I had that happen too. I took the entire pod out and used a flash light and
found the screw sitting in there. I now use a magnetized screw driver for
these. I was putting white faces on my gauges at one point so had to remove
the pod several times and never had the problem again. It picks up the screw
and washer.
bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: Headlight switch help

> At 10:37 AM 1/2/2005, you wrote:
> >You can
> >simplify this a lot, especially getting the switch back in, if you
> >loosen the whole cluster by taking out the four screw, one in each
> >corner, that hold the cluster to the dash.  Be careful on this,
> >especially the screw at the right front, very easy to loose.
>
> Speaking of which, I lost that very screw myself last week. Anyone know
> offhand the size of those screws?
>
> What is it with screws like that? I dropped it down the hole in the dash
> and it vanished forever. No amount of hunting and shaking wire bundles has
> made it appear. I swear, there's no place for it to go but down, and still
> it hasn't shown up. I mean, if it was a jesus clip I couldn't find, I'd
> understand. But this is a fairly good size sheet metal screw!
>
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
>