Nah, I'm just hypersensitive from being jumped on by Listees.  No problem.
:)

On 6/15/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> My apologies -- I didn't think you were rude at all. My answer was meant
> in the spirit of humor. I'm a clumsy writer most of the time.
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>
> On 6/15/2007 12:33 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
> > I wasn't meaning to be rude Mike, just pointing out the limitations of
> > the device.  VW wasn't happy with its operation so they redesigned it.
> > Unless you've experienced another early van's door and found it to be
> > markedly superior, your door may be as good as it's going to get.
> >
> > On 6/15/07, *Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott* <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Not quite the solution I was looking for . . but thanks, anyway?
> >
> >     --
> >
> >     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
> >     KG6RCR
> >
> >     On 6/15/2007 12:15 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:
> >
> >      > Replace the 84 with an 86 and up and you get a vastly improved
> slider
> >      > with with click and slide locking action too!
> >      >
> >      > Quieter, smoother & with shorter throws.
> >      >
> >      > Sorry, Mike, my 84 retains the longer throws despite careful
> >     adjustment.
> >      >
> >      > On 6/15/07, *Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott* <
> >     camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> >      > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com
> >     <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      >     Have to push on the handle of the 84's sliding door pretty
> >     hard to get
> >      >     the sliding door to unlatch. It's not that the handle is hard
> >     to turn,
> >      >     it's not. It's just that the handle turns a lot before the
> door
> >      >     unlatches.
> >      >
> >      >     I have the inner cover off the door and see what the
> >     Bentley's calls the
> >      >     Bowden tube. Turning the cable's adjusting nut so that the
> >     outer sheath
> >      >     of the tube is all the way forward, and the handle can't
> >     unlatch the
> >      >     door at all. Turning it all the way rearward, and the handle
> >     can unlatch
> >      >     it, but it does require that the handle be pushed nearly all
> >     the way to
> >      >     its stop before the latch releases and forces the door away
> >     from the
> >      >     frame.
> >      >
> >      >     Is there some other adjustment that can be made to this cable
> >     to maybe
> >      >     shorten it?
> >      >
> >      >     --
> >      >
> >      >     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
> >      >     KG6RCR
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > --
> >      > Jake
> >      > 1984 Vanagon GL
> >      > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >      > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> >     <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com