Date:         Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:57:42 -0800
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      '82 sliding door, big thanks to Chris D.
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First off, a big thanks for Chris Dabrowski, a listee who made special
arrangements with family and friends to get a sliding door and various
parts to me across the border and a ferry. Another great dealing with a
listee who I highly recommend.

Secondly, I finally managed to get my '82 sliding door working nearly as
well as my '88, with the help of parts from the spare door. The rear hinge
rollers are still a bit worn, but the door is so much better now than it was.
My kids can even open it now! The two things that made the most
difference were replacing the bottom roller/bearing, and the top square
plastic block with a roller bearing as used on later vans. So for those with
cranky pre-86 doors, there is hope yet...

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta TD (retired)
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L
'82 Diesel Westy