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Re: FS: vanagon screened side windows, louvered or sliding
Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:59:10 -0500
...vanagon side windows w/ screens, sliding westy style. have pair. > fit all vanagons, westy or pass van. > also have louvered jalousie side windows w...
Re: Any tricks to removing sliding door rail cover?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:24:24 -0400
...Firstly and > most importantly, the sliding door is extremely difficult to seat and > open. I'm assuming the door has to be realigned. Try...
Re: UPS is VERY expensive...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:58:54 -0600
...i wouldnt even > think > of shipping a sliding door UPS or Fedex, neither of them would even > touch > it..its about 5 times oversize...
Re: sliding door adjustment?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:59:20 EDT
...all, I need help in getting the bottom rear of my sliding door to suck > in closer to the body. I don't have...
Re: How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 12 Feb 2023 14:42:54 -0800
...How to adjust position of Sliding Door Rear Locking Pin >> Date: 02/12/2023 02:38:25 PM >> >> One way to do this... >> - loosening...
Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:41:12 -0500
...But >> then >> > Ithere's the danger of the sliding-door guillontining - especially for >> the >> > dog. >> > Van Cafe has a driver-side sliding rear widow...
Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:19:45 -0400
...13:22 Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG> napisał(a): > A previous owner crunched the sliding door pretty good on my '84 > Wolfsburg Westy. I...
Re: FS: westy slider window screens..
Historical mailing list - BA
Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:29:08 -0700
...these are the OEM >Westfalia plastic framed screens that fit in the westy sliding side windows. theyre in >great shape and some come w...
Re: sliding door lock problem--early = '81
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:19:25 -0800
...wrote: > > Mr Bus, my '81 has lost the "click" in the sliding door > mechanism between "unlock" and "lock." Before, when > using the key or...
Re: noise reduction sound deadening
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:59:45 +1200
...I put this stuff on the sheet metal on the front doors, sliding >door, back hatch and the large piece of sheet metal on...
Re: Sliding door stop
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:50:36 -0500
...John On 3/17/2012 6:01 PM, jaime forero wrote: > Folks I need help locating a part for my sliding door. Today as...
RE: Stuck Sliding Door
Historical mailing list
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 17:51:59 -0800
...Jim >Yup, the sliding door on my '84 vanagon is stuck. I tried to open it from >the outside, and the handle felt and...
Re: Nylon window track guides for sliding window 84 waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
Sun, 5 Apr 1998 18:14:23 +0800
...Nylon window track guides for sliding window 84 waterboxer > Date: Sunday, April 05, 1998 1:24 PM > > Dealer says that the plugs not available...
screens on a 1991 GL
Historical mailing list - dave
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:01:54 -0700
Hi Folks, Recently I found a used 1985 Westie Wolfsburg that had some very nice, stock, snap on screens on the inside sliding windows...
AC, sliding door
Historical mailing list - Mack Paschall
Tue, 2 May 2000 09:18:24 -0400
...rear catch on my sliding door occasionally unlatches. No real safety problem (yet), but it adds a fair amount of wind noise and it...
HELP! Sliding window removal
Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
Sat, 4 May 2002 16:37:23 +0000
If any of you have any great tips on how to carefully remove a set of sliding windows from a 88 weekender I'd...
Re: reversing sliding side windows fish
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:33:21 EST
...R side, but the '85-'91 slider window on the Right (sliding door) side is smaller. the Left (drivers) side slider window is the...
Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:57:40 -0500
Christensen wrote: > I brought up this topic with my wife, Ruth who is the Vanagon daily driver. > This is how she closes the sliding...
Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
Historical mailing list - Nij.tp.vanaru
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:57:41 -0400
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Westy Mods ( Interior Sliding Door Handle)
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Wed, 22 May 2002 09:41:50 -0500
Check out Roy's webpage----It has a nice interior door handle Mod--and allot of neat stuff---- http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~rrh...
WTB: sliding window lock
Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:40:42 -0500
Need the complete thing from inside of vehicle. Please pmail me if you have one 4sale. Joachim Preiss Acton, MA [mailto:spielmobil@snuttig.net...
for sale: westy side windows and screens - fit all vanagons
Historical mailing list
Thu, 29 May 2003 11:49:13 EDT
for sale: westy sliding side windows and screens. fit all vanagons can ship. may sell screens seperate if you need a screen chris
squeek is driving me nuts
Historical mailing list - John Middelkoop
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:04:00 -0400
When someone opens the sliding windows on my westy it sounds like fingernails on a blackboard. I've used silcone spray with no luck...
Re: Sliding door -- 91 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:42:00 -0500
...Is the Vanagon sliding door at all like the sliding doors of other vans of that era. Is this something a good body shop...
Re: My door fell off last night
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 4 Apr 2020 11:30:11 -0700
...For whatever reason once the van got started the person stepped on the gas and the sliding door, part way open with someone pushing...
Re: My door fell off last night
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 4 Apr 2020 12:52:48 -0700
...For whatever >> reason once the van got started the person stepped on the gas and the >> sliding door, part way open with someone pushing...
Re: Supplier of sliding window guide
Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:44:22 -0300
...Supplier of sliding window guide > Anybody find a supplier of the little plastic sliding window guides? > I bought some from the Busdepot a while...
Westy Window Query
Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:54:10 -0400
...A week or so ago, there was a post regarding how to refurbish the sliding windows. My little fuzzy scrapers are shot too, and...
Re: sliding door lock
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:23:30 -0700
...sliding door lock >I had a problem with the lock on my sliding door where the lock would >spring > open after closing the door...
