

| Subject: | Re: Sliding Door stubborn |
| From: | Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott |
| Date: | Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:43:06 -0700 |
On 8/7/2006 8:54 AM bueses wrote:
> on 8/7/06 8:55 AM, Jim Felder at felder@KNOLOGY.NET wrote:
>
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Get inside the car and pop off the interior panel with a stiff putty
>> knife wrapped in tape or a screwdriver similarly padded.
>>
>
> Not easy on an 84 Westy w/ the surface mounted fasteners! Plan on having
> some extra fasteners to replace the ones that break while removing, maybe
> even an extra panel itself to replace the panel buggered while trying to get
> it off?
Thanks for that heads-up, Tom! Can anyone else confirm this apparent
"gotcha" before I start yanking the panel? I've had the two front door
panels off without any broken parts (except for a window regulator part
that I paid Chris at Jordan VW for many weeks ago, no sign of the part
yet) -- does the side door use different parts?
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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