T6 to T6.1 sliding door

[Andyslats]

Due to some damage I am having to swap my sliding door ( passenger side) . I have a T6.1 but was wondering if a T6 door would be a straight swap, or would fit with a bit of 'fettling' thanks

 

[roadtripper]

The locking mechanism and electrics are quite different between 6 and 6.1

Attempted break-in via sliding-door

Anyone know why the scumbags that attempted to get into my copper bronze T6.1 van chose this method? They didn’t get in but caused a significant amount of damage. Currently looking at claiming via insurance for new door / repaint which seems to be the only way forward unless anyone has any...

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[Neil 81]

I've already done the same and would love to know if you managed to get things all working. The door I've put on only has six connectors whereas the door I took off has eight connectors. I can't get it to work at the moment so I'm thinking of removing all the lock mechanism from the old door which is the t 6.1 and popping it into the new one but some of the holes are in different positions.

 

[Pauly]

You would need to swap over all the guts and wiring etc as its a completely different setup

 

[Neil 81]

Giving it a go in the morning. But need to drill holes for the lock in slightly different positions.

 

[Neil 81]

Not particularly proud of it, but it's working.
No choice really as I couldn't
a) get the van to recognise door closed unless I twisted two wires together, (that's worked for the first 10 months but for some reason the handle stopped working so I had to have a play) or
b) be locked out unlocked by the central locking.
The sliding door now locks and unlocks with central locking as the original door did.
Needed to drill two holes for the lock, and for now I've cable tied the front unlock in place as my original van didn't have a handle with it being a startline builders van with bulkhead and there aren't the correct holes to fasten to.