2002 Eurovan Weekender slider window theft damage

[carter turk]

Have a few posts in the Vanagon section, but might be my first here.

Daughter borrowed van for concert in Vancouver BC. Van was in a parking garage, the drive side slider window was smashed and all personal contents stolen. The gals failed to hide anything of value apparently, but other cars were broken into as well, with US plates.
Even if they stashed stuff under the rear seat, every storage area was pilfered.

Wondering how hard it would be to find a drivers side rear slider right behind driver seat or will I just have deal with an auto-glass type establishment.

Thanks for any thoughts or insight.

[markcm2]

Hey Carter, its Mark McAtee. Lame you got busted into... If you're up for a run to Auburn there's a guy there with a back yard full of eurovans and pretty good prices. I don't recall his name although I can give you his number; you could text him a picture of the window you need to see if he has it.

I also saw that http://www.absolutegerman.com/ is parting out at least one eurovan right now.

[carter turk]

Thanks Mark.
Could you pm the guys number?
I remember some guy in Renton who dealt Vanagon stuff, probably not the same guy?

[Zeitgeist 13]

His name is Peter.
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Joshwa]

[Zeitgeist 13]

His son came over a couple days ago to pick up the old beat up front bumper support from my van. I traded it to him for a couple small trim pieces I needed. If it weren't pouring down raining when I went over there, I'd of stuck around to look at more of his vans. He's says he has a 2.5 TDI
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Joshwa]

[carter turk]

Thanks Mark, much appreciated, I'll give him a call.
Not sure if I'd be able to pry off my own window without damaging stuff if I bring tools. Suppose he might know how to do it.

[Joshwa]

[markcm2]

[carter turk]

Yes, I took off the trim panels and noticed the bolts. Still having difficulty getting to the three bolts on the lower panel, I removed all panel screws and pop out table, feel like there's still something holding it in place, aside from the metal frame lip under the window. Peter told I just need to shove it up some more.

Apparently there are several configurations of glass on the side window.
Mine is a three piece with screen in the front, his were all half sliders with no screen. I picked one up anyway since I was going to the Seahawks game and live 120 miles away. Appears there's no caulk holding the window in, just some mesh black athletic tape surrounding the perimeter and the plastic bolts?

Thanks for the reples and advice.

[carter turk]

New used window is in, but getting to the 3 lower bolts was a chore.
Not sure what the proper "panel removal" technique is, but the two metal clips and the three plastic panel bobbins in their slotted home, were causing the most grief.

The body panel refused to come off until I removed the hinges for the table and the bolts holding the table arm near the floor. I suppose I didn't need to take the whole panel off, but one the yellow bobbins fell down in to the abyss. I failed to reattach table arm near the floor before putting panel and all the trim back on. No room to attach table arm bolt with the dinky little window and there's plastic reinforcement for the panel pockets, so the bolt can't slide to the side.
I figured out an alternatiive, but some plastic trimming was required.