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Subject:RE: 87 Wolfs. Power Door Locks.
From:Sebastian Hill
Date:Tue, 01 Apr 1997 13:28:27 -0800

At 02:43 PM 4/1/97 -0600, Brian Wilson wrote:
>
>A friend of mine also has the 87 Wolfsburg van with power door locks and he
>removed the driver side lock motor because something went wrong with it and
>caused all of the other locks to continuously cycle up and down. Of course,
>this was 1 hour before we were taking his van on a road trip.
>
>The replacement motor is around $115 and he is still in a holding pattern
>hoping to be able to diagnose the motor problem and fix it.

I was going to respond to this message saying that the exact same thing
happened to me, until I realized Brian was talking about my Vanagon :)

-Sebastian "Power door locks except on driver's side" Hill
 '65 Mustang GT 2+2 "Red Hot Chili Pepper"
 '71 Datsun 510 coupe "Screaming Yellow Zonker"
 '72 Datsun 510 wagon "Sh*t Wagon"
 '87 Prelude "SO Dependable Car"
 '87 Vanagon "Wolfie"