Date:         Tue, 5 May 1998 18:48:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Wolfsburg <wolfsburg@CENTURYINTER.NET>
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From:         Wolfsburg <wolfsburg@CENTURYINTER.NET>
Subject:      How to clean and lubricate the sliding door.
Comments: To: Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Vanagon owners,

I use a wheelchair for my mobility needs and I drive a 1991 Vanagon.  I
have to enter the van from the large sliding door.  This is how I keep
my door opening smooth every time.

Once a year, usually in the spring I take my van to the car wash station
where you get out of your vehicle and power wash your auto yourself.  I
get a can a Gunk and spray the outside track with it.  I do it several
times.  I put my finger on the track to make sure the track is clean
from grease, grim, grit and dirt.  I also do the inside track at home
with a garden hose to control the spray.  I use a full can on both
tracks.  Once the tracks are dry, several hours later. I spray One-Touch
tire foam into the tracks.  Open and close the door several times.
Believe me, you think you have yourself a new sliding door!!

Then once a month, spray the tracks again with One-Touch foam or spray
the tracks after you wash your van.

Floyd Truskot
wolfsburg@centuryinter.net