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• Re: Vanagon sliding door handles
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:27:07 -0800
  ...Vanagon sliding doors handles. > Are door changes the same years, US and Europe? > > > Did the Vanagons marketed in Europe have their sliding door mechanism...
• 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: side window security
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:00:48 EDT
  ...Is this true? How is it done? What can be done to > prevent it? > > sliding side windows are a weak link as far as...
• Re: subject Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:23:07 -0700
  now that we know it's a single piston sliding caliper ........... first thing you check is if it's sliding properly and smoothly on...
• Re: Sliding window idea
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:31:18 -0400
  ...The South African rearmost sliding window is clearly the *cadillac* of back windows. But I'm still broke from my DK tranny rebuild last...
• Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:23:40 -0800
  ...vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option) On 12/13/05, Chris Renz <aircooledchris@eucasafari.vendioweb.com> wrote: > > wouldnt the regular camper sliders fit...
• Re: Misc
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Apr 1997 03:11:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...There is a wood insert on top of the metal floor pan inbetween the seats and the sliding door. The wood piece appears to...
• 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: Sliding door adjustment tips
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:16:16 -0700
  ...let's say you want the rear to drop about 3mm (or whatever)... - open the sliding door, put a bottle jack under the rearmost...
• Re: Track Screen for Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:57 -0400
  ...I understand you have some of the plastic screens for the Westy sliding door. Please get back to me. >> >> Thanks >> Jim
• Re: quick mod - sliding window rain screen
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:58:52 -0800
  ...Well, it will stop vertical rain anyway :) >> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen/ >> >> alistair >
• Re: 82 Vanagon Middle Seat Mounting
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:23:06 -0500
  ...Rissman wrote: > > Can anyone explain or send a picture on how to correctly install the > middle seat on the 2 sliding rails? > > Mark E...
• Magical Mystery Peg
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:19:39 -0800
  ...The manual says "You can now close the sliding door silently without slamming it shut. Slide the door forward until you can grab the...
• FYI!! van pass side windows are different size '80-'84, then '85-'91
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 May 2001 03:31:59 EDT
  FYI- just a note - the drivers side sliding side windows are the same size from '80-'91, westy or regular window, and all drivers...
• Heater Cables/Controlls
  Historical mailing list - Brian Walker
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:46:10 -0600
  Hey guys hows, it going? Thanks for the info on the sliding door and dash electrics. I was able to get both the sliding...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:59:37 EDT
  ...Time, gull@GULL.US writes: << I'm not sure about the sliding door and rear hatch locks. Does anyone know if these can be...
• Re: Is this a rare van? sunroof van FS cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:30:52 EST
  ...i have a 84 vanagon with the steel sliding factory sunroof for sale....cheap! chris
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:15:25 -0700
  ...door quietly from inside - > especially in camp grounds. << > > I think the sliding door is too load no matter what. I always exit and > enter...
• Re: New VW Camper we won't get
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:24:36 -0700
  thanks... double sliding doors are nice... fold out kitchen is very nice too... but too civilized for my taste
• GW sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:19:20 -0500
  Hi all, im trying to find directions on installation of my GW screen. Any ideas? Thanks Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy
• Re: Full-Size SLIDING DOOR SCREENS $79!
  Historical mailing list - Tim Lott
  Wed, 5 May 1999 02:13:13 EDT
  Does anyone (other then the busdepot) have a good experience with this screen? Is it a good screen? thanks akbound
• removing bench seats
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:00:51 -0800
  how are most people removing the middle bench seats? by unscrewing the rails? or pulling the carpet out and sliding it off the rails..
• Re: 76 westy seal ???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 04:27:03 -0400
  ...I guess this is >because VW did offer buses with sliding doors on both sides (although they were not >very common -- I think it...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:20:30 -0400
  Hey Scott, What I am pointing to in this photos is the stick sliding top pin on the passenger side caliper. I removed the...
• Re: SA Sliding side windows/was: Screensaver
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:02:12 +0200
  ...Do older SA Vanagons ( say like the early 80s) have the same size windows as US buses, yet still have sliding rear windows? Like...
• Re:Sliding Door Screens for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:33:31 -0600
  ...Inclosed was the address of the company that makes them, they showed a screen for the sliding door(Vanagon) so I called them up...
• Re: Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Steven Brower
  Tue, 2 Dec 2025 14:22:17 -0500
  ...I got this message and I did get a message about sliding door which > I suppose was from you. > > r > > Rowan Tipton > >> On Dec...
• Re: My door fell off last night
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Apr 2020 10:58:50 -0700
  ...Last night I got home and went to open the sliding door and it fell off! It’s only held on by the one...
• Re: screen door for sliding door how about a magnetic one
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:57:37 -0400
  ...MAC.COM> wrote: > > HI > > I have the screen door for the sliding door it is a bit big , heavy and cumbersome > > At home we...
• Re: Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:47:43 -0500
  ...Sent: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:44:39 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Sliding Door > > Time to put a new weather gasket/bezel on the door...
