Date:         Tue, 30 Jul 96 17:00 CDT
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From:         EF0JPB1@mvs.cso.niu.edu
Subject:      84 Westy - *&^#} sliding door handle - help!

> Date: 	Mon, 29 Jul 1996 20:42:28 -0300
> From: Sean O'Neil <aj933@ccn.cs.dal.ca>
> To: vanagon@lenti
> Subject: 84 Westy - *&^#} sliding door handle - help!

> I remember a fleeting reference on this list once about someone
> using one of the older chrome slider handles that was a perfect
> fit and didn't suffer from substandard metallurgy/engineering.

> Can anyone offer more specific help i.e. appropriate model years,
> caveats, etc. ?

> I've searched the archives to no avail.

> As a solution the older handle may not be pretty but I don't give
> a damn as long as it works.

I may have provided the fleeting reference...I have an '84 GL and
the *inner* handle broke off.  I replaced it with a chrome-plated
handle from my '67 split parts.  It doesn't have the "hinge"
arrangement like the original, but it fits fine and works better
than the original (IMO).

If your broken handle is the *outer* handle, I'm not sure I can
provide much help.  My outer handle flopped around for a long
time too--until I pulled the interior panel and tightened the
phillips-head screw that holds it tight.  Whether an old *outer*
handle will fit remains to be seen, though I could probably try
one on my '84 for confirmation.

-Jim Bryant