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• Re: Sliding door lock stuck - Vanagon 83
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:34:02 -0800
  I would also suggest removing interior door panel. If it helps... when my door handle failed it sheared off. replaced that. Since that time...
• Re: Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:16:53 -0400
  ...have an '81 Westie (with the quiet close rear handle) and the sliding > door screen is attached by snaps on the upper half and...
• Re: 86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:56:34 -0700
  ...86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release Morning all, So this am, I locked my slider from the outside. When I pulled the...
• Re: My door fell off last night
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Apr 2020 10:58:50 -0700
  ...the sliding door and it fell off! It’s only held on by the one metal clamp on the bottom door handle side now...
• Re: WTB: Sliding Door handle
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:30:01 EDT
  i know i have read about a guy on the list that you can send your new handles to and he can match them...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:18:10 -0500
  i worked on a 84 westy with auto trans this summer with the second handle at the rear of the slider. on this model...
• Re: Sourcing a few parts...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:43:15 -0800
  ...my sliding door handle fell apart when I removed the > handle. Who carries these? > > 2) The gaskets on my two front door handles are...
• Re: vanagon sliding door han
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  13 Sep 1996 20:04:52 -0700
  Gary Nichols asked about replacement sliding door handles. Been there, done that, spent the $$$. I decided to replace the handle before the sag allowed...
• Free Vanagon Parts
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:00:15 -0700
  ...Boot = 1 Passenger outside door handle with key = 1 Driver outside door handle with key = 1 Sliding Door outside handle with key = 1 Rear...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:41:46 -0800
  ...sls.bc.ca> wrote: > My new '82 has the exterior sliding door handle broken off. (I have the > broken one). EKTA suggests that the...
• '82 sliding door jammed! (Solution!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:48:41 -0800
  Folks, The problem of the sliding door stuck closed was caused by the bowden cable which connects the front latch handle to the rear...
• Re: Need late model sliding door outer handle.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:03:30 -0800
  ...Need late model sliding door outer handle. Anyone have one? My son finally broke mine after 2 years telling him not to pull out...
• Re: '84 sliding door handle question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:34:13 -0700
  ...Re: '84 sliding door handle question > > >> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:25:17 -0500, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> > wrote: >>> IIRC, ron...
• Re: NEW outside handle for slider 83-84
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 6 May 2005 14:44:26 -0400
  > Does anyone know a source for the older style Vanagon outside > sliding door handle (specifically 1983). This is the handle > is a bit longer...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:46:37 -0800
  ...I recently repaneled that door and don¹t remember anywhere to > put a second handle though. > > •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• > jimt I have owned several 82-84 Westies. Seen...
• Re: sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:15:50 -0700
  ...the sliding door handle on my 82 because it's cracked. I > really want to reuse the old tumbler on the new handle so...
• Re: redline
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:36:28 -0800
  ...I open the sliding door and use the sliding door handle to hold the funnel. That gear oil drains slowly and holding the funnel...
• Re: sliding doorhandle escucheon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:47:44 -0800
  ...The problem as i see it, is that the rubber escutcheon does nothing to support the door handle where it goes through the outer...
• Re: Sliding door lock stuck - Vanagon 83
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:52:50 -0500
  ...your exterior sliding door handle is clearly broken. most likely the casting is cracked. the interior door handle seems to have been worked on...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:13:13 -0700
  ...I have stared at the rear handle on the inside of the sliding > door for ever and ever. I have tried to use it...
• 85 GL - parting out
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 2 May 2001 16:03:04 -0600
  ...Still have door handles, sliding door handle, interior pieces, brake parts, axles, automatic transmission, engine, all glass, doors, wipers motors (both front and rear...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle Question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:13:36 -0700
  Hi, 2 cents worth: I've got the same problem over and over, about every 6 months. I would recommend using medium grade lok...
• Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:51:50 -0800
  ...of the door panel on the inside of the sliding door on my '84 to access the stem of the door handle. It's...
• slider handles?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:36:54 EDT
  hi volks! does anybody have a used sliding door handle for a 83 vanagon they would be willing to sell? i was just bidding...
• Re: FS tan sliding door
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:34:21 EDT
  In a message dated 8/29/02 12:16:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, icculus22420@YAHOO.COM writes: > I have a tan sliding door...
• Re: Sliding Door Handle Part?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:24:11 -0800
  ...The illustration for the >>>> 1980-1984 front sliding door lock on page 58.2 in Bentleys shows three >>>> dingi on the handle stem: Seal...
• RE: Stuck Sliding Door
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Dec 96 18:33:39 -0800
  ...Jim >Yup, the sliding door on my '84 vanagon is stuck. I tried to open it from >the outside, and the handle felt and...
• Re: sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:12:24 -0400
  ...the sliding door handle on my 82 because it's cracked. I > really want to reuse the old tumbler on the new handle so...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:21:20 -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...
• Re: Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:44:09 -0600
  ...have an '81 Westie (with the quiet close rear handle) and the sliding > door screen is attached by snaps on the upper half and...
