Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:55:32 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@ICLOUD.COM>
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From: Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject: Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
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Hey I know what you guys are talking about . In my old 82 Westy I had handle back there and it was useful once in awhile to close door. You guys know the older, pre85 doors were harder to close than the later ones.
I think might still have an old pre 85 door. I’ll look in the weekend and see what’s what with the mounting parts.
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> On Mar 14, 2024, at 6:41 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Hi Jim and others,
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> OK, we need someone like Alistair or Karl to fabricate the adaptor. Having the interior handle makes shutting the slider so much nicer. I want to add this to both my 84 and 85.
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> I think the plastic piece I described with two sheet metal screws is where the handle holder should be. I suspect I have a late 84 and they stopped putting the handle in.
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> I’m glad I now understand what should be there.
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> I think the square stock is importan, and the attachment in two points. If just bolted right in with one bolt I expect it might easily twist and move out of alignment with use.
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> That bit of square stock will need a hole in the middle for the handle screw and the size will need to be the same as the piece on the inner door handle.
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> Does anyone out there know of a source? Or, anyone up for making some?
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> Is it the same on the bay windows? Maybe a source from Air cooled suppliers?
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> Eric Caron
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>> On Mar 13, 2024, at 10:07 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
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>> I’ve seen the attachment piece. Somewhere I have the dimensions because it is truly a rainbow colored unicorn what pisses really good coffee. What the piece is, is a piece of square stock welded to a 2.5” x .75” plate that screws to the door with a couple sheet metal screws. A standard interior slider handle then screws onto the attaching piece.
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>> I’ve looked for one for years and years. Good luck. If you find two, I’ll buy the second one from you.
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>> Jim
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>>>> On Mar 13, 2024, at 9:48 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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>>> Hi folks,
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>>> If you have a early vanagon with the extra interior slider handle, I need your info.
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>>> My 84 only has the one handle. I’d love to add the second interior handle. But, feeling around I can’t find a place to bolt it in.
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>>> My 84 has a replacement slider door panel. On the back are tactile places to drill out for the door clip. They all match up. And, I think there is one for the handle. But I don’t feel anything on the 84 for a bold to go in. Not even a hole. What is there is a sort of plastic feeling rectangle with a screw on either side. The screws don’t want to turn out something inside just spins.
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>>> So, what is the usual way the extra handle attaches? I have an extra handle and just want to bolt it on if possible.
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>>> Any tips are greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Eric Caron
>>> 84 Westfalia
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