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Sliding Door stubborn
Historical mailing list - mike elliott
Mon, 7 Aug 2006 07:05:01 -0700
...Anyway, I'm looking for help with Mellow Yellow's sliding door: we're having trouble opening it. There seem to be three motions...
Re: My door fell off last night
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:20:17 -0700
my experience regarding the sliding door fall off is the rear hinge rollers are worn. Once I replace the top and bottom rollers but...
quick mod - sliding window rain screen
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:29:33 -0800
...Well, it will stop vertical rain anyway :) http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen/ alistair
Vanagon Sliding Door Latch (open position)
Historical mailing list - W. Silva
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:06:15 -0400
Did I see something a long time ago about VW repairing (for free) the sliding door latch that keep the door in the open...
Sliding door screen
Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:25:07 -0700
Have talked to a few Vanagon owners that have mentioned that there is or was a Sliding door screen available. Like the one that...
I Need a Sliding Door Handle Too
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:26:43 -0700
Hello, The sliding door handle (pot metal) cracked on my '84. Even JBWeld won't hold, so I need a replacement. Other posts indicate...
buckling sliding door panel
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:06:42 -0500
My sliding door panel rubs against the wheel well whenever I open it. The door panel appears to be attached securely but I keep...
Sliding Window Vent Covers
Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:12:17 -0400
Does anybody know of a vented/louvered cover to put over the sliding windows so that you can keep your windows open when it...
Where to get the sliding window lock?
Historical mailing list - Mark Evans
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:02:37 -0400
Hi, I need the black thing that goes on the sliding windows behind the doors that locks them into place. Where can I get...
Re: sliding windows on Vanagon
Historical mailing list - BILL
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:27:56 -0700
...sliding windows on Vanagon >There are two sliding windows on my vanagon. They can't easily get >popped out of their track because of...
Re: NVC: Eurovan sliding window replacement
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Fri, 27 May 2005 11:20:09 +0200
ok no good tips from me but i had to replace my sliding window on my 92 eurovan in germany...... paid 600 euro!!! (800usd...
Sliding door opening handles mechanics-how to remove unit out ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:57:00 -0700
How does one remove the sliding doors handle mechanics. out? I don't see how to pull out the assembly that the inner handles...
Re: side sliding windows- westy
Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:06:33 -0700
Spray silicone lubricant? Couldn't hurt! On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Bob Mund <ob2420@msn.com> wrote: > My sliding side...
Sliding door fix. Help!
Historical mailing list - Lund
Tue, 28 May 1996 00:16:37 -0700 (PDT)
My 1985 Vanagon sliding door does'nt always shut or then sometimes it pops open. (not past the safety catch). There was a recall...
needed: slding door hanlde for 84' vanagon
Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 11:29:14 -0400
Does anyone have a sliding door handle that they would like to sell for a 1984 Vanagon (Westfalia). My friend's extrernal sliding door...
How to Pop off Sliding Door Panel
Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:04:40 -0500
Volks, My door handle on sliding door is getting "wiggly", and in need of an "adjustment". Looking at Bentley and door panel, can someone...
Re: Epidermal Layer of Sliding Door
Historical mailing list
Fri, 14 May 1999 15:39:50 EDT
...Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16 >> vanagon sliding doors: '80-'84 '85-'91. chris
tryin again for door latch handles
Historical mailing list - Melissa J. Cullison
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:40:41 -0500
Hey All OK, my team no longer requires the entire sliding door latch. All we need now is the interior and exterior handles for...
Inside sliding door trim
Historical mailing list - patrice b
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:07:22 -0700
Anyone know the name/part number for the trim piece that goes INSIDE the van at the top of the sliding door track on...
sliding door differences. Re: Early / late sliding door hinges
Historical mailing list
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:20:16 EST
In a message dated 10/27/02 11:10:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, jrunberg@MAC.COM writes: > Also, the outside measurements on the...
