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• lock-cylinder on sliding door
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:45:18 +0200 (MET DST)
  Hi Volks, How do I get to the cylinder on the slidingdoor handle? I can pull the handle from the door and remove a...
• Re: Door handle/lock changing question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:07:57 -0600
  ...to re-key the sliding door handle, just take out > the wafers and transfer directly onto your sliding > door handle cylinder in the same...
• 82 Sliding Door Handle Latch Mechanism - WANTED
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:59:07 -0500
  ...that will fix my sliding door problem. Let me first say the door slides perfectly and latches perfectly. The handle is loose and fragile...
• Re: Can't get out of my van!
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 00:46:16 -0700
  Rick, Once or twice in the last 13 years I had my sliding door handle go kaput. Each time I was able to fix...
• Re: thingie on sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:24:35 -0700
  for a handle to aid in closing door. you can find a handle in junkyard, it is hinged near where it attaches to that...
• 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...
• Sliding Door - Locking Mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Wed, 15 May 2002 14:32:04 -0400
  During my recent adventure across the country, the little 'nipple' inside the sliding door that locks and unlocks the door began refusing to move...
• Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:13:00 -0800
  ...t even get a chance to ask what year the sliding door > handles were for ---- I think the 86 and up one's won...
• Re: Sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 17:59:24 -0700
  ...kkalnsf@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> Quick question. >> Any chance this interior sliding door handle screw is reverse threaded on >> an 87 Syncro? The screw head...
• Plug for Tail Light & Sliding Door Handle on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:26:42 -0500
  ...The driver's side tail light @ $9.95 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2440800858&category=33716 The sliding door handle...
• Sliding door panel
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 03:06:20 EST
  Volks, Yesterday I removed the interior panel on the sliding door to my 84 Westy to replace a broken outside handle. In the process...
• Re: Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:23:33 -0800
  ...I think there are at least 2 types, year specific as the handle changed with the new sliding door mechanism... what year was that...
• Re: storage pocket IN sliding door...was Re: Magazine racks?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:33:07 EDT
  ...the 80-84 slider doorhandle is NLA. you let the screw work its way out, the handle gets loose and sloppy, and the handle...
• Internal sliding door handles
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:07:06 -0500
  We seem to go through internal door handles. The kids pull too hard too fast. The screw can come loose. On the new ones...
• Re: sliding door handle adjust question
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:34:35 -0700
  ...sliding door handle adjust question That's because the handle is held in by one bolt screwed from the inside. After a while, it...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:58:00 EST
  ...Is this normal? > > the 80-84 westys got those extra handles at the rear of the doors on the inside.. just to make closing...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:06:12 -0400
  Speaking of sliding door handles, just a "heads up" that VW has discontinued the '80-84 version. That is quite unfortunate, because it is...
• Re: sliding door lock spring.
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:57:15 -0700
  ...the one on the end of the lock CYLIINDER, way inside the door handle. What does that spring do? Or more to the point...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:20:31 -0400
  ...original handle 166K on '87 Westy... original handle 122k on '84 Westy... replaced handle, original broken at 114k Seems the newer style handles ARE...
• Re: sliding door conversion, early-late
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:11:15 EDT
  ...how quick can you say "SNAP"! and those '80-84 slider doorhandles are NLA, so id think twice about that. actually i think sliding...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:31:01 -0700
  ...handle.html > >>> I LIKE the idea of being to close the door quietly from inside - > especially in camp grounds. << > > I think the sliding door...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:15:39 +0200
  ...had the rear handle on >>>> the sliding door. Mounted, as mentioned on a square boss that was >>>> welded to >> the >>>> door structure. When I...
• Re: Need part number for sliding door handle escutcheon (trim piece)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 00:57:05 -0400
  > I don't know if this is what I am looking for but the > exterior sliding door handle on my 86 seems to be...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:27:16 -0700
  On 12/29/04 11:26 AM, "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA> wrote: > My new '82 has the exterior sliding door handle...
• sliding door lock cylinders ERK!
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:56:54 -0700
  ...I got a used replacement sliding door handle complete with lock & key last week. Thought it'd be good to have one key for...
• Re: Removing door locks to have them re-keyed? Difficult?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:27:55 EDT
  ...The sliding door handle will require that you remove or at least pop out the front portion of your door panel. Just past the...
• Re: WANTED 1984 Vanagon sliding door, outside door handle
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:52:27 EDT
  ...Does anyone have a door handle they > would like to sell me? Thanks > > > i have them... chris ************** An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See...
• extra door handle, WHY???
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:54:35 EDT
  ...WHAT is the deal with the EXTRA door handle at the inside BACK of the sliding door??? This runs counter to everything I have...
• Re: Friday '80-'84 vanagon Slider doorhandles NLA...
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:32:06 EST
  ...1983 Sliding door handle. $400. Comes with door and rest of van attached. Also have mini-munchkin ice cube tray 1981 version... $500 includes...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:23:48 -0700
  Jonathan -- you are completely right about using the handle (or pushing in on the rear of the door) to ease it closed. Helps a...