• Re: 85-91 sliding door horizontal bearings
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 07:22:43 -0700
  ...22 mm OD bearings that sit in horizontal position under the > sliding door cover . I just replaced a couple on friends van. The originals...
• Window Seals-Dreaming About That Honda Odyssey Again
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 20 May 2012 19:23:32 +0000
  ...Beach, and there was my correct seal from Go Westy! for my window in the sliding door. It fit the window perfectly-however on...
• Re: 71 Camper Curtain Question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 May 1996 10:46:37 -0500
  Edge <edge@interramp.com> writes: > I have replaced all the curtains in my 71 poptop, except the one on the > sliding door. I don...
• 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...
• Sliding door fix
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Apr 1997 18:13:22 -0400
  Today I repaired the sliding door on my vanagon. It had been REAL hard to slide open. I found that the plastic guide on...
• 'FS:1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Floyd Truskot
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:48:56 -0400
  ...New battery, rear window defroster with washer/wiper, sliding windows in cargo area and on sliding door. Interior trim panels in excellent shape. Asking...
• Sliding door lock info
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:38:58 +1200
  Do any Vanagons have a sliding-door lock which can be locked and THEN slid shut, or do all need to be manually locked...
• parting 74 84 88
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:04:44 -0700
  For sale 94mm pistons and cylinders from a rebuilt from vw water cooled from 1.9 100.00 sliding side door from 84 real...
• Re: Sliding Door Not Locking Open
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:53:52 EST
  ...It's easier to access if you take off the narrow body panel above the sliding track (a couple screws). Bill Marshall 85 GL...
• troubleshooting sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:57:43 -0500
  My '86 wolfsburg model sliding door is finicky about being closed just right. Too hard and it "bounces" open, too soft and it doesn...
• Re: Sliding door... please help...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:05:00 +0000
  I realize that the sliding door on the later model Vanagons were engineered to not need the rear handle that the earlier ones came...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:16:35 +1000
  ...I have stared at the rear handle on the inside of the sliding door for ever and ever. I have tried to use it...
• Re: Full-Size SLIDING DOOR SCREENS $79!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 4 May 1999 11:16:26 -0400
  > Ron, > Can the sliding door be closed with the screen in place? > How many snaps on the sides and how many snaps along > the...
• Re: Sliding door lock...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jul 1995 06:29:24 -0400
  In a message dated 95-07-14 10:27:50 EDT, you write: >> Does anybody know how to fix the sliding door lock on...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 09:44:39 -0300
  ...The slab sides of your sliding door resonate in sympathy with all this producing the telltale noise. Take off your inside door panelling, slap...
• sliding door handle broken?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 14:11:30 EDT
  Hey all, A bit of sliding door handle weirdness on the '81 Westy manifested itself the other day. I was getting some stuff out...
• Re: Inside rear handle from sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 20 May 2002 06:23:53 -0400
  ...purpose of the rear handle in the inside >> panel of the sliding door, it doesn�t move and is not to help closing the...
• VC Carrot wheels + tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Sun, 11 May 2014 21:13:11 -0700
  ...The ET on these is 25, and I do not have any rubbing on the sliding door. There's an obvious gap that I...
• Re: falling tree branch broke non-sliding portion of drivers-side middle wind...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:46:14 -0500
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM writes: > > so i pose to you, do you know where i can find the non-sliding portion...
• Re: sliding door lock spring.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 08:42:48 -0500
  ...ve been scouring the archives for a picture of how the sliding door lock > spring is supposed to be installed, as mine fell out...
• FS: 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:48:41 -0700
  ...New battery, rear window defroster with washer/wiper, sliding windows in cargo area and on sliding door. Interior trim panels in excellent shape. Asking...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:54:34 -0800
  ...Can't imagine the point of a handle that immediately disappears behind the C-pillar upon sliding the door. Maybe someone put it in...
• Re: Sliding window locks (2nd request)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:35:21 EDT
  ...If you cannot find nor replicate a replacement, remove the sliding latch and waste away a little of its material at the end of...
• Re: Fitting 88 slider to 84 van... differences in years?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:29:41 -0500
  The sliding door was completely changed (for the better) for Model year 1985. 84 and older have a crappy rear latching system and the...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 1 Jun 2018 11:18:36 -0700
  Dan, good advice. Related: My slider works well, but the handle requires quite a lot of force. Is that normal? Is there an adjustment?
• Vanagon on Wheeler-Dealers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 00:04:05 -0700
  Anyone see the Vanagon on Wheeler-Dealers? Diesel Panel van, complete with sliding door that falls off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwPxGOOYLac
• Rails for middle seat
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:32:34 -0800
  Allo Does someone know from what year sliding rails for middle seat were available in the Vanagon Westfalia? Thanks Sent from my iPad 2
• What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 09:53 PDT
  I've seen sliding side doors on late-model buses, dual side doors on microbuses, but what does the term barndoor term refer to?
• Screen for the slideing door...
  Historical mailing list - stu schwartz
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 06:49:29 -0400
  Does anyone make a screen for the sliding door. I believe I could make one but I just don't have the time...