Re: '84 sliding door panel into an '81?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 15 Mar 2003 22:51:28 EST
In a message dated 3/15/03 5:16:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, haewolius@YAHOO.COM writes: > will a panel from the sliding...
sliding door lock won't unlock
Historical mailing list - JOHN WESTENBERG
Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:04:25 -0700
Any tricks with the sliding door lock? It quit unlocking on the outside with the key. Inside I can get the door open if...
Wanted: Interior sliding door panel for westy
Historical mailing list - jon
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:23:53 -0800
I am hoping someone localish (Albany/Corvallis, Oregon) has an interior Westy/Vanagon sliding door panel they want to sell. I am also going...
Re: sliding rear window for transporter pickup??(single/doublecab)
Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:17:34 -0800
...I have just received a picture from Europe and that later model > > > Vanagon (Transporter) has sliding windows only in the rear windows. > > > > i was...
Re: Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:16:53 -0400
...In fact the snaps are on the top (on the sliding door track) only with velcro all the way down the front side and...
Re: Sliding door hinge rebuild
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:57:45 -0800
...Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Next item in the works is rebuilding my '85 sliding door hinge. Replacing all the rollers, cleaning...
Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a whole hec...
Historical mailing list
Thu, 1 Jan 2015 02:21:35 -0500
...the '85-'91 sliding door window is smaller than the 80-'84 one.. anyway the '77-'79 bus also came with sliding windows similar...
Re: Sliding Window Vent Covers
Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:14:40 -0400
I made two of them for each sliding window out of 1/8" Plexiglas. I do not have a digital camera but it looks...
FS: 70 Panel Double-sliding door - $300.
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 25 Jul 1997 20:41:51 CDT
...he stopped at some junkyards in EP, and found a guy who has a 1970 Panel bus, walk-through front seats, double sliding doors...
Re: Sliding door question
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Wed, 6 Jun 2018 20:36:03 -0400
...https://shufti.blog/2012/08/23/vanagon-sliding-door-quietening-hack/ On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail...
Re: I'm back - sliding door?
Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:09:03 -0700
...I'm back - sliding door? Does any one have a Westy sliding door for sale? The PO damaged Luv Box's good side and...
Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:37:50 -0500
Gee Ben , I didn't even get a chance to ask what year the sliding door handles were for ---- I think the 86 and...
Replacing rear hinge on sliding door
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:17:57 -0400
...I need to replace rear hinge on the sliding door. Have one on oder from VanAgain. Can I do this job by myself? Right...
Help - 84 Westy inside sliding door handle screw
Historical mailing list - Brian Isherwood
Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:44:28 +0000
I lost the screw which holds the interior handle for the sliding door on. I will just go to the hardware store to buy...
sliding-door won't latch
Historical mailing list - Dave Stratton
Thu, 7 May 1998 07:53:32 -0600
...The sliding door on my 87 Vanagon has decided it doesn't want to latch properly. This same sort of thing happened a few...
Part Number for Plastic Clips for Sliding Door
Historical mailing list - George Averill
Wed, 2 May 2001 19:37:35 -0400
In case anyone is interested, the part number for the plastic clips used for attaching the interior pannel to the sliding door of an...
Need part for Carat Molding between Sliding Door and Rear Tire.
Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:28:32 -0400
...the piece that I need goes between the rear tire and sliding door, if you have it please let me know your price. Thanks...
sliding door 1984 fits?
Historical mailing list - Ki
Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:07:52 -0800
also will an 84 sliding door fit in my 87 vanagon? Looking at the bentley manual it appears that it's 85 and up...
Re: Left & Right side sliding door Vanagon on Ebay
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:43:20 EDT
...This Vanagon with the sliding door on both sides is ebay item # 270134073291 5 days left on the bidding. Opening bid is about $1700...
Anyone interested in Rear Sliding Windows?
Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:28:44 EDT
...I there is only a listing for the passenger side rear, and also for the sliding door, or the drivers middle window. Sliding door...
