400
  On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Mark Dorm wrote: > My lock knob, for the sliding door, from the inside, the little black thing > that slides...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 12:04:53 CDT
  ...the sliding gizmos on the bottom edge of the rear of the door are to let fresh air get sucked into the door? or...
• Re: side door problem
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:32:50 -0500
  Peter, Did you pop off the door panel and check the guide wire inside the door? I am not positive if that could be...
• Re: noise from door seals at speed
  Historical mailing list - Calle
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:29:47 +0100
  Try to adjust the door to close a bit tighter! I know the lock is adjustable and if I remember things right, so are...
• Re: Door Lock Removal?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 17:55:00 GMT
  ...The problem on my 85 Vanagon is the sliding door. How do you get that handle out? Anyone willing to share the secret? TIA...
• Sliding Door - Locking Mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Wed, 15 May 2002 14:32:04 -0400
  During my recent adventure across the country, the little 'nipple' inside the sliding door that locks and unlocks the door began refusing to move...
• Re: power door locks prob
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 06:22:21 EDT
  ...You must methodically disassemble each of the front door power door lock mechanisms and check all the contacts and wiring from door to door...
• Sliding Door Rear latch nut repair
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 4 Jun 2020 09:07:44 -0700
  Folks,� I'm faced with a loose latch bolt problem, ie the sliding side door rear latching assembly ! I've put off tackling this...
• =?utf-8?Q?86_sliding_door_handle_mechanism_=E2=80=A6_stumped?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:43:35 -0700
  Hi, I have a good slider door I want to swap into my van. Taken all the hardware off, but I can’t the...
• Sliding doors
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:03:11 -0700
  The sliding door on my '82 won't open. Well, it will if I hold the handle in the 'open' position and belt the...
• Re: Captains Chairs in my Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:11:49 EST
  ...or go get the other doorpanels. either way, you cant have both the armrests on the seats and the doorpanels at once.... chris
• Re: Broken Sliding Door Handle Repairex
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:54:22 EST
  In a message dated 3/10/01 6:33:37 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM writes: << you cant fix sliding door handles when they break...
• Re: solved!!! driver's door stuck closed
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:55:00 -0500
  ...driver's door stuck closed > I am working on a 87 Syncro with power door locks. The key will not work > the lock, the...
• Re: Locks again in 86GL
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:20:37 EDT
  ...on the driver > door, but should the driver door key unlock all the locks when I open the > driver door, and should it lock...