I lock my Syncro like this all the time.  I have = central locking, and the slider has a little black knob for manually = locking it.  In order to save wear and tear on the central locking = motors, I usually just leave the doors all locked and enter and exit = through the side door using this little know to lock it as I am = leaving.

It seems to work fine.  Hope I'm not damaging = anything...  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.C= OM]On Behalf
> Of Andrew Grebneff
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:39 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Sliding door lock info
>
>
> Do any Vanagons have a sliding-door lock which = can be locked
> and THEN slid
> shut, or do all need to be manually locked from = within or by key AFTER
> being shut, as  mine does? I find this a = really asinine feature. Any
> Japanese vehicle has doors that can be locked = BEFORE being closed.
>
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
> tel: 64 (3) 473-8863
> fax: 64 (3) 479-7535
> Shell collector
> 69 VW Kombi-Corvair
> 75 VW Kombi (ex Toyota 3.5 V8)
> 84 VW T3 Caravelle GL/SVX
> 85 Mitsubishi Sigma Super Saloon 2.0
> 86 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8 diesel (410000km plus = rewound
> 30000+, going strong)
> 89 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (508000km = plus rewound 30000+,going
> strong)
>