It seems doubtful. I was looking some time back, and picked up the mechanisms/motors from a mid-'90's Passat and Audi 90. Turns out that neither of them were close enough to work. Have you tried pulling the Vanagon motors apart and cleaning/greasing them? On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Joel Cort <joel_cort@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > It is practically impossible to find any Vanagons left in most junk yards > these days, but last time I visited a yard I spotted an 87 Audi Quatro. > > Will the power window motor found on the Audi Quatro (1987) be the same > fit for our Vanagons with power windows? > > What about the power window motors out of a Passat or Golf? > > If so I will go fetch the front door motors and the rear door motors > before the car goes to the crusher :-( > > Thanks for any wise words. > > Happy Camping, > Joel Cort > Rochester NY > > jcort@rochester.rr.com > joel_cort@yahoo.com > > 89 Syncro Westy (VanGo) > 87 Syncro Transporter (Stella Blue) > 73 Westy Campmobile (Agent Orange) > > Western New York LiMBO Respresentative www.limbobus.org > Founding member of the Empire State VW Camping Club > www.empirevwcamping.org > > Westies@Watkins XI is planned for September 21-22-23, 2012 > www.westies-at-watkins.org >
-- Casey |
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