Re: Source for Sliding Door lower Guide Bearing
Historical mailing list - Steve Young
Sat, 28 May 2011 12:33:37 -0700
...Source for Sliding Door lower Guide Bearing At 12:58 PM 5/28/2011, Steve Young wrote: > substituted on other part of sliding door...
Re: What changes in doors between '84 and '85? (was RE: Epidermal Layer of Sliding Door)
Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
Fri, 14 May 1999 17:29:03 -0700
At 3:25 PM -1000 5/14/99, Leif wrote: >What exactly changed on the sliding doors between these years. The reason I >ask...
Re: Sliding door catch
Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:27:34 -0700
...Sliding door catch Does anyone have the catch that holds the sliding door open when it is fully open? I see the threads in...
Sliding Window
Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:42:18 -0700
I have tried many things to get my sliding window in the sliding soor to stay put. I have adjusted the latch over and...
Re: Sliding Window Latch
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:28:48 -0500
...She opened the slider and the sliding window? > latch? > just fell out onto the ground. She picked up the pieces: Inside latch...
Re: sliding window lock
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 23 May 2002 00:49:24 -0500
...sliding window lock > > > My passenger side sliding window lock is jammed open. Is it > possible to > remove it without taking the entire window out...
Screens for sliding windows?
Historical mailing list - Ellen
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:05:23 -0700
...When I look at the outside of the sliding windows, it seems like it used to have screens. I would love to have screens...
sliding door not sitting flush
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:04:33 -0700
hi all, after replacing all the bearings, the rear side (left if looking straight on) of the sliding door on my '88 van is...
NEED '90 lower trim panels
Historical mailing list
Sun, 8 Jun 1997 23:23:45 +0000
Hey if anybody has seen a late van in a yard, I need the lower trim panel for behind the sliding door, the grey...
Re: sliding door extention
Historical mailing list - Tom Davis
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:25:00 EDT
...Is there anyone on the list who has actually installed the sliding door > extension? -------------- List, I'm new to the Vanagon World & I'm...
Re: side sliding windows
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:07:23 -0700
Put a wooden dowel in the sliding track. On 8/19/03 8:33 AM, "joe lucca" <joe_lucca@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > i'm...
Re: WTB sliding door panel 85
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:10:35 -0700
...WTB sliding door panel 85 >>>> > >>>> > My neighbor has an 85 Westy and needs a brown interior panel for the sliding >>>> > door. >>>> > >>>> > Anybody? >>>> > >>>> > Mike in...
Re: Sliding window a la Eurovan
Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:40:49 -0400
...This is the only concept that I have heard of to give us screened ventilation other than a 1980's VW Westy sliding window...
Re: Sliding door's slider (window)
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:28:32 -0500
The latch on the sliding windows are tightened by a set screw under the latch. You will need to take a flat head from...
Sliding door adjustment
Historical mailing list - Troy
Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:56:35 -0800
...I have a question about adjusting the sliding door on an 89 vanagon westy. The rear of my sliding door is low and also...
'FS: Carat molding and spoiler
Historical mailing list - Floyd Truskot
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:13:40 -0700
I have the complete six piece silver and black wide side moldings (passenger's door, front sliding door, sliding door, rear sliding door, driver...
Re: Updating '82 sliding door?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:08:27 -0500
The sliding door for '85~'91 is a different size from the '80~'84 as well as having completely different latching mechanisms. They are...
Windows- experimentation (not software)
Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
Mon, 7 Jul 2014 16:53:11 -0600
...Has anyone traded the sliding window on the door for the fixed window above the bed? AND if that will work, where can I...
How do you remove sliding window latch
Historical mailing list - W Monk
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:04:13 -0500
On my 87 Westy the sliding window on the slider door,the latch is loose to the glass. Looking at an exploded drawing it...
sun roof seal question answered
Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:24:29 -0800
...The 'sliding roof beading', 253 877 349, is the seal that goes on the sliding section. The 253 877 223 is the seal that...