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Date:         Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:28:11 -0500
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not?
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <ScottDaniel@turbovans.com>
Comments: cc: Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>,
          WetWesties <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>,
          Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <076901cbdb69$6d05d960$6701a8c0@PROSPERITY>
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So could you explain proper lubrication to me pls.

Cheers, Doug

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < ScottDaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> > > to close the sliding door from the inside on a vanagon, you really need a > handle on the inside by the aft edge of the door. > Early Westy's had one ..like 82 to perhaps 84 westy .. > the ones with that board like door panel material ( as opposed to the later > 'normal' vinyl on cardboard type door panel . > Any small handle will do .. > like a drawer handle. > then you just pull inboard to close it the last bit. No slamming ! > if slamming is needed.. > something is not lubed well enough. > I have never had a vanagon come into my shop with a properly lubricated > sliding door. It's so silly-easy to do too. > > Scott > www.turbovans.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Courtney Hook > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; WetWesties ; Don Hanson > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 9:23 AM > Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not? > > I have tried to do it, but not well. My T2 has a handle at the back end so > you can pull it "in" when you slide the door forward, but even that doesn't > make for a really quiet closing. :-/ > Courtney > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind, > and the ones who mind, don't matter. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Hanson > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; WetWesties > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:51 AM > Subject: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not? > > I've always been able to tell when someone nearby is camping in a VW > Vanagon...I hear the distinctly Vanagon sound of the slider being closed. > > Has anyone ever found a way to shut the side door of a vanagon quietly? > No problem doing so if you take it slow, from the outside, and push in near > the rear hinge, I know...but from inside, sliding it forcefully ahead seems > to be the only way, and often if you try to minimize the noise of this, it > fails to latch, so you end up making the noise twice. > > I think it's sort of rude, slamming my slider, when someone is camped > close or in a tent..or sitting close by...Early mornings in our winter > camp, > I sometimes go into to my van to listen to sat radio news at daybreak...and > when its cold, I want the door closed..."Whirrr whirrr whirr.....boom!" I > slam it to make the latch work and everyone within a mile on a cold still > daybreak can be assured of hearing that noise. Then, you have to go back > out for any number of reasons, time after time....Whirrrr....boom! > > Any ideas on how to quiet this process down? > > Don Hanson > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender<scottdaniel@turbovans.com?subject=Re%3A%20%5BWetWesties%5D%20Slam%21%20that%20slider%2E%2E%2E%2Ecan%20you%20not%3F>| Reply > to group<wetwesties@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20%5BWetWesties%5D%20Slam%21%20that%20slider%2E%2E%2E%2Ecan%20you%20not%3F>| Reply > via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJvdXZuMWdlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQ3NzQ4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDk5OARtc2dJZAM0ODM1MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEyOTkzNTIzNjk-?act=reply&messageNum=48353>| Start > a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJjcjBrOGltBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQ3NzQ4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDk5OARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyOTkzNTIzNjk-> > Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties/message/48349;_ylc=X3oDMTM0YnRhMXE2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQ3NzQ4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDk5OARtc2dJZAM0ODM1MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyOTkzNTIzNjkEdHBjSWQDNDgzNDk->( > 4) > Recent Activity: > > - New Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJkNWdxMnN2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQ3NzQ4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDk5OARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMjk5MzUyMzY5?o=6> > 3 > > Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties;_ylc=X3oDMTJjZ2VhdHBlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQ3NzQ4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDk5OARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyOTkzNTIzNjk-> > PICTURES! http://picasaweb.google.com/wetwesties/ > > To leave us: wetwesties-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Calendar of events: http://www.wetwesties.org/calendar > > For technical resources: http://www.wetwesties.org/links.htm > > Please conserve bandwidth and clip quoted material in your posts. > Include only the information that is relevant to your response. > > [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJiMnBxM20xBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQ3NzQ4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDk5OARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI5OTM1MjM2OQ--> > Switch to: Text-Only<wetwesties-traditional@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > Daily Digest<wetwesties-digest@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe <wetwesties-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • > Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___ >

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