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• Re: WTB sliding door panel 85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:36:54 -0700
  ...WTB sliding door panel 85 In a message dated 3/12/2013 2:10:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mwmiller6@ATT.NET writes...
• Re: sliding door quieting
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:46:05 -0600
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/vanagon-sliding-door-quietening-hack/ Nice job, Alistair. This mod makes such a big difference. Nice reminder...
• Re: Source for Sliding Door lower Guide Bearing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 May 2011 14:06:37 -0400
  At 12:58 PM 5/28/2011, Steve Young wrote: >substituted on other part of sliding door mechanisms on later vans, >visually, ID >looks...
• Re: Sliding Door Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:38:39 -0700
  My sliding door is now squarely aligned. My thanks to Jim Catterson for the info. The "U" hinge height is adjusted by the two...
• I'm back - sliding door?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 22:55:33 -0500
  Does any one have a Westy sliding door for sale? The PO damaged Luv Box's good side and I think in lieu of...
• Interior Panel Clips 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
  Thu, 24 May 2001 13:58:27 -0400
  ...I need to re-do the sliding door panel (currently have ugly black aftermarket clips), and the only beige clips listed on BusDepot/WestCoastMetric...
• vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:10:25 EST
  ...fiberglass side pieces -sliding side windows w/ screens, fit all vanagons -fiberglass rear bumper endcaps -blue vanagon carpet -vanagon sliding door 85-91 -2...
• Re: Sliding door pops open on 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 00:15:24 -0800
  Hi Tim, My 90 GL sliding door pops open once in a while and I have adjusted the catch on the door frame. The...
• Sliding rear window
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:32:02 -0500
  Hi Chris, In one of your postings to the Vanagon list you mention that the sliding rear window you bought from Ebay will not...
• Re: re. double door vanagon pics..(sliding doors on both sides)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:56:03 -0700
  > Is there any way to modify a standard, single sliding door to a double? Sure. First, get a right-hand drive Transporter (or at...
• Needed! 84-85 sliding door panel
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:09:58 -0500
  ...I'm in need of a "Wolfsburg" like (84-85) beige sliding door interior panel. this color: http://www.benplace.com/84westy/brune91.jpg...
• Re: White rubber threshold - on Sliding door lower track
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:05:26 EDT
  ...to locate the > replacement rubber strip that fits above the lower sliding door track. > About 3 feet long, and typically stepped on when entering...
• Sliding door doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:04:16 -0700
  ...My sliding door was balking yesterday, opening only hesitantly when I turned the handle. It seemed as if something wasn't releasing at the...
• Re: sliding door... please help
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:34:45 -0800
  ...And yes, damping the resonances in the sliding door skin makes a big difference. Alistair > On Dec 4, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Stuart...
• lock-cylinder on sliding door
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Aug 96 12:32 CDT
  ...lock-cylinder on sliding door > How do I get to the cylinder on the slidingdoor handle? I can > pull the handle from the door...
• Re: Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:20:40 -0800
  ...Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal > > > I'm asking a question for a neighbor with a beautiful 87 Westy. If he > leaves it out for...
• Re: Hatch mosquito net
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:27:23 EST
  ...Sliding door openin screen kit Rear Hatch Screen kit Screens for Cab Windows Screens for side sliding windows. For Vanagon: Sliding door opening screen...
• Re: Removing Sliding glass locks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 14:11:32 -0500
  ...Removing Sliding glass locks > > > > Stan Wilder wrote: > > > > I'm parting out an 82 Vanagon Air-cooled and have a person wanting > to buy > > the...
• Re: VERY sticky '84 sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 02:04:58 EST
  ...best i can say is to remove sliding door panel, and lube the lock mechanism up, and the cable, and the rear locking mechanism...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:49:06 -0700
  ...roofing membrane to the inside of the slider cover and my sliding door is now VERY quiet. On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 4...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 7 Jun 2018 13:07:34 -0400
  Hi Dan, How do you balance the sliding door? Thanks, Eric Caron 85 Gl On Jun 7, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Dan N...
