I don't know about pre-86 Vanagons, but my sliding door can be locked
after being released from the "open" latch, then just slide it shut and
it's locked. My 90 Carat has power locks and once both front doors are
closed I turn the key to lock the fronts and when the slider is closed,
it locks automatically.

I once had a young lady working with me who, on more than one occation,
was late because she locked her keys in her car (it was not a VW which
requires a key to lock the drivers door). I asked her why she didn't use
her key to lock her car..."it takes too much time".

Steve & Jo Ann Wacker
San Marcos, Ca.
90 Carat
86 Syncro x2
86 Audi 5k Quattro

On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:31:27 -0400 Puzerewski <Puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
writes:
> I wonder the same thing......
>
> Adam Puzerewski
> 81 westy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 6:38 PM
> Subject: [VANAGON] Sliding door lock info
>
>
> > Do any Vanagons have a sliding-door lock which can be locked and
> THEN slid
> > shut, or do all need to be manually locked from within or by key
> AFTER
> > being shut, as  mine does? I find this a really asinine feature.
> Any
> > Japanese vehicle has doors that can be locked BEFORE being closed.
> >
> >
> > Andrew Grebneff
> > 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
> > tel: 64 (3) 473-8863
> > fax: 64 (3) 479-7535
> > Shell collector
> > 69 VW Kombi-Corvair
> > 75 VW Kombi (ex Toyota 3.5 V8)
> > 84 VW T3 Caravelle GL/SVX
> > 85 Mitsubishi Sigma Super Saloon 2.0
> > 86 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8 diesel (410000km plus rewound 30000+,
> going
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