Date:         Tue, 24 Jan 95 09:00:34 CST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: Sliding side door stuck...

On Tue, 24 Jan 95 08:27:44 CST Stephen M. Hunts said:
>Perhaps someone on this list can help me out with this.  Whenever,
>the weather turns colder after a warm spell or the cold is combined
>with high humidity, the sliding door on the van seals itself shut.
>No amount of coaxing with free it.  The rear portion of the latch
>releases but that is it.  I think that the rubber seals may be
>adhereing (sp?) together and was thinking of maybe putting on a thin
>film of vaseline.  Any ideas or solutions would be appreciated.

armorall can help a bit on the rubber gasket, but you might also want to
spray a bunch of wd-40 (or similar product) on the rear door mechanism ...
the grease back there can become cold and thick ... my 88 used to do that
until i used up about a half can of wd-40 on the little mutha. :)
joel
(and i still have the dent in my door to prove how hard i was pushing on it!)