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Re: Help - 84 Westy inside
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
17 Nov 1995 14:37:21 -0800
RE>>Help - 84 Westy inside sliding door... 11/17/95 >I lost the screw which holds the interior handle for the sliding > >door on...
broken sliding door handle on 81 westy
Historical mailing list - Mike Galoob
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:35:45 EST
The sliding door handle on my 81 westfalia has broken completely off. Is there an option for replacing it with one that my original...
sliding door cable- where to buy?
Historical mailing list - Ryan Haagensen
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:33:11 -0800
I am in desperate need of a vanagon sliding door release cable. The part # bus depot gave me is 251843721B and they did not...
Re: source for 251 947 575 (rubber stop for sliding door switch)
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:23:38 -0800
...Hi guys, I want to put in a the switch that checks whether the sliding door is closed (we don't have one since...
Fwd: SLIDING DOOR DESIGN CHANGES (by year)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 3 Jul 1997 20:16:36 -0400 (EDT)
...SLIDING DOOR DESIGN CHANGES (by year) Date: 97-07-03 20:16:37 EDT >From: JordanVw To: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu I need...
broken sliding door handle.
Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:23:41 -0600
...van's door is hard to open, my idiot friend actually managed to break the door handle for the sliding passenger door trying to...
Re: Slider Door
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 May 2020 12:39:47 +0000
...Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') | | | | | | | | | | | Sliding Door Latch Rebuild (85'-91') If your sliding door doesn't latch well, it can pop open...
Re: Sliding door screen
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Tue, 8 Jul 2003 06:53:19 -0400
...Sliding door screen >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Vanites, > >I bought a screen for the sliding door on my 85 Westy. It's meant...
Sliding door opening handles mechanics-how to remove unit out ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:57:00 -0700
How does one remove the sliding doors handle mechanics. out? I don't see how to pull out the assembly that the inner handles...
needed: slding door hanlde for 84' vanagon
Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 11:29:14 -0400
Does anyone have a sliding door handle that they would like to sell for a 1984 Vanagon (Westfalia). My friend's extrernal sliding door...
tryin again for door latch handles
Historical mailing list - Melissa J. Cullison
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:40:41 -0500
Hey All OK, my team no longer requires the entire sliding door latch. All we need now is the interior and exterior handles for...
Inside sliding door trim
Historical mailing list - patrice b
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:07:22 -0700
Anyone know the name/part number for the trim piece that goes INSIDE the van at the top of the sliding door track on...
Re: '84 sliding door panel into an '81?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 15 Mar 2003 22:51:28 EST
...Standard Time, haewolius@YAHOO.COM writes: > will a panel from the sliding door of an '84 fit my '81? what is the > difference (in...
sliding door lock won't unlock
Historical mailing list - JOHN WESTENBERG
Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:04:25 -0700
Any tricks with the sliding door lock? It quit unlocking on the outside with the key. Inside I can get the door open if...
Re: Sliding door latch mechanism needed.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:10:47 -0500
If an 83 version will work I have the whole sliding door lock assembly for $25.00 + Postage on 3 pounds from 75220. Stan...
Re: bug netting on sliding door
Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:40:38 -0500
Wendy Silva wrote: >Also has anyone used mosquito netting for a bug screen on the sliding door. >I know there are serveral good sliding...
'84 sliding door handle question
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 05:12:34 -0500
The early sliding door handle is notorious for breaking. The one on my '84 hasn't broken since I've had it but it...
Re: sliding door quieting
Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:46:05 -0600
...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/vanagon-sliding-door-quietening-hack/ Nice job, Alistair. This mod makes such a big difference. Nice reminder...
Re: Sliding door pops open on 90 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 00:15:24 -0800
Hi Tim, My 90 GL sliding door pops open once in a while and I have adjusted the catch on the door frame. The...
Re: re. double door vanagon pics..(sliding doors on both sides)
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:56:03 -0700
> Is there any way to modify a standard, single sliding door to a double? Sure. First, get a right-hand drive Transporter (or at...
RnR Sliding Door Panel
Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
Fri, 6 Oct 2017 21:21:58 +0000
Hey everybody hoping you can help me out on re-doing my sliding door panel that broke. I have some eighth inch birch plywood...
Re: sliding door lock spring.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:17:47 -0700
ah....like 'which spring' ? there are numerous springs used in the sliding door mechanism of vanagons. and it would also matter which of the...
Re: Sliding Door for '84-85
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:00:47 -0700
...Page 58.10 begins the 85-91 slider door. Mark mark drillock wrote: > If you measure the window dimensions in the sliding door you...
Re: Best way to break into a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:03:25 -0800
...This locks all doors including the sliding door once it is shut. Kelly Bauman Delta, BC '91 Westy
Re: slider doors (was will it fit?)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:23:52 EDT
...The pics show a sliding > door that is pretty banged up. I have two potential donors for this > door. One (in the right color...
Sliding door lock stuck - Vanagon 83
Historical mailing list - Joel Thornton
Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:22:47 -0800
Hi, I've got a Vanagon '83 and the sliding door lock is stuck. The unlock-via-key from outside has NEVER worked since...
Re: Plastic ring on sliding door roller where?
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:00:15 -0400
...Plastic ring on sliding door roller where? I found a half of a broken white plastic ring below the sliding door on my 85...
Re: free 85 sliding door.
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:51:40 -0400
Unless this was a mid-year change in 1985, the sliding door breakout (for US vans) is: 80 through 84 85 through 91 My...
Re: Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon - FIXED
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:34:44 -0500
...Urgently need STRIKER PIN for rear lock on sliding door -- '91 Vanagon > Date: 02/22/2023 12:14:09 PM > > The striker pin on...
FS: bronze sliding door, fits 85 up..same color as 85-86 westy
Historical mailing list
Thu, 7 Apr 2005 05:23:15 EDT
i have a bronze sliding door...excellent condition, all orig paint..no dents, nice paint. fits all 85 up vanagons and campers. its the...
I need a sliding window latch
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:45:10 -0500
I broke the latch on the sliding window in my '84 Westy. (The window located in the sliding door. Anyone have one to sell...
Body parts for sale!
Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:01:36 -0400
vanagon 81-85 body parts for sale passengers door drivers door sliding door rear hatch NO Dings NO rust Ready for shipping Bay window...
sliding door not sitting flush
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:04:33 -0700
hi all, after replacing all the bearings, the rear side (left if looking straight on) of the sliding door on my '88 van is...
Re: Sliding Door Latch
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:46:33 -0700
When the sliding door handle reaches the 100K point and implodes, :) is it a 'rip open the door panel and replace everything' move, or...
Sliding door rear/center hinge stop?
Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
Mon, 25 May 2009 20:06:29 -0700
The sliding door on my 90 westy is making a tapping noise when, while closing, the rear hinge assembly stops sliding along the track...
Sliding Door Silencer?
Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
Tue, 11 Apr 1995 09:35:12 -0700 (PDT)
My '86 is a GREAT machine, but when the sliding door is opened at 2AM, everyone in camp knows what YOU are doing. What...
Need sliding door ( east cost)
Historical mailing list - brian Honan
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 23:09:15 +0000
the sliding door got banged up , looking for any one parting out a white van or any color I am in SW Pa . Brian...
Re: Sliding door pops open while driving
Historical mailing list - phil cain
Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:48:10 -0800
The sliding door on my �87 Vanagon keeps opening > while I�m driving....................................................................................................... Sounds like your rear latch adjustment needs to be moved out...
Sliding door contacter switch
Historical mailing list - pronks
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:24:54 +1200
Hi, I am retrofitting central locking to my '89 and need a photo with some dimensions of the position of the sliding door contactor...
Re: [WetWesties] Sliding door doesn't
Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:00:02 -0700
...Re: [WetWesties] Sliding door doesn't dear matthew scott suggested good lubricants in his post.
Re: adjusting sliding door height
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:48:19 -0700
...adjusting sliding door height >> >> hi all, >> >> does have a link on how to adjusted sliding door height front and rear? >> (beside the Bentley)... it...
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
...didn't even get a chance to ask what year the sliding door > handles were for ---- I think the 86 and up one's...
Sliding Door Problems
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 May 1996 14:26:07 EDT
The sliding Door on my '77 westy is missing the spring gizmo that pops the rear out so it can be slid open easily...
Re: Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:41:26 -0700
...Sticky Sliding Door Rubber Seal > I'm asking a question for a neighbor with a beautiful 87 Westy. If he > leaves it out for...
Re: Screens for sliding windows?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:28:19 -0400
Ellen wrote: > has anyone come up with a good idea about a large screen "door" to hang when the sliding door is opened, and...
Re: re. double door vanagon pics..(sliding doors on both sides)
Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:35:56 -0700
Is there any way to modify a standard, single sliding door to a double? Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
Sliding door stop
Historical mailing list - jaime forero
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:01:26 -0500
Folks I need help locating a part for my sliding door. Today as I was closing the door I heard a loud clank at...
Re keying rear hacth and sliding door locks
Historical mailing list - zzyzx
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:19:14 -0800
I have a 1982 Vanagon with a replaced rear hatch from a 1987 with a flush release button and sliding door from a 1982...
WTB Sliding Door and Panel for 86 Syncro (Any '86 Really)
Historical mailing list - Leif
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 17:39:03 -0000
Looking for a Charcoal Grey Sliding Door and Also The Blue (grey cloth inserts) Door Panel. If you are Parting out a van I...
Re: UPS is VERY expensive...
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:19:22 -0900
Re: " wouldnt >even think of shipping a sliding door UPS or Fedex, neither of them would even touch it..its about 5 times oversize...
Re: vanagon sliding door FS
Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
Sun, 3 Sep 2000 19:10:28 -0400
...JordanVw@AOL.COM at JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > i have a sliding door, fits '85-'91 vans..also other body parts and glass > chris...
Sliding door threshold piece
Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:30:35 -0500
...the off white, hard rubber threshold on the step edge inside the sliding door entrance. Does anyone know if there are new ones available?
Sliding door screens comparison?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Hammerstrom
Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:29:06 -0800
Has anybody seen the sliding door screen from Go Westy? Any comparison to the one Bus Depot sells? The Go Westy one is a...
'84 sliding door panel into an '81?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Stangeland
Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:10:38 -0800
hi all, will a panel from the sliding door of an '84 fit my '81? what is the difference (in terms of body) between...
Re: sliding door lock from inside?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:38:02 EST
...There's the actual release handle (for opening and closing the door) and another rectangular piece. Perhaps the sliding latch must be missing from...
Westfalia courtesy light question.
Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:18:12 -0800
My 87 Westfalia does not have courtesy lights in the back that light up the cabin when the sliding door alone is opened at...
Re: Power Door Locks - Continuous Cycling
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 12:29:14 -0800
...However, my son unwittingly unlocked the sliding > door, and now I cannot go back to the former suspended mode, no matter what > combination of...
RE: My Own Sliding Door Problems
Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
Thu, 16 May 1996 08:24:27 -0500
...My Own Sliding Door Problems (previous info deleted) Try having a drunk friend close the door and have the bottom roller fall = out and...
Re: doors/slidingdoor
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Mar 1997 01:17:04 -0500 (EST)
...instead of a slidingdoor a door will give you more space inside or what! and why not use a door from a crewcab???? >> It...
Re: doors/slidingdoor
Historical mailing list
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 23:31:05 -0900
I've always appreciated the nicety of being able to go in/out the sliding door when other cars are too close for me...