The screws (headlight adjusters) are still available from VW. I picked
up a couple at my local VW dealer recently, but I could just as easily
have ordered them from the Bus Depot.

I believe (for rectangular headlights) that there are 4 different
screws. Two types for the hi-beams, two types for the main beams. There
are adjustable and non-adjustable "screws". Unfortunately the names
given in the ETKA aren't particularly clear as to which is what (and
neither is the diagram). They cost about $4 a piece.

On May 12, 2005, at 2:16 PM, Brian Wasson wrote:

> Last weekend I woke up to a shattered mailbox post, courtesy of some
> kids who were having batting practice the night before.
>
> What does this have to do with Vanagons, you ask? Well, as I was
> carrying the new wood post down the driveway I somehow managed to
> perfectly impale the driver's side headlight on my 88 Westy. Duh. Of
> course, this did not make me happy, as I now had two things to fix
> thanks to the juvenile dilenquents.
>
> Thankfully, the headlight itself did not break, but it appears that
> some part of the adjusting system did. I've never had the headlight
> out; is there an obvious, easily broken part that is easy to replace?
> Or, will I need to replace the entire headlight bracket? If so, does
> anyone have a used one they'd like to sell?
>
> Thanks...