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• Removing carat body trim-front doors
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:00:34 -0400
  How do the fiberglass pieces come off the front doors? Bolts from the inside behind the door panel somewhere? Thanks! -craig
• front door check strap replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:07:32 -0800
  some pics etc of replacing broken door check strap http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/vanagon-front-door-check-strap/ alistair
• I did it!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 16:16:34 -0700
  ...Drivers Side Door Latch Removal w/ Door Closed? I have been battling the door lock on my 84 Westy for months now & have not...
• Installed a Cubby Door in my Closet
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Sat, 6 Jun 2015 19:53:35 -0500
  ...Same concept is what I used in adding a fridge door to my closet as well as a cubby hole door to my bench...
• Re: troubleshooting sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:28:39 -0600
  ...Does a functioning door unlock automatically if opened from the > interior? I have an '81 and an '87. To open the side door from...
• Re: screen door for sliding door how about a magnetic one
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:57:37 -0400
  ...Stephen Mobile > On Jun 26, 2018, at 4:46 PM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> wrote: > > HI > > I have the screen door for...
• Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 07:51:49 -0700
  ...Would it help to post pictures of my door? Can someone briefly describe one or two key differences between the earlier and later doors...
• Needed: `87 up driver's door ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 17 May 1999 22:36:06 -0400
  Hi all, the bodyshop (that still) that has my Westy can't find a used door in the local area that meets my qualifications...
• Re: adjusting sliding door?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:45:13 -0700
  Might be a matter of inflexible seals, as opposed to door adjustment. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Pollard" <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> To: <vanagon...
• Sliding door pops open on 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hurlbut
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 23:03:46 -0800
  ...Right now, I have the door adjusted so you barely have to slide it shut. However, within 5 miles, the door will pop open...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:28:14 -0800
  Check the metal around the door hinge. Chances are that the sheet metal is cracked ,both of my Vans have had the doors replaced...
• Re: 13 Busses in Ecology Junk Yard (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:21:28 -0500
  ...none Driver Door: door very dry, smoke damage, frame felt melted Passenger Door: same as driver Side Doors: very burnt & warped Seats: none Bumpers...
• Re: question regarding door stops/door brakes or whatever they are called
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:47:40 -0700
  Lambo door hinges. BenT Sent from my mobile device On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM...
• sliding door - Bowden cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 12:26:34 -0500
  howdy 83.5 westy, panel removed on sliding door my sliding door opens only when I reach in and pull a spring-held lever...
• Front door hinge pin update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 May 2015 14:19:58 -0700
  A while back I posted how I detected some play in the, and I assumed upper, hinge pin in driver side door. This allowed...
• Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:02:31 -0600
  ...I believe the 85+ doors have a shorter length. > > I have an '84, and I just measured the length (outside edge to outside edge...
• Re: Need Utility Service Flap Doors 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 09:33:41 -0400
  I tried to get doors, too. The only option was to get one from a boneyard or buy the whole part as you said...
• Refrigerator improvements
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 01:31:22 -0400
  I noticed that the door on my refrigerator was not fully closing on the fridge inside. The gaskets on the door were not fully...
• Re: Help requested with door hanging
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:07:30 EST
  In a message dated 12/15/03 3:20:34 PM, chubbuck@TDS.NET writes: << the driver's door is sagging just a fraction...
• Re: WANTED: Various washer/door/powerlock parts for '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 3 May 2006 17:32:19 -0400
  On the subject of these buckled door panels... anyone found a sure-fire method of flattening them back out (or bending 'em slightly the...
• FS: '85-'91 sliding doorhandles
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 May 2001 10:02:49 EDT
  ive got a few '85-'91 sliding doorhandles for sale.. will sell, or will trade for 80-84 doorhandles also.. chris [text/html]
• Re: sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Volks Cafe
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:00:11 -0700
  Simon, The sliding door is popping open because the rear latch is worn. This latch is found when looking at sliding door, left side...
• Re: Fitting 88 slider to 84 van... differences in years?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:30:49 -0500
  >Completely? Does this mean that the later door's rear (center) rollers >won't fit the earlier rail, or that the later rail won...
• Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
  Historical mailing list - Christensen
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 15:08:40 -0600
  ----- Original Message ----- > > The manual for my van suggests pushing in on the back of the door as it reaches the end of its travel...
• Re: FW: central lock on sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:15:46 -0800
  Go to the car wash and use a power washer to clean all the sliding door tracks... after spraying with Simple Green or other...
• Fw: Re: doors hard to shut
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 11:27:08 -0500
  > Yes, the Vanagon is pretty air tight making the doors hard to close. But you > don't have to slam them if you use...
• Re: thingie on sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:32:24 -0500
  That square post is a mount for a door pull. It is exactly the same door pull that is used on the front of...
• Re: Door Locks keep recycling
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 12:06:04 -0700
  ...Door Locks keep recycling > > > On my 1990 van, the power door locks are all of a sudden keep > recyling from > locked to unloacked. > > When...
• Re: Propping Dometic door open
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:35:35 -0700
  With the door open, lift/pull straight up and the door comes off the hinges and I store mine in the house or on...
• Re: estimate on repairing right side of van
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:40:42 -0500
  It's more than just the doors, but the doors are a big part of it. The pillar between the doors is slightl bent...
