Date:         Thu, 24 Nov 1994 11:34:28 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <ui775@vifa1.freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: Sliding door operation (fwd)



On Wed, 23 Nov 1994, Gerald Skerbitz wrote:

> Help! No response to this one.  I suppose I should be specific because 
> my latch mechanism would be in the '83 thorugh m.y. 85 year vans.
> 
> Can someone else ( I got one response from sstones (thanks and look 
> forward to hearing more!) give me some clues on this one?  How is this 
> thing supposed to work?  What could be broken?
> 
> sstones says the front hook/rectangle unit doesn't move at all, but it 
> LOOKS like it HAS to move because the hook engages when the door closes?!?
> 
> Help.

Gerry, I have a spare complete mechanism hanging in my garage, I'll look
at it tonight and see whats what.

Alistair 

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