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• Re: Things that don't close
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:40:56 -0400
  >My other bother is the sliding door. Occasionally it just opens while I am >cruising down the road, usually the back edge pops open...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:42:19 -0500
  Or, you can make your own sliding door screen, as I did. See my website for pics and details. Roy Olynick '87 VW Westfalia...
• Re: Any Sliding Window Screens Out There?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:14:09 -0500
  on 8/29/05 7:17 PM, James Benthall at Taobythesea@AOL.COM wrote: > Hi all, > Go Westy is out of the sliding window...
• Re: 84 slider getting a bit stubborn
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:37:51 -0700
  --- Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The handle on Mellow Yellow's sliding door pushes down just > fine. But > the door doesn...
• Busted Bumper? i'll fix it! also fiberglass bumpers/trim FS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:57:06 EST
  ...the rear bumper center pieces, and the sliding door trim, and the piece after the sliding door (actually i have them, but theyre my...
• New Arrivals. Wind Deflectors, Paulchen racks, screen kits.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:51:23 EST
  ...Includes clamp to secure in place. (in stock - limited quantities) *Sliding door opening screen kits - include snaps and velcro for a bug free fit...
• Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:54:31 -0500
  ...Please note below on what is left. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> BenT >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> 12 front door handle w/o keys ($25 each) SIX (6) LEFT >>>>>> 4 sliding door...
• Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:36:05 -0700
  ...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: tailgate light switch ground
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 2013 12:20:00 -0400
  ...Same with sliding door switch. On Apr 6, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Just a FYI for anyone wondering.... > > A few...
• Re: Panel Fabric(?) for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Prescott
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 21:33:46 EST
  ...if it has enough flex for anything but a hatch or > sliding door cover. Not sure what you'd need to "flex" it around...
• Re: sliding doors
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:30:52 -0700
  ...Mark Jessup Coffin wrote: > ... > Now though, I'm curious, is there anyway to make it possible to open the > sliding door without fiddling with...
• Re: Sliding door pops open while driving
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:54:21 -0500
  ...Ken Lewis ----- Original Message Follows ----- > The sliding door on my �87 Vanagon keeps opening while I�m > driving. I�ve looked at the latch...
• Re: A good lube for sliders
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:32:15 +0000
  ...You carefully take your hand that's not pulling out the latch and sliding the window. With that hand not sliding the window you...
• sliding door panel screw
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:58:39 -0500
  ...In my '86 weekender, there is a factory installed screw at the aft end of the sliding door panel, to keep the retaining clips...
• Re: WTB sliding door panel 85
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:11:36 -0400
  In a message dated 3/12/2013 2:10:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mwmiller6@ATT.NET writes: 84-85 the door and...
• Re: Looking For A Sliding Door,1985, In Virginia
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:42:57 EDT
  hey jeff I have a couple here at the shop. could bring to buses on the traxs IF we make it this year later...
• Vanagon's glass
  Historical mailing list - Luiz Claudio Valdetaro
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:20:55 -0500
  ...I need help locating glass for the left sliding window of my 91 vanagon GL which is craked; Anyone knows of a supplier? Thanks...
• Sliding Door Silencers!
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:25:58 -0700 (PDT)
  <Still grinning> Thanks folks - some good solutions. Will let you know which works well. "Out the vent window"?? Just what position are you IN...
• Door Lock Removal?
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 10:35:51 -0500 (EST)
  Does anyone know how to remove the lock cylinders from the front and sliding door handles? Have a real fun time trying this one...
• Louvered camper windows
  Historical mailing list - Bob McMain
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:06:33 -0700
  ...Westie with louvered windows (like the 68-79 campers had) instead of the poor ventilation stock sliding type?? Bob 87 Syncro Westie [text/html]
• Removal of sliding window screens
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 04:43:56 -0500
  Volks, Any secrets to getting them out without busting them? Adam P 81 westy (3 of them) 74 beetle 73 Transporter (at paint shop...
• Re: removing bench seats
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:26:21 EST
  ...6:05:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, ki@CLOUDFACTORY.ORG writes: > or pulling the carpet out and sliding it off the rails.. > the above.
• Re: Vanagon sighting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:51:20 -0500
  ...versions, the powerful 70 bhp 2.0 litre...." ROTFL! Of course the real nifty aspect of these are the sliding doors on BOTH sides.
• Re: Paint Shop Reccomendations .... Help!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:33:48 EST
  ...windshield post molding, chrome 25.67 16.07 16.07 1 - 251-843-792B sliding door gasket 226.49 155.30 155.30 2...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:07:50 -0700
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/vanagon-sliding-door-quietening-hack/ alistair On 2013-07-28, at 9:09 PM, MICHAEL H wrote...
• Re: Sliding Door Service Video I made
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:47:00 -0400
  ...George, > > Do you mean it actually pops open when driving? The sliding door on > my '85 used to do that, but this was after...
• F.S. Type 2 ambulance & firewagen
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  08 Sep 96 04:02:23 EDT
  ...side retractible cargo door step, rear tow hook, windowless inverted rear hatch for sliding in stretcher, roof mount red cross light, frosted side windows...
• FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:28:11 -0800
  Hi Folks, In the process of locating a sliding door handle for one of our fellow listees, I found part of my stash of...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Aug 2020 08:03:24 -0700
  ...Alistair > On Aug 3, 2020, at 10:30 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com> wrote: > > The factory sliding door handle on earlier...
