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Subject:Re: plastic parts to hold-in and adjust headlights are crumbling
From:Tonya Pope
Date:Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:56:37 -0600

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
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> >Research Triangle Park,  North Carolina  27709
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>
>
> Ed Shultz, RCDD
> Genuity, Inc.
> Manager, Network Systems Design
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