I just did nearly the same thing myself -- installed the power "guts" and lockset of a 91 hatch into my 87 non-power hatch. Problems? Drilling holes to mount the frame that holds the power lock dan routing 3-wire harness to front of van. More problematic was the sliding door -- much more involved than the rear hatch.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to pmail me.

Cheers,

MJS

At 04:34 PM 4/29/98 -0400, Mark Schrope wrote:

>Sorry to have been too unorganized to get all these questions into my

>original post on finding a used hatch for my 89.  I currently have power

>locks and a wiper on the hatch.  Can anybody tell me if it is possible to

>transfer these things to an older hatch that didn't have them originally.

>If so, any pointers would be appreciated.  Thanks

>

>mark

>89 Wolfsburg

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>Virginia Institute of Marine Science

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