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Re: My Sliding door does not open?
Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
Tue, 4 Feb 1997 16:47:10 +0200
...My Sliding door does not open? > Hi folks, I'm havingt trouble opening my sliding door! It seem that the > little wheel on the...
WANTED 1984 Vanagon sliding door, outside door handle
Historical mailing list - Danny
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:43:59 -0700
Hey guys I opened my slider door yesterday and the handle came right off. It looks like it cracked in half. Does anyone have...
Another sliding door issue
Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:07:25 -0600
...the runners for the sliding door. This has made it more and more difficult to close and oprn the door, not to mention noisy...
Re: TriStar Syncro article
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Wed, 23 Oct 1996 22:18:11 -0700
...This Vanagon had sliding doors on both sides. When I asked about this early Chry**** MiniV** invention, I was told that it was a...
Sliding Door Handle
Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:15:12 -0800
Listees, Instead of the sliding door handle being situated at the normal 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock position, it is now drooping...
Re: Sliding door light switch bumper
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:12:56 -0700
...I just > installed a new sliding door switch for a new light over my slider > and realized that that little chunk of rubber is...
Re: Track Screen for Sliding Door
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Wed, 22 May 2013 13:06:01 -0700
...I understand you have some of the plastic screens for the Westy sliding door. Please get back to me. > > Thanks > Jim
Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal
Historical mailing list - Steve Iman
Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:57:28 -0800
...If he leaves it out for a couple of days and tries to open it, the rubber seal to the sliding door often sticks...
Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:51:50 -0800
I need to get behind the forward edge of the door panel on the inside of the sliding door on my '84 to access...
Re: WTB Sliding Door Handle Spacer that BD didnt include
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Tue, 1 May 2007 15:48:20 -0400
> Hi i need the spacer for my new sliding door handle > (exterior) you know, the one that keeps the handle > from being wobbly+loose...
Re: storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:03:33 -0400
Mike, I'm sending you a gif from ETKA showing the sliding door. The list won't see it. The screw is directly inboard...
Dual Sliding Doors & Reminiscing
Historical mailing list - SHELTON
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 08:39:37 -0500 (EST)
...didn't VWOA import buses with >dual sliding doors twenty years ago!!! the dual sliding door has been >available from the factory since 1966...
Re: UPS is VERY expensive...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:58:54 -0600
...70 freakin >>> dollars.. >> > > robert...i shipped a interior doorPANEL not a door.. i wouldnt even > think > of shipping a sliding door UPS or Fedex...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:18:09 +0200
...I have a 85+ sliding door, and am pretty sure it does not have that square mounting stud in the rear. The square stud...
sliding side windows
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Mon, 29 Apr 96 20:11:14 EDT
Hey all, Just checking one more time, does anyone out there have a spare sliding side window for the sliding door? I'm talking...
Re: lock yer doors without keys?
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:52:04 -0400
Reach in through the sliding door and push down the lock button and everything locks, including the sliding door when you close it. Better...
Re: Value of sliding door
Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:21:49 +1000
...Value of sliding door > From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:01:13 +1200 > > Having had...
Re: Camper side windows
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:25:10 -0700
...Westy > windows have latch roughly about the middle of the sliding glass. > > Also, sliding door window size changed with the change in door latch...
Re: awnings, what I've learned
Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
Wed, 22 May 1996 12:38:04 +0000
...If you get an awning that stops at the front of the sliding door you won't be able to have the sliding door...
sliding door escutcheon for 80 to 84
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:12:08 -0600
I am planning on ordering (fron europe) some sliding door escutcheons for the early version of the sliding door, part number 251 843 711...
Re: Sliding Door Lock Knob, Interior
Historical mailing list - k1cajun
Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:11:27 -0500
Chris wrote: > > The button on the lock on the inside of the sliding door of my '88 Westy has > fallen off and gotten lost...
Re: loose '84 sliding door handle
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:07:51 -0600
...YMMV, Tom B.-winter frozen sliding door snapped the handle in 2
Re: sliding door handle
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:23:47 -0800
...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/sliding-door-escutcheon/ Gives you an idea of what the escutcheon is. I'm going to go...
Re: Sliding door question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 6 Jun 2018 10:21:36 -0400
> > I used some of that special tape, PTFE, on my sliding door and it works > great! 84 Westy. > Eric already has the smoothest and...
Re: Sliding door handle screw
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:18:20 -0800
...Al <kkalnsf@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Quick question. > Any chance this interior sliding door handle screw is reverse threaded on > an 87 Syncro? The screw...
Re: FW: sliding door
Historical mailing list - Michael Jurik
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:42:02 EDT
I also have a sliding door with a mind of its own (ditto for almost losing my dog). I've got the thing rigged...
Any reason I couldn't move a gas heater under the sliding door?
Historical mailing list - Pokey
Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:13:32 -0800
...Unless I was able to move the BA6 under the sliding door. Thoughts? Opinions? Thanks, Chris Gronski '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY '87 Chevrolet Sprint...
Any reason I couldn't move a gas heater under the sliding door?
Historical mailing list - Pokey
Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:13:32 -0800
...Unless I was able to move the BA6 under the sliding door. Thoughts? Opinions? Thanks, Chris Gronski '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY '87 Chevrolet Sprint...
