most of you know about the mod that lets you open the rear hatch from the
inside...if you dont, here is a quickie.. at the bottom center of your rear hatch
panel, on the later 85 up vans there was hole in the metal behind the hatch
panel..this was a finger hole to acess the lock plunger tab..on the base model
transporters there was a hole in the hatch panel to acess this..on the GL
passenger vans and campers, the hatch panel covers this hole.  just locate the
hole, and trim a hole in the bottom of your hatch panel..viola..you can open your
hatch from the inside..   for those with earlier vans, you will have to drill
a finger hole, or just drill a small hole and attach a little string or cable
to the lock plunger (like a pull cord) and have that protrude from your hatch
panel..less conspicuous that way.

so now that  you can open your hatch from inside the van, how can you close
it from inside the van?  kinda hard to close it without getting out of the
van..  unless you do this..
on the 93 up Eurovans there is a large assist strap tha hangs down from the
hatch panel, right underneath the rear glass..this allows you to close the rear
hatch without getting out of the van, or is also an idea way of closing the
rear hatch for short people..   anyway on the '87-'91 wolfsburgs and carats,
there were these black assist straps that were mounted inside , by the coat
hooks, on the window pillars.   what i did is to install one of these assist
straps at the top of the hatch panel..there is plenty of metal behind there to
drill into, and its a clean install, looks stock, and is something VW should have
done..
if anyone is interested, i have these assist straps available.., as well as
pics of the mod in my van..
install is simple, just a drill and 2 screws.
so now you can open, and close the rear hatch without "getting out of bed" :<
)

chris