At 06:19 PM 2/3/2003, Doug Demarest wrote: >is it at all reasonable to put the thing back together >with 8 clips? Only in dire emergency.
>or, is this same part found on Jettas, Rabbits, Foxes, >etc that are plentiful at my local junkyard? According to George Goff:
>I can't help you with that factoid, but if you are stuck for the VW item, >clips from a Volvo 240 heater box will fit perfectly. If you go to a >wrecking yard for them, it is easy to gather enough without removing the >heater box. Whereas a Vanagon requires a dozen, it seems a 240 Volvo needs >dozens of them. > >George d -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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