• On the road inner door handle bolt?
  Historical mailing list - TCollins
  Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:22:09 -0400
  I need to know the size of the inner door handle bolt/screw (on the sliding door) for a 1985 tin top. I'm...
• doorpanels FS: was Re: Interior door panel? fronts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:22:14 EST
  ...cleans 83-84 interior door panel (left and right)? > Lignt tan or brown! > i have a bunch of doorpanels...grey, brown, tan, blue... manual...
• Re: sliding door lock
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:01:05 -0600
  ...sliding door lock > > >> Hi, >> My sliding door locks by itself every-time you close the door. It has >> progressively gotten worse for the pass...
• '84 sliding door adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:51:00 -0600
  ...Anyway, I recently replaced the cable inside the sliding door of my 1984 vanagon. It opened and closed without incident for about one week...
• Stretched Vanagon with rear A/V Computer lounge
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 15:35:03 -0600
  The idea on this one is that in countries where driving on the left is normal, the parking curb side sliding door is on...
• Re: two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:58:36 +1200
  >Yes, vans/buses were offered with dual side doors. I have a 1968~70 van >with dual sliders. By the way, VW pioneered sliding...
• wires?installing sliding door grab handle
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 22 Jul 1999 00:24:20 EDT
  I'm installing a grab handle in the doorway of the sliding door of my Westy like in some of the passenger busses. This...
• Rear door latch
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 17:07:14 -0800
  ...Eventually, the vibration of the van, opened the door. Solution. Replaced the rear door latching mechanism on the sliding door itself. Removed the interior...
• Re: Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 25 May 2001 11:54:21 -0700
  And while were on the subject does a sliding door from a 90 fit into a 91? I did this and either theres a...
• repair of city water utility door
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:18:08 -0400
  Hi lister's This morning I went out and as I walked by my Westfalia I brushed the city water utility door. To my...
• power door locks
  Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 08:59:18 -0800
  Our 89 Westy just developed this problem with the power door locking system-- when the key is used to lock the doors (or the...
• Re: 1981 window dropped inside door
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:17:53 -0700
  ...Remove the arm rest, remove the vent at the rear of the door, remove the plastic "finger shield" under the door handle, carefully pop...
• Re: Door question..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:53:39 -0700
  Called a door check. Still available from VW but big bucks [last time I checked] I've been looking for them on the cheap...
• Free Passenger side door step rubber
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:14:37 -0800
  Speaking of door step rubbers I have one for the passenger side door well for free, but used. You know the one at the...
• Re: door panels
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:27:53 EST
  In a message dated 1/13/04 7:42:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, sbrendemuehl@EXCITE.COM writes: > I just pulled a door panel...
• Re: Butt VS Derriere
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:51:25 -0700
  > I rarely exit my van thru the passenger-side door-- > preferring, instead, to make a graceful exit out the slider... > I don't even...
• Doors slam too hard
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:44:33 EDT
  Hi All -- Does anyone have a solution for fixing aging door seals that prevent the front doors from slamming so hard? If it were...
• Re: Looking For A Sliding Door,1985, In Virginia
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 03:45:31 EDT
  started fixing the damage to my sliding door yesterday, it has a nice big dent along bottom (luckily didn't mess up the track...
• sliding door bottom track
  Historical mailing list - jeff g
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:22:03 -0400
  hello all, I have a 1989 Vanagon Westfalia that the sliding door has fallen off of it's track. The bottom track has had...
• speaker mount to door card repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 16:18:21 -0700
  an effort to mount speakers more securely to rotten door cards. http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/vanagon-front-door-speaker-mounts/ alistair
• Sliding door bolt
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:34:39 -0700
  Vannites, Any one know the size of the bolts that hold the sliding door hinge to the sliding door? Pretty big and about an...
• Re: 85 vanagon FS or part out Orange County CA
  Historical mailing list - Harry C Engle
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:48:33 -0700
  Hi John If you part out I would like inner sliding door panel, sliding door, and passenger door. Thanks Harry
• Fridge Door
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:52:30 -0400
  Someone here was giving away a fridge with no door. I have a door available if the person who got it wants to contact...
• Re: Value of sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:21:49 +1000
  ...Grafting in another door to a 4 door body would be a real PITA. I helped a fellow once graft a 4th door onto...
• Sliding door adjustment tips
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:54:22 -0400
  Hi listers, Partial success on door hinge change. I removed the old hinge on my sliding door and replaced with a new one. I...
• Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:10:52 -0700
  My '84's sliding door cannot be locked and slid closed, but my '85's can. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul M. Hillbish...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Sun, 5 May 2019 10:44:33 -0400
  There is sort of a turnbuckle/tension rod linkage inside the door that connects the handle and other stuff at the front to the...
• Wing Window loose, checked and its not connected to the door within the door frame
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:47:56 -0400
  ...My Wing Window on the drivers side is loose, checked and its not connected to the door within the door frame. i.e. it...
• Help with central locking system.
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:39:29 -0400
  ...how do you remove the door panel? b. The drivers door won't lock (even when closed) AND the slider won't unlock... the...
• Re: 87 Wolfs. Power Door Locks.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:05:24 -0500 (EST)
  ...Power door locks > including side door and rear hatch. I'm the 3rd owner of an 87 Wolfs. > Ed Vanagon & never realized that it...