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Subject:Re: Sliding Door button cheap and plenty
From:Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
Date:Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:10:32 -0700

Thanks for posting that link, Geo.

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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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On 8/7/2006 2:51 PM Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:
> Jim Felder wrote:
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>> RE fracturing fasteners... if you can't avoid it, you just can't
>> avoid it. But though the real replacements are scarce and expensive,
>> my 83 westy has mostly door panel fasteners from autozone. I don't
>> remember what to tell you to get, but some common automobile uses
>> something that will work. Mine are dark brown, though, I couldn't get
>> the ivory. But they were cheap and work great.
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> I got them in white plastic at Ace Hardware... in those little cardboard
> drawers of nuts and bolts.  Look for something called 'Arrow Clips'.
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> Pic of the original & the replacement --
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> http://www.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/vwfasteners.JPG
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> Geo H
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