• Sliding door... please help...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:18:02 -0800
  hi all, on my van the sliding locking mechanism works well on the front (or on the handle end)... but on other end (the...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:38:27 -0400
  ...2018 2:19 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Sliding door question Dan, good advice. Related: My slider works well, but the...
• Replacing lower vanagon sliding door skin
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 4 Mar 2018 13:05:09 +0000
  ...I want to do the lower door skin on the sliding door and I do not see any write-ups or videos. How do...
• Early Bus Sliding Doors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jun 1995 07:17:11 -0700 (PDT)
  ...VW book ("Classic VW's" ?) and the first book puts the sliding door option at 1963, the second at 1964. Thom -- > I won't...
• Sliding Door Handle Cylinder Replacement
  Historical mailing list - George Arfken
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:44:23 -0400
  Hi all, I'm replacing a broken sliding door handle on a '82 Vanagon and would like to switch the lock cylinders so that...
• sunroof: Seal VS Bead????? Need clarity
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:53:57 -0800
  ...seal, sliding roof, Vanagon, $109.95, #253 877 223 sliding roof beading, Vanagon $39.95, # 253 877 349 Thanks! Matthew
• Re: Sliding rear windows
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:29:56 +0200
  Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > Funny, my 84 Caravelle has sliding windows. This was standard on > Australian-market buses. All the way rear, or in the...
• FS/LF Int. Sliding door panel
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Anderson
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:49:08 -0400
  Hello- I'm looking for an interior panel for the sliding door of my 85 Vanagon. In my searches, I've managed to come...
• WTB: Outside handle for Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 07:46:53 -0500
  ...vacation in Florida and has broken the outside handle from the sliding door in his 81 westy. If anyone has leads on a new...
• Looking for a sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Fowler
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:13:46 -0800
  I am in the Portland metro area and looking for a sliding door for my 87 westy. I have called the usual suspect wrecking...
• loose '84 sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 01:02:22 -0700
  Assuming my handle isn't broken yet, has anyone figured out a root cause as to why the sliding door handles - especially early ones...
• Fixed problem of sliding door partially opening
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:00:24 -0400
  For years I have been plagued by the sliding coming partially unlocked when driving on washboard type roads. I tried all the suggested adjustment...
• Re: side sliding windows- westy
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:32:14 -0700
  ...side sliding windows- westy My sliding side windows make a really loud screech when I open and close them. Anyone have any tricks to...
• westy seating arrangements (Re: newbie questions: offroad, addnl. seating, cover
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Tue, 26 May 1998 23:44:09 EDT
  ...1) 2 person middle seat, mounted on sliding tracks. (can be obtained from any 7 passenger van - preferably the weekender model, with the backrests...
• Re: Tri-Star or 16" Fender flares was Re: " plastic wheel arch extensions"
  Historical mailing list - davesov
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:22:18 -0000
  Hi, I've a doka so no sliding door issues. Can you tell me how well the jeep flares fit, much work involved? Also...
• sliding door lock spring.
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:34:53 -0500
  I've been scouring the archives for a picture of how the sliding door lock spring is supposed to be installed, as mine fell...
• '85-91 sliding doorhandles.. theyre 2 different kinds...yep!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:16:18 EST
  apparently the later '90-91 vanagons had a slightly redesigned sliding doorhandle.. on the base of the handle (the outer black painted potmetal part...
• Re: Side Window Needed
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:59:28 -0400
  ...http://www.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/archives look in the FILES at HOW-TO---Remove-Sliding-Windows or if you want to go...
• Re: sliding door handle broken?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:42:45 -0700
  ...My handle didn't come off of the door but I can no longer unlock or lock the sliding door with my key from...
• Re: Sliding Door Latch
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:46:33 -0700
  When the sliding door handle reaches the 100K point and implodes, :) is it a 'rip open the door panel and replace everything' move, or...
