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• Re: door key cut from code?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:48:52 -0400
  At 06:35 PM 8/29/2008, Todd Last wrote... >The code is on the inside of the door handle (You have to take...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:05:44 -0400
  ...The handle was present in the back but mounted up and down. This is wrong. And he said it seemed to have rubbed the...
• Re: Slider door (early version) outer handle getting loose
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:27:12 -0700
  Yes, the handles differ. But the idea is the same. I think van cafe have the escutcheons and seals for sale. I made my...
• Vngn Slider Handle Fall Off 25 cent FIX !
  Historical mailing list
  11 Oct 96 06:38:07 PDT
  After gloating (for awhile, anyway) that MY sliding door handle won't fall off as I have routinely tightened up the screw holding it...
• Re: sliding door handle broken?
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 06:49:26 -0700
  Hi all - Sean wrote - - - - - - - - - When I shove the handle back in, I can get the door handle to work like it's supposed to...
• Re: '84 sliding door handle question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:31:38 -0700
  ...so stock up > on spares.. > chris > > Is that the inside or outside handle? I put a short later handle on the outside of my...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:23:28 -0500
  ...It bends out from flat then makes a handle you can pull. The front handle doesn’t do that and is a different handle...
• Re: DRIVER SIDE GRAB HANDLE
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 27 May 2021 07:29:24 -0700
  That’s a good price for a very nice looking handle. I have tried machining various variations in the stock theme, and i know...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle -84
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:45:26 -0500
  I had to change a sliding door handle with a new one. It is fine. It doesn't wiggle. Hummm. I think it was...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:41:57 -0400
  Drats! I just had a sighted friend look at the spot where the rear handle should attach. He laughed and said it is still...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:55:10 -0700
  ...The handle is identical to the front one: > > http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesel > > (see '82 Diesel Westy, page 2) > >> Is it the same as...
• Re: '67 Westy Resto form Hell Update
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 00:45:27 -0400
  ...I think I will risk - - - the difference between the 2/66 handle and the 9/66 handle is the earlier one is for the...
• Re: Keys, locks and Steve Sandlin the Locksmith Guy
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:23:32 -0700
  ...Unscrew this screw and pull the handle backwards. The rear of the handle should peal away from the door and then it removes easily...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:25:44 +0000
  ...I think both handles are available from venders.  But, if a vender had a mound piece with the handle it would be nice. For...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:44:16 +0000
  I know what you mean Eric.  I really miss that rear slider handle also.  I had one on one of my Westies and think...
• sagging handle syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Gary Nichols
  Tue, 28 Jan 97 14:00:25 PST
  Has anybody else noticed how many Vanagons have sagging or broken-off sliding door handles? 50%?? Higher??? Having removed my sagging handle and noted...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:23:04 -0700
  Does anyone have pictures, or a link to a handle installed in that secondary position? Is it the same as the other handle on...
• Re: Brown Window Handles??
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:16:17 -0400
  ...The grab handles on a VW Fox work as pretty good replacements for the grab handles on Vanagons. A little slimmer in appearence and...
• Re: Inside rear handle from sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Peder
  Mon, 20 May 2002 20:26:11 -0500
  I too have this "extra" handle. I figured that it was a spare because VW figured people would drive their vans for 200,000...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:21:36 -0700
  Raimund, My 82 diesel Westy, North American model, had the rear handle on the sliding door. Mounted, as mentioned on a square boss that...
• Re: Sliding door handle - outside
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 17:57:24 -0600 (MDT)
  On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Brian Isherwood wrote: > The outside handle is loose and it wiggles quite a bit. There is > some serious paint...
• Re: Removing & replacing front door key tumbler?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 6 Apr 2014 19:53:40 -0400
  Many thanks to BenT for his invaluable guidance in fixing my front door/handle lock! I ended up using the new handle & rearranged the...
• Re: Sliding Door Problem Revisited
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:23:09 -0400
  ...Not the lock in the handle, but the > mechanism where the handle connects. The handle has a great > deal of play in it when...
• Re: broken sliding door handle.
  Historical mailing list - Binns Handy
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:14:33 -0500
  ...When you take the thing apart you will find a cylindrical protion of the handle that's split, and unrepairable. Order the correct handle...
• will '86 door handles work on my '84?
  Historical mailing list - kevin armstrong
  Mon, 2 May 2011 07:59:06 -0700
  ...Going the online route and found a handle kit for an '86 that looks the same as my two-pinned front door handle remaining...
• sliding door outside handle
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:41:42 -0500
  I'm looking for an outside handle to the Vanagon sliding door. In addition, does anyone know how to remove the lock cylinder from...
• door handle fixed
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:27:27 EDT
  Hey all, I seem to have fixed the sliding door handle problem I was experiencing. I removed the inside door handles, and then pulled...
• Re: Seeking brown window crank
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:59:18 -0400
  ...The overhead handle grabs of the Foxes are also compatible with the door handle grabs of the Vanagons. On Apr 2, 2007, at 11...
• 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...
• Re: On the road inner door handle bolt?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Jul 2014 13:34:48 -0700
  ...Use a lock washer and Locktite, it's a loose fit into the handle threads. I've got an ugly but serviceable handle you...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 4 May 2006 - Special issue (#2006-387)
  Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
  Fri, 5 May 2006 07:55:05 -0500
  ...To remove the handle you remove the phillips head screw directly opposite the handle on the inside of the door and pull the handle...
