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Date:         Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:23:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4C263E15.5040302@gmail.com>
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Sheet metal is sheet metal in Germany and USA just the same. Metric or not it's still a sheet metal screw. Take it and you won't see any difference. Only the diameter matters really a little. But they are close and if you find that you need to use a bigger one, take it. That's a kind of item that is not worth dilly-dolly over. Zoltan

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:51 AM Subject: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw

> I'm missing one of the tail light assembly mounting screws so I paid a > visit to my friendly ACE Hardware to see if I could find one. I was > poking through the fasteners section when a red-vested sales associate > approached and asked if he could help me find something. > > I handed him the screw. > > "That's just a sheet metal screw," he said. > > I told him I had reason to believe it's metric. > > He snorted and picked up a #12 SMS and tried to match the threads. They > were too coarse. He looked at the screw. > > "You're not going to find a metric sheet metal screw." > > "Someone did -- you're holding it," I pointed out, helpfully. > > He handed it back. I've come home empty-handed. > > So -- I need one. Or eight in stainless. Any ideas? > > -- > Rocky J Squirrel > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR


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