Date:         Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:04:55 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil (Pat Walsh)
Subject:      Re:  sliding door vent window

>I guess this is my first official posting to the list seeking
>help regarding a bus that I OWN now :) .  OK, this is a '78 bus
>and the lower pivot for the sliding door vent window has rotted
>away and is now nonexistent.  This means that I must replace
>something.  Bentley says how to get it out and in so that's not
>the problem.  I'm wondering if I have to buy a whole new frame
>or if the frame is in pieces and I could buy the bottom piece
>separately?
I think it's all one piece.

>Is the frame readily available from a FLAPS or
>maybe a FLforeignAPS (I have a good one at home in Tennessee) or
>is this more than likely to be a junkyard item?  Prolly junkyard
FLAPS, Foreign or otherwise, don't have things like this.  If RMMW, Wolfberg
West, etc. don't have it then you'll have to get it at a junkyard.

>if I can find one in good shape.  Also, has anyone else had to
>remove that window?  Is it as easy as it looks? (I know, it's
>never as easy as it looks, but just checking.)  Hints,
>suggestions, ideas???
Drill out the rivet at the front pivot, remove the door panel and then remove
the screw holding the clamp on the lower pivot, then remove the window and
frame.

Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil