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Slider door (early version) outer handle getting loose
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:59:33 -0700
Easy fix? Early version slider door, outside handle is loose, can't turn it far enough to open the door. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
84 sliding door handle
Historical mailing list - b smith
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:21:10 EDT
I am looking for an 84 vanagon sliding door handle, does anyone have one for little or no money? Thanks b _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email...
Torque handling ability
Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:43:16 -0800
How much torque can the stock 4 speed handle? I know they made ones with different gear sets, higher and lower teeth ratio. I...
Re: Slider closing helper
Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:21:55 -0800
I'd like to see pictures of both, Don's homemade and Jim's stock Westy handle. On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:42:51 -0700
...Does not have the rear handle > >> nor the mounting boss. > >> > >> I think it’s safe to say the rear handle was dropped when the...
Re: new vanagon owner questions, drivers side grab handle and stuck speedo needle
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:16:50 -0500
...I bought > an > extra grab handle with mounts, same as the passenger side. Any tricks or > drill bit size to install this handle on...
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...
Re: Front outside door handle spring
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:10:59 -0700
I have spare handles, I can look this weekend if that’s not too late? Alistair > On Mar 24, 2022, at 7:40 PM...
Re: Sliding Door Latch
Historical mailing list
Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:41:29 EST
In a message dated 2/1/02 4:47:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, jbrush@AROS.NET writes: > When the sliding door handle reaches...
Re: battery removal3-1026)
Historical mailing list - don spence
Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:01:50 -0600
...I don't know how a would have got the old one out if it > didn't > have a handle, so I'm glad...
Door Lock in handle Q?
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:53:37 -0500
Hi all My 84 vanagon handles are looking like bare metal on the top sides so i pulled the handles and the wiper arms...
Sliding Door Handle for 84 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Tue, 24 Mar 1998 10:18:09 -0700
I need a sliding door handle for a 84 vanagon. If you have one let me know what you want for it. VWVanman Free...
Need sliding door handle for '84
Historical mailing list - Dr. Karl F. Bloss
Sat, 3 Feb 2001 12:11:05 -0500
If anyone is parting out an '84 Vanagon, a friend could use the sliding door handle with or without the lock cylinder. Please p...
85 Sliding Door Handle (esterior) into 81?
Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:00:53 -0500
Guys, my friend, Diane, is visiting Durango from Bend, Oregon, and needs the outside sliding door handle for her 81 Westy. I have a...
Jesus Handle Install
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Sep 1995 21:21:01 -0700 (PDT)
I got the jesus handle installed yesterday. It is what I call the "barndoor style" although I don't think thats entirely true. For...
Re: Removing & replacing front door key tumbler?
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Sat, 5 Apr 2014 15:27:02 -0400
...BZ-front door now opens but door handle fork got broken off in the > > process, thus the need for new handle! > > > > -- > > Tom Buese > -- Tom...
Sliding Door Handle Part?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:11:02 -0800
Hokay, So I removed the sliding door's inner panel to get at the backside of the outer handle to find out why it...
Re: More about rear handle on 84 sliding door.
Historical mailing list
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:24:43 EDT
In a message dated 6/15/07 2:36:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM writes: > Well, the handle mystery deepens...
Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:25:11 -0400
...A standard VW grab handle mounted on the metal edge below the slider window, angled slightly inward (away from window) positioned with the center...
Re: window cranks
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:04:41 -0500
...He said that the handle has splines on it - and that is likely what is binding your handle on. Some effort will be required...
Re: Bus Door Handle
Historical mailing list
Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:33:35 -0400
In a message dated 96-07-23 18:01:07 EDT, you write: << OOPS! Just broke the finger pull lever on the outside handle...
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: lock code reading
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 15 May 2022 20:20:59 -0400
To find the code remove one of your original door handles from the driver or passenger door. Easily done with single screw behind the...
Re: Painting handles
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:57:59 -0500
...The handles are a wierd "white" metal that really doesn't take paint very well. Having them powder coated would be the best, but...
Re: Sliding Door Handle
Historical mailing list - Danny
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:40:20 -0700
Mine did that on my 84 vanagon and was like that for 6 months then one day i went to open it the handle...
Re: slider doorhandles FS...(was: Re: Broken Sliding Door Handle
Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:32:42 -0800
I have a sliding door handle from an 83 if anyone needs it. Scott Solomon --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 3...
NEEDED Used '87 Sliding Door Handle (outside)
Historical mailing list
Sat, 01 Mar 1997 22:13:49 -0500 (EST)
...SURELY someone has one that can spare it's outside sliding door handle? If not, somebody refer me to a "reputable" dismantler, and I...
broken sliding door handle.
Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:23:41 -0600
Hey guys, today, knowing that my van's door is hard to open, my idiot friend actually managed to break the door handle for...
Sliding door handle screw
Historical mailing list - Kk Al
Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:06:21 -0800
...Any chance this interior sliding door handle screw is reverse threaded on an 87 Syncro? The screw head is stripping and I want to...
removing plastic in sliding door handle
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:56:08 -0700
getting my sliding door handle powdercoated..... I need to get the plastic insert that runs the length on the inner side out. can anyone...
Re: Dash brake light
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Sun, 3 Dec 1995 14:28:22 CST6CDT
the switch at the base of the e-brake handle is troublesome and seems to get out of whack. check to see that it...