• Re: Sliding doors
  Historical mailing list - kW
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 01:03:29 -0700
  ...The "piece" on the sliding door needs to rotate after opening the the door using the handle, if it doesn't then the door...
• Looking for parts (sliding door handle assmelby&Washer mounts)
  Historical mailing list - John Barry Kennedy
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:55:42 -0700
  ...I need the sliding door assembly and the 2 windshield washer mounts spindal things. ( dont know what they are called) If you have a...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:21:26 -0700
  ...Sliding Door Handle The sliding door handle on by 84 Westy droops (about 30 degrees) when the door is open -- as I recall it...
• Sliding Door Needed
  Historical mailing list - David Hunt
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:35:45 EST
  ...However, the sliding door is seriously dented. Rather than doing that much body work, does someone have a straight door? Preferably white, but I...
• Re: Sliding Door handle FS
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:13:51 -0700
  ...door handle they'd be willing to part > with for a reasonable sum? I checked ebay, but no luck. > >> > > i have some slider door...
• Sliding Door Gets Stuck
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:00:04 -0700
  The sliding door on my '90 is having problems... When I pull the handle, the door only partially releases. So the door just barely...
• Re: Help - 84 Westy inside sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 14:14:10 -0800
  >I lost the screw which holds the interior handle for the sliding >door on. I will just go to the hardware store to buy...
• Re: sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:02:33 -0700
  ...My sliding door has been getting more and more difficult to open. The rear >> edge wasn't jumping out when the handle was opened...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 1 Jun 2018 09:45:47 -0700
  according to my experience, there are few things to consider when a sliding door is hard to open - the cable that link the handle...
• Stuck sliding door resolved
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:17:46 -0500
  Last weekend, I had a chance to look into the various suggestions to cure my stuck sliding door. The thing that worked was adjusting...
• Re: Sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 08:10:39 EST
  ...matters of life that they have little time to consider that pulling harder on a door handle will not unlock a locked door. Richard
• Re: Different Years - Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:37:05 -0700
  Basically, almost everything about the sliding doors is different, 80-84 and 85-91. Windows, handle, latch mechanism, even the welded in track on...
• 84 slider getting a bit stubborn
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:49:28 -0700
  The handle on Mellow Yellow's sliding door pushes down just fine. But the door doesn't want to pop out and start sliding...
• Can't get out of my van!
  Historical mailing list - james peters
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:25:36 PDT
  I don't know what happened, all of a sudden I can't get the sliding door open on my 80 vanagon. The handle...
• Re: 84 westy door handle(s) confusion
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 May 2005 23:58:54 EDT
  ...writes: > When i got my 83.5 the rear, inner sliding door handle was verticle. I > like > it like that, as it looked proper...
• Help - 84 Westy inside sliding door handle screw
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 95 16:55 CST
  ...Help - 84 Westy inside sliding door handle screw >WOW! I just phoned VW and you're right. The part is only $1.54! >Hey...
• 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...
• sliding door handle adjust question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:39:52 -0400
  Hi folks, I’ve noticed that the outside handle on my door now slides away from the van and back again. It used to...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:40:20 -0700
  ...Sliding Door Handle To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 1:44 PM The sliding door handle on by 84 Westy...
• Re: extra door handle, WHY???
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:08:50 EDT
  ...WHAT is the deal with the EXTRA door handle at the inside BACK of the sliding door??? This runs counter to everything I have...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:26:29 -0700
  ...had the rear handle on > >>>> the sliding door. Mounted, as mentioned on a square boss that was > >>>> welded to > >> the > >>>> door structure. When I...
• Sliding Door Handle Cylinder Swap. What am I missing?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:10:23 -0700
  ...I'm on my 3rd sliding door handle now. <rolls eyes> #2 is cracking near the square bit at end. Chopped and swapped in...
• Re: '84 sliding door handle question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:36:48 -0600
  ...Re: '84 sliding door handle question > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:25:17 -0500, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote: > > IIRC, ron...
• Looking for a vanagon part
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:16:12 -0700
  Im looking for the small plastic bushing-gasket that goes between the sliding door- door�handle and the door for a 1984 vanagon. I...
• Re: Central Locks..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:00:44 EDT
  ...Shut the sliding door and hold an upward pressure on the sliding door handle while locking the front door on the passenger side with...
• Re: outer sliding door handle mechanism - 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 20:55:24 -0700
  It might be that the screw that secures the handle has come loose. You can get at it if you remove the door panel...
• Re: extra door handle, WHY???
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:11:46 -0100
  ...WHAT is the deal with the EXTRA door handle at the inside BACK of > the sliding > door??? This runs counter to everything I have...
• Re: More about rear handle on 84 sliding door.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:24:43 EDT
  ...handle there. "Possibly put on by the PO," > he mused. Had to be mounted to the cardboard, was the theory, because > the door should...
• 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...
• Need part number for sliding door handle escutcheon (trim piece)
  Historical mailing list - bill
  Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:34:55 -0400
  I don't know if this is what I am looking for but the exterior sliding door handle on my 86 seems to be...