Re: Who did I talk to re: 82 sliding door parts?
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:33:34 -0400
...wrote: > I was emailing someone on the list about the lower sliding door assembly > and I lost the email thread. Who was I talking...
Re: westy slider door curtain differences...can anyone help?
Historical mailing list - Daniel Dix
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:32:01 -0800
...up.. > > 80-81 westy had the aluminum curtain rod over upper sliding door track, bent > to conform to the shape of the upper track...
FS: Set locks w/ keys: ignition, all handles & rear hatch
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 05:07:31 EST
...Two (2) front door handles One (1) sliding door handle One (1) ignition lock cylinder One (1) rear hatch lock He wants $125 for...
WTB: Sliding Door handle
Historical mailing list - Shawn
Sun, 15 Sep 2002 03:33:17 -0500
...I just opened the sliding door with the outer handle for the last time it appears. The cheesy pot-metal handle has cracked again...
Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
Historical mailing list
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:29:10 -0400
...you can tell by the sliding doorhandle area recess embossed in the metal. the '85-'91 area is smaller than the '80-'84 area...
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...
Re: WTB: panel over sliding door rail (slider door beltline track cover)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:41:56 EST
...anyone have a spare one of the metal panels over the sliding door > rail? > mine was not so professionally repaired by the p.o...
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
Re: doors
Historical mailing list
Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:44:55 EDT
...was told the front doors will work > will > the rear hatch work also? thanks, Neal > every door but the sliding door will work. chris
Almost Friday Re: How do I make driver's door lock w/o key?
Historical mailing list - Wognacious
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:22:37 -0700
Push down on the lock thing and exit out the sliding door..............
Re: nagging gremlins - sliding door
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 3 Oct 2005 21:35:47 -0500
I went through this sliding door problem. Problem: sliding door unlocks when a bump is hit. Fix: Replace the lock at the rear of...
sliding door lock problem--early = '81
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:09:34 -0700
Mr Bus, my '81 has lost the "click" in the sliding door mechanism between "unlock" and "lock." Before, when using the key or flipping...
Re: Left & Right side sliding door Vanagon on Ebay
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:10:08 -0700
...Left & Right side sliding door Vanagon on Ebay > Looks like that last link I offered didn't work out somehow. This Vanagon > with the...
Re: 2nd handle on sliding door
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 22 May 2002 15:07:32 -0400
...2nd handle on sliding door I can't understand how a handle could be on the back of the door, but several posts have...
Sliding door threshold
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 8 Sep 2015 09:14:43 -0500
...gmail.com');>> wrote: > So I would hate to reinstall my beat sliding door threshold on my 85 Westy > when the time comes. I don...
How to replace vent window on '75 sliding door?
Historical mailing list - Ed McMullin
Thu, 16 Nov 95 09:53:00 PST
How do you replace the vent window in the sliding door on a 75 bus? Looks like it had a peg at the bottom...
Sliding Door and Cold Weather
Historical mailing list - Bryan
Sun, 6 Dec 1998 10:33:48 -0800
Every winter when the weather turns cold, the sliding door on our 87 Westy develops a tendency to unlatch spontaneously. Usually it just takes...
Looking for some Carat/Wolfsburg Stuff
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:55:53 EST
...Fiberglass body panel behind rear sliding door Fiberglass body panel on sliding door Both Plastic Trays that go between the front seats and the...
sliding door screen
Historical mailing list - Jenny Loerzel
Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:03:46 GMT
Hello All, I am looking for a USED sliding door screen in good condition for my '87 Westy. If anyone has one or knows...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:21:01 -0700
here is a link with pics regarding the early vanagon with handle at the rear of the sliding door https://www.thesamba.com/vw...
Re: sliding door seal
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:13:10 -0700
...sliding door seal > > > > Here's how I did it... > > Open the sliding door for about a foot, put a 2x4 piece of wood under...
Re: slider doorhandles FS...(was: Re: Broken Sliding Door Handle
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:23:56 +1200
>you cant fix sliding door handles when they break. they're cheap cast >pot-metal. no way to weld it. you have to get...
FS: Sliding window locks, door handles, fuel pump, rear wiper motor, upper control arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:31:24 -0700
...sliding window locks (used) - $10 door handles (used) - $8 fuel pump (used) - $45 rear wiper motor (used) - $45 upper control arm bushings (new) - $15...
Re: '85 Sliding Door handle and Top Hatch needed
Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:49:50 UT
...Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU Subject: '85 Sliding Door handle and Top Hatch needed I'm have been looking for a outside door handle for...
Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 06 Apr 94 16:19:02 CDT
...The body i know for a fact that double sliding doors WERE available for the 1971 model year ... cause when i bought mine, i...
VW-Re: Stuck sliding door on Buss'
Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
Tue, 24 Jan 95 10:23:58 PST
...Schroeder (todds@sunnet.chotel.com) was having a problem with the sliding door on his '71 bus as the thing wouldn't open at...
Re: Sliding door adjustment
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:24:25 -0700
...Sliding door adjustment > > >> At 07:56 PM 7/7/2010 Wednesday, Troy wrote: >>>I have a question about adjusting the sliding door on an...
Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 13:14:50 -0400
I have an '81 Westie (with the quiet close rear handle) and the sliding door screen is attached by snaps on the upper half...
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...
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...
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...