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Date:         Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:16:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <AANLkTin6AQWb8vhz+GVqs5i8qTWOH4Wjr2yTwoJ8sVQn@mail.gmail.com>
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the '86 and up doors are a major improvement.

alistait On 6-Mar-11, at 11:22 AM, Don Hanson wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Jake de Villiers < > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You need to hear more and newer Vanagon sliders! >> >> My '86 door makes hardly any noise at all. Fluid Film on all >> moving parts >> and gliding surfaces and Ice Guard stuck on the inside of the track >> cover to >> keep it from being a soundboard. >> >> YMMV. >> >> O >> > > > Fluid Film and Ice Guard....Oh...kay...Never heard of those things, > but I > shall now Google them and see it I could get some to help decrease > the noise > of my slider, too. > > More and newer vanagon sliders... I guess maybe I never noticed > there > WERE newer or older vanagons, and that the newer ones were not as > noisy in > the slider....I sort of think of Vanagons, once into the water > cooled era, > as all about the same..Oh, some have fancy square headlights (that > everyone > seems to change out) and some certainly have plenty of power > options...but > somehow the MY of what the Vanagon is doesn't really seem important > to me, > at least. > > And as I said in my first post....I can be snoozing and hear a > Vanagon > slider close....distinct unique sound, usually takes some authority > to get > it shut, and many Door Closers on Vanagon seem to 'over-do' the job, > to make > sure or just because they aren't familiar with how it closes. > > Don Hanson


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