91 200TQ door panel removal??

[Henry Harper <hah@srv.net>]

Ralph sed:
> Hi guys:
> Can one of the experts point me in the right direction on removing the
> drivers door upholstery on my '91 200TQ?  Yesterday, the key lock became
> disconnected from the mechanical lock actuator and I am afraid that I may
> have offended the Gods and today, the passenger side will likewise fail.  I
> just want to be sure that I don't cause additional damage since it is not
> obvious how the upholstery is attached.
>
> TIA
> Ralph Poplawsky
>

Can I be the first to say, "me too"?

I personally have offended the gods by loudly declaring that my 200q gets sucky 
mileage compared to my GTI. (Twice the power, half the mileage - who'd have 
thunk it?) So, a week after purchase the "other" windows (not the driver's, the 
other three) work intermittently - took off the armrest and jiggled the 
switches, they worked, put it back on, they didn't, drove it the next day, they 
did. That's intermittent for you. The *lights* in the other switches also don't 
work - didn't notice this at night before as I was trying to see the road with 
sucky-to-the-max(TM) DOT headlights. The Bentley still has not arrived, but I'm 
thinking the non-privileged-window-operator lockout might have something to do 
with this problem since all three of the lockable-outable windows experience 
the same failure or lack thereof.

ALSO, (main reason to pull the door panel, from what I've been reading) the 
alarm doesn't arm/disarm from the driver's door any longer, still works from 
the passenger door. Hello, little indexing wheel with one funny half-tooth. 
Unfortunately I do not have hands the size of a small child, so pulling the 
outer door skin might be the way to go.

Would also come in handy for the eventual Bozo speaker replacements.

Henry Harper
1988 GTI 16v, new pictures at http://www.srv.net/~hah/vw
1991 200q, new pictures at http://www.srv.net/~hah/audi