On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, JordanVw wrote:
> B) pry out those little plastic thingies the side sliding windows slide on in
> the tracks, otherwise known as the guides...the ones at the bottom of the
> window at the front, and the back, that guide the window in the track.
> by doing this, you let the sliding window drop a little lower on the track,
> keeping it from being able to be latched by that push down latch on the
> inside.
> once removing these little black plastic guides carefully with a small
> screwdriver, you should just be able to slide the window open from the
> outside...

i locked the keys in my van, and since i had already worn out the spring
for the latch, i just slid the window open.

i haven't replaced the latch yet because if someone is desperate enough to
break into my 1984 vanagon, they can have it :-)

Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee

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