• Door lock knob needed
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:03:41 -0400
  I need one of those little knob things that sticks out on the inside of the sliding door handle that you use to lock...
• Re: Door Lock Removal?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 17:55:00 GMT
  ...The problem on my 85 Vanagon is the sliding door. How do you get that handle out? Anyone willing to share the secret? TIA...
• Sliding door -- 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:05:54 -0500
  ...sliding door at all like the sliding doors of other vans of that era. Is this something a good body shop can handle? Right...
• NEED outside sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 10:02:50 -0500
  My '87's handle broke off halfway down one frigid morning. The stub is a mite difficult for the kids to use, plus it...
• Re: Vanagon keys--the answers
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 1 May 2000 13:04:45 -0400
  I bought a complete lock set ( 2 door handles, sliding door handle, ign switch and rear hatch tumbler) from the Bus Depot for less...
• Re-What changes in doors between '84 and '85?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Mon, 17 May 1999 16:45:12 +0100
  ...Martin >What exactly changed on the sliding doors between these years. The reason I >ask is because, as I write this the body shop...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:59:37 EDT
  ...the sliding door and rear hatch locks. Does anyone know if these can be disassembled and rekeyed like the front door handles? I have...
• Re: Need Westy sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Mon, 05 May 1997 15:35:01 -0400
  I have made a screen for my sliding door. I bought the approximate yardage of cloth screening material from a hardware store, sewed a...
• Re: sliding door lock from inside?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:36:44 -0600
  ...There's the actual > release > handle (for opening and closing the door) and another rectangular > piece. > Perhaps the sliding latch must be missing from...
• Re: 84 slider getting a bit stubborn
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:37:51 -0700
  --- Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The handle on Mellow Yellow's sliding door pushes down just > fine. But > the door doesn...
• Re: sliding door handle adjust question
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:54:47 +0000
  ...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: FS: Set locks w/ keys: ignition, all handles & rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:55:22 EST
  ...May need > painting: > > Two (2) front door handles > One (1) sliding door handle > One (1) ignition lock cylinder > One (1) rear hatch lock > > He...
• door handle needed
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:55:17 -0400
  I need a sliding door handle for a 83.5 Westy. I am trying the clean it up a little before I try selling...
• Re: broken sliding door handle.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:21:50 EST
  youll have to find one used....AFAIK theyre NLA new for the 80-84. i have a used one im saving for my own...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 18:16:03 -0600
  ...Just slide door >>>>>> slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch rather than >>>>>> slamming it. From the outside you...
• Re: The sliding door's Bowden tube thingy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:12:41 -0700
  ...the handle of the 84's sliding door pretty > > hard to get > > > the sliding door to unlatch. It's not that the handle is...
• Re: key code?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:43:42 -0500
  ...The rear hatch lock cylinder is particularly easy to remove, as is the sliding door handle. The glovebox and gas cap cylinders may lack...
• Re: thank you
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:15:25 -0400
  ...archived postings with generous > descriptions, I managed to change the sliding door handle. (And thanks to > Craig, Scott K and Jim Felder for help...
• Re: More about rear handle on 84 sliding door.
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:11:20 -0700
  ...the latch > catches, the handle, it turns out does exactly that. I had previously > been closing the door by sliding it forward with so...
• Re: Driver's side grab handle
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:06:51 -0500
  ...i just added the handle to the front 'pillar' of the sliding door, up high enough to miss the body handle (so you don...
• 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 question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 1 Jun 2018 12:00:23 -0400
  ...Over time the door has become less and less easy to open when the handle is first depressed. It used to pop out. Now...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_86_sliding_door_handle_mechanism_=E2=80=A6_stumped?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Mar 2022 21:31:04 -0700
  ...86 sliding door handle mechanism … stumped >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a good slider door I want to swap into my van. Taken all the hardware...
• Another Sliding Door Question
  Historical mailing list - Don Oldenburg
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 10:20:18 EST
  The sliding door on my '90 Vanagon continues to behave badly. Push down on the door handle, inside or out, and it juts open...
• 2nd vanagon handle
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Wed, 22 May 2002 17:36:40 -0700
  ...When I peeked inside, I saw the brown vinyl interior, and on the sliding door was the brown handle in back. It looks like...
• Sliding door panel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:21:37 -0600
  ...I need to reattach my door handle on the exterior of the slider and sound proof the slider. How do you remove the little...
• Re: Handle on Passenger side door pillar.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:19:29 -0700
  ...William I am looking for the handle that is on the 'A' pillar of the passenger side door frame. I want to put one...
• Sticky keys
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:05:16 -0400
  ...knock the door handle off...it's a really simple mechanism.) And maybe next weekend I'll take the sliding doors lock (which is...
• Re: sliding door handle key lock cylinder - swithing one over to a new handle.,
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:25:48 +1300
  ...com> wrote: > the key lock cylinder comes right out of the door handle........there is a > almost hidden teeny tiny set screw, in the...
• Re: Power locks that won't
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:32:47 EST
  ...What I would do to fix it is lift up on the door handle while operating the door lock in unlock mode (this would...