• Re: My door fell off last night
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:31:25 -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: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:55:30 -0500
  ...wrote: > > I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on > westys? > > Any truth to that? Thanks, I'm tired of...
• Tan Sliding Door Interior Panel Wanted for '85
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 15:14:51 -0400
  Anyone have a tan interior panel for the sliding door of an '85 Westy? The interior is brown/tan. Mine was trashed by a...
• Re: FS: Set locks w/ keys: ignition, all handles & rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:25:29 -0800
  ...May need > painting: > > Two (2) front door handles > One (1) sliding door handle > One (1) ignition lock cylinder > One (1) rear hatch lock > > He...
• Re: where do I get longer sliding door arm?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 01:03:59 EDT
  ...When installing my 16" fender flares I thought that the sliding door would hit them so I tried a modification. I bought a "swing...
• Re: Inside rear handle from sliding door
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 20 May 2002 16:56:55 -0400
  ...of the night, came back >in, and tried to close the sliding door "quietly", this rear handle is a >godsend. >With one hand on...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:51:24 -0700
  ...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: 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: Speaking of rust... How to seal this?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:00:18 -0800
  ...How to seal this? > sorry to bother you again.It has come to my understanding that this is the > front bottom of the sliding...
• Re: parts to use from 88 GL parts van on 82 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:00:27 -0500
  You might take a look at the rollers on the sliding door. I do not know if they are interchangable, but if they are...
• Re: sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:29:40 -0700
  ...Saturday, June 5, 2010, 7:33 PM Here's my idea for screening for the sliding door and the rear hatch - adhesive Velcro! No...
• Re: Securing a bench seat
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:52:02 -0500
  Do you have the hardware? It is several (about 8?) sets of bolts and clamps for the sliding rail. Some of the clamps, which...
• 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: Adjusting Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 1 May 2023 16:52:16 -0600
  ...58 PM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Hi all, > > The sliding door on my van closes well, slides well. The rollers were > replaced...
• Re: quick mod - sliding window rain screen
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:57:40 -0800
  ...Well, it will stop vertical rain anyway :) > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/vanagon-sliding-window-rain-screen/ > > alistair >
• Weekender Sunroof Lube
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Sat, 12 Jul 1997 16:13:10 -0700
  ...What a difference it makes in a reduction of sliding resistance of the roof! It may have prevented some failure in the future. So...
• Re: FW: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 08:55:38 -0500
  ...Ken 82 Westy On Tuesday, September 15, 1998 6:42 AM, Michael Jurik [SMTP:MAJurik27@AOL.COM] wrote: > I also have a sliding door...
• one more about the '80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Jones
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:25:25 -0600
  ...under _one_ of the side windows - goes all along the bottom of the seal, and on the inside of the sliding door - all along...
• Re: Bumps on the roof
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:40:07 EST
  ...Is there a reason for this? Is this where you cut the roof to make a Westie while still retaining rigidity for the sliding...
• Re: Need late model sliding door outer handle.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:03:30 -0800
  ...Need late model sliding door outer handle. Anyone have one? My son finally broke mine after 2 years telling him not to pull out...
• Re: '84 sliding door handle question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:34:13 -0700
  ...Re: '84 sliding door handle question > > >> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:25:17 -0500, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> > wrote: >>> IIRC, ron...
• Re: need advice on how to pull sliding door cover off and not ruin paint or c...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:57:54 -0700
  ...need advice on how to pull sliding door cover off and not ruin paint or c... > In a message dated 6/24/05 9...
• Re: Bus Depot sliding door screen installation
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 23 May 2013 22:15:08 -0400
  Frank, already installed as of yesterday morning. Mine already had the snaps installed on the screen edge, tow lined up with holes but the...
• sliding luggage cover - more info
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 May 2010 23:29:48 -0700
  here's an image showing part numbers of that stock vanagon luggage compartment cover, if anyone want to try ordering it http://shufti.files...
• Glass Sun Roof
  Historical mailing list - Steve Drier.
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:12:31 EST
  Has anybody seen or installed a glass sliding sun/moon roof on a vanagon? It would be over the driver and front passenger seats...
• Sunroof Vanagon wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 03:47:26 -0400 (EDT)
  I'm looking for a '86-'87 Vanagon w/ the large sliding steel sunroof to replace my '84 sunroof van. If you hear of...
• air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - William Ward
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:13:08 -0500
  Does anyone have the resistor pack for the A/C fan on an '86 GL? I also need the sliding door latch and striker...
• Sliding Door Rail Cover Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Louis Rumanes
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:48:10 -0400
  Hi, Anybody got any tips on getting the rail cover off of an 89 westy? I've taken the screws out but I'm...
• Re: Sliding door not latching
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 09:01:29 EST
  In a message dated 2/9/01 3:12:52 AM, Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM writes: << Can anyone offer suggestions on what to check? >> Todd...
• FS: side windows w/ screens , fit 80-84 vans
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:59:06 EDT
  have a pair of vanagon sliding side windows w/ screens. fit all 80-84 vanagons. from westy, but fit passenger vans. email with needs...
• window chrome
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:32:45 EST
  anyone installed the window chrome before? any tricks to it? also do i need to order different styles for the sliding side window and...