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• Sliding door opens by itself
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 18:14:34 -0500
  I've had a problem with my sliding door for years. In cold weather, the door does not want to close. I have to...
• window bug screens
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:22:38 -0600
  ...passenger door (listed in JC Whitney) Winston-Salem, NC 27107 and screen for sliding door with zipper (910) 769-2427 down the middle. the...
• Vanagon Sliding Door Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 95 17:21:32 EST
  I have noticed a problem with the sliding door on my '87 Vanagon Camper. It opens while I am driving sometimes (even when locked...
• doors/slidingdoor
  Historical mailing list - Jan Israelsen
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 20:47:09 +0100
  Hello follow listmembers, In the fear of getting lynched, has anyone installed doors instead of the slidingdoor???? To joel ! take me off the wanabus...
• Vanagon sighting - March issue of Wired
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:37:37 -0700
  ...Page 84, "DesktopStreaming guru Klaus Schauser*" is pictured sitting in the open sliding door area of his green Westy. What model year is it...
• Fw: Sliding door differences?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:31:00 -0700
  ...Sliding door differences Hi guys, I know it was discussed before, I just don't remember. I know that the pre '83 doors were...
• 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...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:53:20 -0700
  ...VW changed the sliding door latch at the rear for the 1986 model year. From then on the door is much easier to close...
• sliding door mosquitoe screen
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:14:59 -0500
  Hello folks, I got a sliding door mosquito screen for my '81 Westfalia & I can't figure where to install the snaps that it...
• Retrofitting Power Locks - sliding door, rear hatch?
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:50:04 -0400
  ...If anyone has added power locks to the sliding door, please let me know where you ran the wires and how you cut the...
• Re: Inside rear handle from sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Mon, 20 May 2002 22:29:29 -0400
  ...Inside rear handle from sliding door On 5/20/02 12:27 AM, "Jeff Sibley" <Sibleyjm@AOL.COM> wrote: > In a message dated 5...
• source for 251 947 575 (rubber stop for sliding door switch)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:17:57 -0500
  Hi guys, I want to put in a the switch that checks whether the sliding door is closed (we don't have one since...
• Re: Sliding Door Silencer?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 95 18:35:06 EDT
  ...I use it on all linkages (gear shift front and rear) and door locks as well as the upper sliding part of the door...
• Re: Rear Hatch Screens Now Available (Was Re: New Item Available Posted 6-12)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 21 Aug 96 00:02:53 CDT
  ...passenger door (listed in JC Whitney) Winston-Salem, NC 27107 and screen for sliding door with zipper (910) 769-2427 down the middle. the...
• Re: Sliding Door Problem Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:20:10 -0800
  ...Sliding Door Problem Fixed > The sliding door was sticking on my 1990 Vanagon, Wolfie. I cleaned the > tracks, lubed everything, and still couldn't...
• Re: Sliding door?
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Tue, 1 Oct 1996 13:08:02 -0700
  >How do I go about lubricating the sliding door? And what sort of stuff >should I use to do it? > >Coyo >-- >Ron 'Coyote' Lussier...
• Re: Anyone dismantaling a Vanagon? Or Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:22:04 -0500
  If someone id dismanteling a Vanagon or if someone knows of a source for a good used sliding door protector panel I in need...
• Re: Fitting a jaleosy windiow
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:24:51 -0400
  ...the window on the late 80’s Vanagon is smaller (sliding door) than my ‘ 83, is that possible? the 85-'91 vanagon has a...
• FREE Sliding Door & Rear Hatch
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:26:10 -0700
  Free to list members, from a 1985 Vanagon GL: - Sliding door in very good condition - Rear hatch in very good condition I believe it...
• Re: Nice thing about vanagon keys
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:01:14 -0400
  ...Now my key opens my sliding door also. > Well, actually I still have to install my sliding door to my van, > before I can...
• sliding door cover plate-baywindows
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:55:07 -0500 (EST)
  Above the sliding rails for the side door on the baywindows is a cover plate. It's held in place by two screws. My...
• Sliding Door Handle Question
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:26:30 -0700
  Yikes! Just noticed today that my sliding door's handle has some play-- in & out--never noticed it before. Anybody know if it's...
• Re: Sliding door extended swing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:17:41 -0500
  ...wrote: >I recall being able to buy a longer sliding door swing >arm someplace, but can't remember the vender. > >Anyone know where you...
• Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:48:03 -0600
  Any advice on removing the Mosquito net screen from the Westy sliding door? Can't find anything in the Bentley, and its awfully brittle...
• 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: Sliding door lock info
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 17:30:40 +1200
  ...Anyone out there got a spare LEFT-side sliding door lock?
• Re: sliding door 1984 fits?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:34:20 EST
  In a message dated 11/21/03 2:11:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, ki@CLOUDFACTORY.ORG writes: > also will an 84 sliding door...
• Re: sliding door... please help
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:33:11 -0800
  ...How's that working out Alistair? https://shufti.blog/?s=roller and https://shufti.blog/2012/08/23/vanagon-sliding-door-quietening-hack/ Stuart...
• Re: FS tan sliding door
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:12:08 -0400
  ...FS tan sliding door >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Hello all, > >I have a tan sliding door that I got from the junkyard. I...
• Re: Camper side windows
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:08:45 -0700
  ...Westy windows have latch roughly about the middle of the sliding glass. Also, sliding door window size changed with the change in door latch...
