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Date:         Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:33:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: sliding door conversion, early-late
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Get one of those remote/automatic sliding door opener assemblies that they use in wheelchair vans.

Cya, Robert

----- Original Message ----- From: "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: Re: sliding door conversion, early-late

> The problem for her is not the sliding part but the amount of force > needed on the handle to get the latches to release the door. She has a > chronic wrist problem that is aggravated by the repeated opening of the > door. We just spent a week camping in it and by the end we had to leave > the door ajar most of the time so she could just slide it open. We are > going on a longer trip soon and I must try to cure the difficulty. > > I have already cutoff the welded on pillar latch sections from a later > donor. These parts are different from the earlier doors that had them > bolted on to the pillars. > > Mark > > JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > >>In a message dated 8/15/05 12:42:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >>drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes: >> >> >> >> >>>I am going to put an 87 door on >>>the 82 and I would like to hear from anyone who has done this and about >>>any gotchas I may encounter, >>>.... >>> >>>Mark >>> >>> >>> >> >>well i know it will incolve some cutting and welding.. i think the entire >>C >>pillar aft of the slider door is different on the pre-'85's vs the post >>'85's. >> i think the latching system on the B pillar is different as well. >> get out the sawzall and the torch, mark. :<) >> >>have u just tried cleaning and lubing up the tracks on the '82 really >>well? i >>did that to my 84 wolfy and the slider glides along the track pretty >>smoothly.. the lower and beltline tracks were pretty nasty before i >>cleaned them up >>and lubed them. >> >> >>


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