Re: Sliding door question
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 7 Jun 2018 11:24:17 -0700
...The day you find away to make the sliding door as quiet as the one on a Toyota or Honda van... please share with...
Re: Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:03:51 -0800
...wear on that it will not hold the > rear of > the sliding door closed. The striker pin is shown as Item 1 in picture...
Re: Stuck Driver Seat
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 23:04:42 +0200
...The seat´s sliding tracks are mounted to the seat´s cushion pan via 4 screws from underneath. If these become loose, they move...
Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:46:42 -0700
...Mark Steve Williams wrote: > A previous owner crunched the sliding door pretty good on my '84 > Wolfsburg Westy. I decided not to fix it...
Sliding door on '90 popping open
Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:23:44 -0800
For the last two mornings on the way to work, the sliding door on my '90 Camper has popped open. In the past I...
Re: Need some parts - used or new if fine (89 Carat) Pop Up table Clasp, Body Molding behind sliding door
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:42:29 -0400
...the mounting brackets for the Carat body molding just > behind > the sliding door� and the rear tire. Does not have to be cosmetically > perfect...
Another sliding door question
Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:00:10 +0000
Hello, I recently had the sliding door on my 84 Westy jam when I was opening it. Further investigation showed that the "Guide Piece...
Re: panel snaps - was storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
Historical mailing list - Rob
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:10:06 -0700
...FWIW I bought a panel for my '87s sliding door from a junk yard, the old clips that it came with are still working...
Body shop in Roanoke, VA
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:05:15 EST
...He has some collision damage to the sliding door that might involve the frame in that area as well. I can recommend a good...
Re: Middle Seat Tracks
Historical mailing list - Southard
Sun, 5 Sep 1999 19:36:53 -0400
...In that car, the long one stretched from the far side to the sliding door, while the short one went from the far side...
Re: 1980 Westy sliding door question
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:17:53 -0400
>My sliding door handle is broken off. The handle and the lock mech are >riding around in the back of my van. I have...
Re: The sliding door's Bowden tube thingy
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:15:31 -0700
...push on the handle of the 84's sliding door pretty hard to get > the sliding door to unlatch. It's not that the...
Re: Sliding door comes open...
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:09:48 -0800
I also might as well admit the sliding door on my 85 pops open at the slightest bump. � Too busy to remember fixing it...
(F) Re: sliding door latch (handle) and handle FS
Historical mailing list
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:54:37 EST
...I took > out the latch and tried looking for places to lube the thing but didn't > the '80-'84 vanagon sliding doorhandles were...
Re: Odd awning placement
Historical mailing list - Ed Stevens
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 20:35:42 -0500
...So the awning really cries out for the sliding door side of the camper. If my PO had not installed such a great awning...
Re: Sliding Door Handle
Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 00:00:17 +0100
...Hanlon wrote: > Listees, > > Instead of the sliding door handle being situated at the normal 9 > o'clock and 3 o'clock position, it is...
Re: Sliding door lock info
Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:05:38 -0700
...Sliding door lock info > > > Do any Vanagons have a sliding-door lock which can be locked > and THEN slid > shut, or do all need...
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Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:26:08 -0400
...last one on the bottom row. > > https://averysaircooled.com/sliding-door-parts/ > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 7:56 AM Jeff Palmer <w...
Re: Added sleeping comfort & sliding door bug screens
Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:23:50 EST
...I have screens for the sliding door and rear hatch opening for both EuroVan and Vanagon. These install with both velcro and snaps and...
still cleaning my garage...some stuff for sale.
Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
Fri, 13 May 2005 10:59:54 -0700
...The small middle section is brand new. -Vanagon/Carat body molding - I have the 2 front doors, the sliding door and the small section...
Re: 85 Sliding Door Handle (esterior) into 81?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:21:35 -0500
...Diane, is visiting Durango from Bend, Oregon, and needs > the outside sliding door handle for her 81 Westy. I have a couple from an...
Tool for removing sliding window latch?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:28:07 -0700
I can't get any of my Allen wrenches or screwdrivers to grab anything, and I can't see anything up the hole in...
Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:01:17 -0400
At 06:02 PM 7/25/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote... >you want the sliding drive part style. >the flex head style is much...
Re: Sliding door on '90 popping open
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:15:08 -0500 (EST)
If you remove the rear latch you can clean it up with WD 40 and apply a good HD grease, it should work fine...
Re: 80 Sliding door questions
Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:24:11 -0500
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all your help with this it will be a big time saver then dealing with lots of little dings and...
Re: rekeying sliding door lock
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:39:01 -0700
another visual help is here; http://www.wonic.homepage.t-online.de/faq.htm#getriebe in German, some good info as well as 3...
Re: Sliding door question
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Thu, 7 Jun 2018 16:14:40 +0000
...I'd like to share my experiences regarding the sliding door - on some of my vans I use Delrin rollers, on some I use...
Re: Ripoff on Vancouver Island
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:25:08 -0400
The sliding door windows are a different size on the '80 through '84s, too (Westy or not). They changed in '85 and were the...
Re: Slider Door
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Wed, 13 May 2020 13:16:36 -0700
...So thankful we have these guys on our team. > Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') > > | | | > Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') > | > > > Rich > San Diego
Re: sliding window rain screen - improved
Historical mailing list - Annie
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:48:09 -0800
...I think it will keep out > stray raindrops better. > > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen-improved/ > > > alistair >
Re: TBD sliding door screen
Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 13:17:29 EDT
I have sliding door screen kits available on my web site at http://EuroCampers.com List member price is $110 including shipping. These will...