I'll take a couple of dozen. P-mail me. The ones for the "westy", in beige
are oopso in the US. The OE ones for the Westy last year at the dealer were
about 37 cents each.The part number for the westy is 253070962. The dealer
said they can get me the other ones for a non-westy in beige. I don't want
those.

TIA
Bill                     "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
'82 CA Westy [FreeBird]       Greater Yellowstone"
"The Gem State"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Ray Hunnam
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 3:20 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Sliding Door Handle
>
>
> Tom
>
> The West Coast metric catalogue has these clips.  I am sure that
> Ron or Ken
> would have them also or be able to get them for you.
> Good god I can even get them here in Australia.
>
> Ray Hunnam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ThomasD. Hanlon <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Thursday, 13 January 2000 4:18
> Subject: Sliding Door Handle
>
>
> >Listees,
> >
> >Instead of the sliding door handle being situated at the normal 9
> >o'clock and 3 o'clock position, it is now drooping to a 7 o'clock and 1
> >o'clock position.  Opening the door is becoming increasingly difficult,
> >especially in the cold I experienced in two trips North, one 3,500 r/t
> >miles to Banff, Canada and one 3,500 r/t to St.Louis via San Antonio,
> >within the last two months..
> >
> >Removal of the panel on the door interior, to access the mechanism,
> >looks to be simple enough, but the local VW dealer has a "no longer
> >available" report on the clips (beige plastic discs) for the panel, and
> >I am sure I will break more than one.
> >
> >Has anyone had a similar situation with the sliding door handle?
> >Sources for the parts and for the clips?  Bentley and Haynes  provide
> >sufficient information to replace the mechanism.  The problem appears to
> >me to be a worn element, though, probably the shaft of the handle, and a
> >minor component to replace, if the panel can be removed without too much
> >damage, using the "tableknife" technique posted on the List recently.
> >
> >Tom Hanlon
> >Palm Springs, CA
> >84 Westy
> >
> >.
> >
>