WTB: interoir sliding door rear-handle mount for vanagon (1981)
Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 13:38:58 -0400
hi, anyone have spare door parts? i am looking for the metal mount that the interior rear-handle (the one that does not turn...
looking for outer sliding door handle
Historical mailing list - bret
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:56:33 -0600
List members, I am on the prowl for a good deal on a used outer sliding door handle for my 1982 Vanagon. Any help...
adding an assist handle to the driver's side
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 7 Sep 2015 11:33:39 -0700
I have an assist handle that is identical to the one on the passenger side that I'd like to install on the driver...
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...
Re: Window Crank Handles Anyone?
Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:43:31 -0400
Bus Deopt $1.99 321 837 581 Peace - donna '84 Westy (Pepe) Brian Doss wrote: > Anyone have a Black window crank handle they want...
Re: Speakers and Door handles....Oh My
Historical mailing list - Michael L. Smith
Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:11:34 EDT
...Are you referring to the outside handle of the inside handle??? The inside handle is held on by two bolts (hope the hinge is...
VANAGON SLIDING DOOR HANDLES
Historical mailing list - William Maxian
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:46:28 -0400
...One is the sliding door handle. I've had several Vanagons & almost everyone has had a bad handle. Has anyone found a cure for...
Re: Make your front door handles look brand new for free--- in 10
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:37:15 -0400
...but the handles are surely sim-phoneys compared to new ones. > On Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Automatic digest processor > wrote...
Re: VERY sticky '84 sliding door handle
Historical mailing list
Sat, 27 Dec 2003 02:04:58 EST
In a message dated 12/26/03 11:08:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, wullrich@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > My side door handle is extremely...
Re: slider door handle
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:20:12 -0800
Use the stronger 85 handle and cut one inch off front the end so it won't rub on the door. Robert 1982 Westfalia...
Re: sliding door handle
Historical mailing list - BenT
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:15:50 -0700
...You would be better off reshuffling the wafers in your new handle to match your key. If you are lucky, all the correct wafers...
Re: stuck sliding door handle
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Fri, 23 Jan 2015 19:27:25 -0800
...Eastern Standard Time, > dn92610@GMAIL.COM writes: > > > could you please help me on this issue... > > I try to remove the sliding door handle to...
Re: Front Window Skipping
Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:15:39 -0700
Go down to your dealer, or VW mechanic, and buy yourself a new handle. Clean out all the leftover metal flaking left on the...
trouble with sliding door latch
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:56:41 -0400
...Likewise with the inside handle. My door is closed, but the handle feels this way. I've pressed my body weight into the right...
wisdom of strapping surfboard to westy roof, no rack
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Sun, 2 May 2004 19:53:16 -0700
...1) Buy six drawer handles from a hardware store. 2) Drill holes in pop top fiberglass for 3 handles on each sides of the...
Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:06:47 -0800
The proper split on the sliding door handles is 80-84 (long) and 85-91 (short). The shorter 85-91 handle will work on...
Pre 85 slider door inside rear handle mounting stud.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 27 May 2024 18:39:56 -0700
...the rear of the slider door on early vans that the handle attaches to . Jim sent me the sketch a while back and asked...
Re: interior removed from Westy (eventually its a battery question)
Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:06:14 -0400
...Battery removal is easy if it has an integrated handle, which the MTP-91 model has. I don't know how a would have...
Re: door handle needed
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:52:01 -0400
> I need a sliding door handle for a 83.5 Westy. These are now discontinued by Volkswagen. However, for now we still have them...
Re: new vanagon owner questions, drivers side grab handle and stuck speedo needle
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:01:41 -0500
...really use the grab handle to get in and out of the van. �I �bought an > extra grab handle with mounts, same as the...
1980 Westy sliding door question
Historical mailing list - Scott Cowan
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 17:34:41 -0700
...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: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:50:21 -0800
Didn't realize until now that the second handle on my '82 was a special feature. I'll think about that the next time...
Re: love handles and mud flaps
Historical mailing list - John C...
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:58:26 EDT
...al_knoll@PACBELL.NET writes: > So if men tend towards love handles, what similar affliction beleaguers the > fairer sex? I dunno? maybe... Longer finger...
Re: Sliding door lock stuck - Vanagon 83
Historical mailing list - David Johnson
Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:34:02 -0800
...when my door handle failed it sheared off. replaced that. Since that time the rod that runs from the front handle to the rear...
In search of door handle, found 75 Westy...
Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
Sat, 23 Sep 2000 10:29:32 -0400
I went to Bearoff's junk yard (oh yeah, "Used Parts Yard") in Bridgeport, PA this morning in search of a door handle for...
Re: Driver Side Grab Handle Installation
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:27:50 -0500
...www.gowesty.com/product/handles-knobs-coat-hooks/24381/front-door-pillar-grab-handle- > < > https://www.gowesty.com/product/handles-knobs-coat-hooks/24381...
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...
Re: Torque for rear axle nuts?
Historical mailing list - Antaki
Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:25:15 -0700
...A breaker bar of ratchet handle and socket of proper size, an accurate bathroom scale, and a long, strong cheater handle. Method to be...
Re: Door handles and pedal pads
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 08:41:23 -0600
...I say in my blog, I’m not a fan of aluminum handles but machined some. And I’ve changed my tune, the power...