• Sliding Door/Handle
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hewitt
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 15:40:46 -0500
  Iam looking for the outside door handle, for the sliding door on a 1984 Vanagon. Anyone on the lists have one they would like...
• Re: Tri-Star or 16" Fender flares was Re: " plastic wheel arch extensions"
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:13:52 -0600
  ...i tried to put some Jeep fender flares on one bus and almost worked ...but the sliding door wouldn't open, kept hanging up...
• Re: Stupid project thoughts...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:04:18 +1200
  ...Power windows....power >SLIDING windows... I'm busy tonight compsing messages to make up for my 2-month hiatus in Calgary. Been there but...
• sliding door adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:09:27 -0700
  Hey all, I need help in getting the bottom rear of my sliding door to suck in closer to the body. I don't...
• Re: Sliding door adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:19:20 -0400
  At 07:56 PM 7/7/2010 Wednesday, Troy wrote: >I have a question about adjusting the sliding door on an 89 vanagon >westy...
• Re: sliding rear window for transporter
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:48:41 +0100
  ...sliding rear window for transporter >> >>In a message dated 2/8/05 8:14:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, >>S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU...
• Power Door Locks - Continuous Cycling
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 01:37:19 -0600
  ...When the driver's side power door lock is engaged (*) (either by key or button), the passenger door does not respond, but the sliding...
• Re: SLIDING DOOR
  Historical mailing list - "Small, Eric (Y2K).SDWARREN/SOPORTLAND/EricS at M ERICS - SDWCMAIL"
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:58:33 EDT
  ...I walk away from my fragile old van when angry! Eric Small Portland, ME 86GL > > ---michael osweiler <oswemic@POP3.SPACESTAR.NET> wrote: > > > > My sliding...
• Wanted: Sliding door, pre 85
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:56:57 +0100
  Hi all, Does anyone have a pre 1985 sliding door for sale? Or know of one in a junkyard (sorry, auto recycling center...). The...
• Sliding Windows Left & Right Side Complete needed for my 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Mon, 1 Sep 2014 18:54:31 -0700
  Hi all, I am looking to purchase the sliding windows assemblies, both L&R sides. This is due to just going in my back...
• Sliding door snap in screen
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 4 Aug 2014 08:35:18 -0500
  Hi all, I recently purchased the Bus Depot snap in screen kit for my sliding door and it came without installation instructions. I emailed...
• Sliding door stop
  Historical mailing list - jaime forero
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:01:26 -0500
  Folks I need help locating a part for my sliding door. Today as I was closing the door I heard a loud clank at...
• Sliding Door Screen
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:56:34 -0600
  Snaps, schmaps! All this foolish talk about snaps, Velcro, glue, rare earth magnets, etc....Check out my website for a sliding door screen that...
• Re: re. double door vanagon pics..(sliding doors on both sides)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:15:33 EDT
  ...NET writes: > Is there any way to modify a standard, single sliding door to a double? > > yea. go to england or australia, and cut...
• Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:39:31 -0400
  Ahh! The sliding rear window quest! I have the link here for a UK fabricator: http://www.griffco.ca/interest/vw/slider.htm I...
• Sliding Door Lock Datapoint
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 14:42:59 -0600
  Hi folks, Just as a datapoint, on my 1983 Westfalia, I could NOT lock the sliding door until it was closed. My habit was...
• Re: reversing sliding side windows fish
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:39:02 EST
  ...but are the sliding door windows the same size as those > across from them?? It would be too good to be true if they...
• Re: WTB: Bordeaux Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:18:55 EDT
  ...good luck..youll need it.. :<( ps, i have a bordeaux sliding door from a 90 GL (had the side skirts) if you want. chris
• Re: Curtains and screens 91GL 7-Pass
  Historical mailing list - Dan Dutcher
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:12:15 -0800
  ...Allows to undo Velcro to open/close sliding windows. Finding that > the Velcro coins on the drivers' side don't adhere well to the...