

| Subject: | Re: headlight alignment parts, headlight replacement - RON SALMON, please read! |
| From: | Gregor Brandt |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:45:43 -0600 |
I had the same issue correlating the bus depot sight, bently and go westy. In the end I went with go westy because they had pictures of where the parts being ordered go. Try the go westy sight for a better idea of the parts needed. Gregor On 19-Sep-06, at 7:09 AM, Joy Hecht wrote: > So, I faced my fears and took Matilda in for her safety > inspection. Which > she failed, but not for the reasons I expected. (She doesn�t need > emissions > for another year - that challenge will be tackled later!) > > > > Two of her failures had to do with headlights. > > > > First, the low beams need proper alignment, and I need parts. I'm > trying to > sort out which parts. There�s not much to go by in looking at the > current > state of Matilda�s headlights, I think they�ve been held up by anti- > gravity > forces, not hardware. And yes, Sam, I�ve searched the archives! > Found some > useful info, too. > > > > The Bentley has no useful info on this matter. > > > > The Haynes says there are two alignment points on each low beam (large > rectangular lens - she's an '89). The ones on the outer-upper corners > control lateral setting, the ones on inner-lower corners control > vertical > setting. > > > > Bus Depot's website shows the following for low beams: > > > > > > > Price > > Part Ref. No.* > > > Headlight <http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255941133> > Adjustment > Piece > > Low Beam, left or right (located on Top/Inner Corner) > > $6.77 > > 255941133 > > > Headlight <http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=191941297> > Adjustment > Screw > > Low Beam, left or right, for vertical adjustment (located on bottom) > > $7.92 > > 191941297 > > > Headlight <http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255941141C> > Adjustment Screw > > Low Beam, left or right, for horizontal adjustment (located on Top/ > Outer > Corner) > > $4.25 > > 255941141C > > > > > > There are no pictures, so I�m not quite sure what is what. However, I > assume that �headlight adjustment piece� is the vaguely disk-like > piece of > plastic with a sort of fan-like form about 1� inches in diameter > that seems > to snap into the bracket, and that the two different headlight > adjustment > screws are the screws with caps of plastic and half-inch sheaths of > plastic > that screw into the headlight adjustment piece. > > > > Is that correct? > > > > The Bus Depot website says the headlight adjustment piece goes on the > top/inner corner, but the corresponding screw appears to go in the > top/outer > corner. The picture in the Haynes shows it in the top/outer > corner. Is this > an error in the Bus Depot website, and they meant top/outer? Ron, > are you > reading? > > > > So, if in fact the headlight adjustment piece goes in the upper/outer > corners, then several questions: > > > > What does the lower/inner headlight adjustment screw attach to? In > Matilda�s headlights there�s nothing there at all for them to screw > into. > > > > What should there be in the other headlight corners (upper/inner and > lower/outer) to hold them in place? Matilda has a headlight > attachment > piece in one upper/inner corner, nothing in the other. She has > various > screws waving into empty space back there. > > > > > > > > And the other question: My left low beam light also flunked > because it has > water inside. The mechanic (not someone who works on VWs � I don�t > think > there are any in this part of Virginia, and a Maryland one can�t do > Virginia > inspections) said I could just replace the lens, but I thought he > was wrong. > > > > Can I just replace the lens? Or do I have to replace the whole > headlight? > If so, would that be this (from Bus Depot website): > > > > > > > Headlight <http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255941105A> > Assembly > > Low-Beam (Outer), Left, 86-91 Vanagon > > $113.93 > > 255941105A > > > > And if so (Ron, are you reading??), does that include the > attachment and > alignment hardware as well? > > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > Joy > > > > > > **************************************************************** > > Joy Hecht > > now living in a real house in northern Virginia > > and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon > > now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years > > lugging Joy and her stuff around... > > > > For musings about life and the vanadventures: > > http://www.joyhecht.net > > > > **************************************************************** > > > >
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