In a message dated 12/15/02 6:04:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, Oxroad@AOL.COM writes:
> > The two plastic guides for the each slider window on the early Vanagons is > no > longer available from the VW dealer. These plastic guides slide the moving > part of the window on the windows track and are white on the earlier > Vanagons > (say 80-85) > > The guide for the later busses (86+)which are black and slightly different > in > that they have two tabs the white guides don't have are available. Can > these > later guides be used on the earlier Vanagon sliding windows? And what > modification is necessary--cut the tabs off the black guides? Do the guides > need to be glued into the window? > > Seems to me the earlier white guides had no tabs and that might explain why > all mine are missing. Having tried to mount used old style white ones (if > you > can believe I found them and uninstalled them from a wreck without them > crumbling) I have found they just fall right the heck out after a few days. > I'd like to get the black guides in and stop a bit of the slider window > rattle, not to mention the nails-on-a-blackboard squeal when I open or > close > i went thru this like 4 or 5 years ago, should be in the archives.. you can use the never guides, just trim off the tabs w/ a razorblade. they fit fine, i tapped them in w/ a block of wood and small hammer. chris |
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