BW Dismantlers (call Jeff 1-800-327-0888 and say you're with vanagon.com) has a bunch of them. Got one and installed last weekend. Works great. Had to be extremely careful (thanks, Jeff, glad to hear you're done) to not drill into the wires. Still drilled through the tubing around the wires with a tiny pilot hole. Then stuck a nail in to keep the wires aside. With the bigger hole (7/16), used a pencil to push the wires aside. Little tricky. Made a template by taking off the the other handle and punching holes in paper. BW also has a bunch of door pouches (one brown in a bag, cleaned with screws...found out my van has black, not brown) and ceiling lights...best with a several foot piece of the wiring harness with the right connectors. Cheers, Tom Neal On Thu, 6 May 1999, Roy O. wrote: > The archives weren't any help so does anyone know if the pillar and door grab > handles on an '87 Westfalia are the same as the grab handles on other VW cars > such as Golf or Jetta? Vanagons and Westfalias are as rare as hens teeth in my > locality so obtaining parts from junkers in junk yards is pretty well out of the > question. Ergo, I'm hoping to find a grab handle from another model VW to mount > on the driver's side pillar. > > Roy O. > '87 Westfalia > ('till death us do part) > |
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