Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 16:56:19 -0800
Reply-To: Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: Re: plastic parts to hold-in and adjust headlights are crumbling
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I agree. I got these at the dealer and they were reasonably priced.
My rule of thumb is to check the price at the dealer before spending hours trying to
track down alternate sources. There seems to be no logic in which parts will be
outrageous, and which will be reasonable.
Todd
'88 Westy
Tonya Pope wrote:
> Just curious - was there a reason to avoid the dealer?? I bought
> some of these for my van a couple years ago and was pleasantly
> surprised. They had to be ordered, so I waited about a week, but it
> was under $2 it seems. Maybe mine screwed up, but I have found
> that they are extremely reasonable on the weirdest things (and of
> course, exhorbant on others).
>
> Tonya
> 87 Vanagon Wolfs
>
> On 2 Nov 01, at 10:30, Ed Shultz wrote:
>
> > Frank,
> >
> > Please post your results if you find any. Mine are split and crumbling
> > also. I'm afraid every time I remove the front grill and the light buckets
> > for something.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > At 08:40 AM 11/02/2001 -0500, fty@CISCO.COM wrote:
> > >Ah, the joys of old cars ..
> > >
> > >Nearly all the platic parts that hold in and adjust the headlights are
> > >crumbling on my '86. ETKA shows all the part #s (see below). Was wondering
> > >if there was another source other than the dealer - checked Bus Depot's part
> > ># lookup and it has none of them. It's also hard to tell if the part #
> > >refers to the plastic bit *and* the screw, or just the screw.
> > >
> > >Anyone else has headlights that are falling out? Better check!
> > >
> > >cheers - Frank
> > >
> > > >From ETKA:
> > >Position Part # Description Quan (total for both
> > >sides)
> > >8 255 941 133 adjusting piece 2
> > >9 255 941 133 A adjusting piece 2
> > >10 255 941 141 C adjusting piece 2
> > >11 191 941 297 adapter with adjusting screw 2
> > > for vertical adjustment
> > >12 255 941 141 B adjusting screw 4
> > >
> > >9&12 are for the Hi-beam (smaller light)
> > >8,10,11 for the Lo-beam
> > >
> > >
> > >\\\\////\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\
> > >Frank Terhaar-Yonkers W4FTY TRA 8325/L2
> > >Cisco Systems, Inc.
> > >NSITE - Pineview Building - RTP
> > >7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987
> > >Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
> > >fty@cisco.com voice(919)392-2101 fx(919)392-6927
> >
> >
> > Ed Shultz, RCDD
> > Genuity, Inc.
> > Manager, Network Systems Design
> > NSD Home Page: http://eng-web.genuity.com/net-eng/ipeng/nsd/ipnsd.htm
> > V: 781-262-4324, F:781-262-2744, P:1151209@skymail.com
> >
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