The late 87-91 plastic guides will work, but you need to very carefully trim/narrow them everso slightly for them to fit properly. Also used a dab of superglue to hold them securely in place. I did this to both my 84s, worked fine for me 281847723B Bus Depot doesn't show them anymore on ther site. Guess the factory obsoleted them. May have to knuckle down and make 'em myself. I'll check to see if I have any stashed away. -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" oldvolkshome@gmail.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com *********************************** On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote: > Does anyone have a source for the sliding window track > guides/plugs? Or a couple of pairs I can buy? > > Or can someone recommend a good workaround? > > If not, I wonder whether we could set up a group buy and have them > fabricated? I have no idea how hard or expensive that'd be. > > My '84 camper's sliding windows don't latch properly with the guides > missing. I mean, they stay closed while driving, but anyone can push > them open from the outside. > |
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