• Sliding Door handle Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:05:11 EDT
  ...He ended up twisting the entire handle out of the door. Anyone have a handle and possibly the entire mechanism for sale? Ed
• Re: Painting door handles
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:45:20 -0500
  Instead of painting 'em, couldn't you get newer handles from salvage? On 10/10/06, Gregor Brandt <gbrandt@marionette.ca> wrote: > > My door...
• Support handle for passenger compartment
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:26:54 -0500
  Hi folks, I’ve never seen this done, but I decided to install a VW handle, the same as used on the door, or...
• http://catalog.exist.ru/
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:53:19 +1200
  Stupid site! I want the left slider handle for a say a 1986 (to replace my 84's potmetal one). So it lists: Door...
• Re: sliding door outside handle
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 02:31:38 EDT
  ...In > addition, does anyone know how to remove the lock cylinder from the > handle? I want to keep the old lock cylinder. > > one you...
• 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...
• Re: (F) Re: sliding door latch (handle) and handle FS
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:04:58 EST
  ...I'm not sure but I think the guy's problem is latch rather than handle related. Otherwise, wouldn't that make him "handlecap...
• Grab handle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Apr 2021 07:05:40 -0500
  Looking for a single grab handle for the driver side of my van. One like what comes stock on the right side. I think...
• vanagon door handles
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 2 May 2011 20:02:57 -0500
  If you mean the main front door handles, the remained the same duri ng the entire production run of the Vanagon. The slider handle...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:53:43 -0700
  inside sliding door handle VW # 253 843 642 sold used Ebay etc, new replicas? from GoWesty https://www.gowesty.com/product/handles-trim/2286...
• Re: Slider door handle working itself loose
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:17:21 -0800
  ...My last old style handle cracked recently. I put my last lonely remaining '85 handle on. (end has to be trimmed to fit) Hopefully...
• Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:19:25 -0900
  Argh! My outside sliding door handle broke off yesterday. Broke! The metal inside just under the lock looks like it was ripped apart by...
• Re: 84 westy sliding door handle "seal"
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 18 May 2005 15:34:34 -0400
  ...It is the actual OEM > long handle for 80-84, not a sawed off short handle for the later > redesigned sliding door. The handle...
• stuck sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:59:21 -0800
  ...I try to remove the sliding door handle to replace the missing gasket.. I lift the panel, remove the screw... but the handle doesn...
• Re: How do remove an outside door handle from an 84?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 30 May 2008 20:41:45 -0400
  Jim Felder wrote: > I'd like to get the slider handle. What do I need to take with me to remove it? Something to...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:01:20 +0200
  I got Jim´s picture of the handle as well. Isn´t this the standard front handle, just bolted horizontally onto the rear of...
• Re: will '86 door handles work on my '84?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 May 2011 09:14:44 -0400
  I remember using an '86 sliding door handle on my '84 once many years ago. Had to saw a little off the end to...
• Swing away tire carrier latch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 09:43:47 -0700
  ...The handle does seem to stick out a bit, but when the spare tire is mounted it will come down close to the handle...
• Re: NEW outside handle for slider 83-84
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 6 May 2005 14:44:26 -0400
  > Does anyone know a source for the older style Vanagon outside > sliding door handle (specifically 1983). This is the handle > is a bit longer...
• what's the difference in sliding door handles?
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:46:01 -0700
  What is the difference in sliding door handles? There are two types, one that requires a large pivot to open and one with a...
• Re: Parts from the Bus Stop
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 1995 11:36:23 -0400
  ...Do i make sense? Are the handle and lock a one piece unit or can they be separated? also, does anybody know where you...
• Re: window cranks
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 03:17:10 +0200
  "Henning, Eric" wrote: > I've replaced my cracked window crank handles several times from junkyard > vanagons only to have them crack shortly after. You...
• Re: Inside rear handle from sliding door
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 20 May 2002 13:42:40 -0700
  Maybe a grab handle like the ones in front for the back passenger? William you got me. I have wondered myself what this handle...
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:41:21 -0400
  ...Having the interior handle makes shutting the slider so much nicer. I want to add this to both my 84 and 85. I think...
• Re: 87 Door Handle broken & Door Stuck!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Thu, 16 May 2002 22:26:15 -0500
  One thing you could try, and it's not hard to do, it to remove the door handle, and then release the mechanism. You...
• Re: WTB:NEW outside handle for slider 83-84
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 6 May 2005 13:30:42 -0600
  The outer handle on the sliding door is interchangeable with some notes. 1. takes more energy to push down on the shorter handle 2...
• Re: Keys from code
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 12 May 2022 21:33:49 -0400
  Hi, the handle itself comes off super easy, just take off the door card and remove the screw holding the handle I wrote to...
• found stash of door handles FS
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:31:27 EDT
  Hi Gang, While digging for a sliding door handle at the a local VW shop for a fellow listee, I discovered the shop had...
• Sliding Door Problem Revisited
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:43:14 -0400
  ...Not the lock in the handle, but the mechanism where the handle connects. The handle has a great deal of play in it when...