• slider doorhandles FS...(was: Re: Broken Sliding Door Handle
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 18:32:39 EST
  ...Mine just broke! > Thanks > George > 84 > you cant fix sliding door handles when they break. they're cheap cast pot-metal. no way to...
• Re: Sliding door adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:19:20 -0400
  At 07:56 PM 7/7/2010 Wednesday, Troy wrote: >I have a question about adjusting the sliding door on an 89 vanagon >westy...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 03:46:49 -0700
  ...Arlen ------------------------------------------------ Tracy Bonin wrote: > Hi, I have a pretty big dent in my sliding door, I was able to find one Vanagon at the...
• Re: sliding door guide piece?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:18:58 -0500
  ...Good luck, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jean-Woo Kim wrote: > My 87 Westy's sliding door developed a popping noise each time I...
• Re: 1984 Sliding Door Handle is very stiff - suggestions???
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 08:45:54 -0400
  > The sliding door handle is very stiff. A lot more effort is required to > open the door - both inside and out than the 1985...
• Re: sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 26 Feb 2023 17:51:54 -0800
  ...Maybe you will need new rollers too, because when they are worn the door will sag and opening/closing the sliding door will be...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle Question
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:58:08 -0700
  ...get into the bus, close the sliding door. take off the door handle and the interior panel. There should be a phillips screw stairing...
• Re: Sliding Door Needed
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:48:24 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: Driver and Passenger door window screens - 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:06:23 -0700
  ...Re bug net for the side sliding door: This has been discussed before (as has nearly every topic on this list). My 2 cents...
• Sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 16:59:28 -0800
  I'm having a problem with my sliding door on my '88 Westy. It will pop open while driving (Not fun) and when I...
• Re: Passenger door and sliding door needed in central PA
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 May 2008 01:09:13 EDT
  ...passenger and sliding door for an '85. Does anybody near here have them? > > Thanks, > Bryan > i have a bunch of doors, hatches, sliders.. tell...
• Re: FS: NOS front door, sliding door, rear hatch, & ignition lock cylinder
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:01:48 -0800
  ...12 front door handle w/o keys ($25 each) FOUR (4) LEFT 4 sliding door handles w/o keys ($40 each) SOLD OUT 5...
• Re: Sliding door... please help...
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:39:07 -0500
  Hi Dan, I replaced the sliding door rollers and the rear hinge. When done my slider acted like yours. I ended up needing to...
• sliding door
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:58:47 +0000
  ...is up and running, but no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the...
• Re: Stuck sliding door on Buss'
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 16:01:14 MST
  --Michael Heron said:-- > > chris or todd: > > what year is the bus that the sliding door is the problem on? '71 -- Todd R. Schroeder |This...
• Re: two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 12:33:39 EDT
  ...EDU writes: > > wondering if there are any buses/vanagons with two sliding doors? Anybody > seen one (or two)? > > yes, they made them. heard of...
• Sliding door panel
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 16:12:31 +0000
  ...I sold you a white '86 Syncro complete with dead rodents and their unmistakable aroma! I'm shopping for a good condition sliding door...
• Parts wanted: Sliding door roller
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:54:06 -0500
  Syncros sliding door tryed to get away last night. Rear roller broke in two piece. Axually there are three rollers at the rear of...
• Re: Sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:49:50 -0500
  ...What year is yours? Mike Joe Beckham wrote: > Hello All, > > > > Does anyone else have problems with the sliding door popping open on very > cold...
• WTB Sliding Door Handle Spacer that BD didnt include
  Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
  Tue, 1 May 2007 09:41:40 -0700
  Hi i need the spacer for my new sliding door handle (exterior) you know, the one that keeps the handle from being wobbly+loose...
• Updating '82 sliding door?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:35:48 -0800
  I understand several changes were made in the sliding door and mechanism for the '85 model year, and the later style is much easier...
• Re: Different Years - Sliding Windows
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:16:43 -0400
  Sliding door windows are the same from '80~'84 (early) and from '85~'91 (late). The early and the late ones will NOT interchange...
• Re: 2d Battery.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 16 Nov 95 21:18:28 CST
  ...the B-pillar (between the front door and the sliding door) is hollow, and is accessible from the overhead "air duct" ... where the air...
• EV Sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 14:55:18 -0500
  ...I have sliding side windows on the EV. Last spring when I bought it, the passengers sliding door window latch fell off on my...
• Re: Sliding door mosquito screen help/back hatch screen-bus
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 20:28:27 -0700
  ...Sliding door mosquito screen help > > Greetings. My 81 Westy came with new, nver installed > mosquito screen for the sliding door. How is this > supposed...
• FS: pre-painted Sliding Door Panel (in NJ)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:19:37 -0400
  I got sent the wrong style of sliding door panel from Busdepot a while back, and painted it before noticing so I can't...
• Re: faux Audi Quattro?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Mon, 4 Aug 2014 18:41:11 -0700
  I would think the sliding door would be the easiest. It pops straight out. The track is on the inside surface of the door...
• Re: UPS is VERY expensive...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:41:46 EST
  ...70 freakin > > dollars.. > robert...i shipped a interior doorPANEL not a door.. i wouldnt even think of shipping a sliding door UPS or Fedex...
• Sliding door panel replacement
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:33:48 -0400
  Hello Good People, I recently purchased a replacement sliding door panel and the clips won't hold. I pus them in and as soon...
• 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...