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Subject:Re: A Request
From:John Rodgers
Date:Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:38:06 -0500

I only need that one.

I have four head light assemblies and that one is broken on every one of
them.

John

Stephen Grisanti wrote:
> I have some spares and will check to see if one is for that position.
>
> Stephen
>
> --- On *Sat, 7/4/09, John Rodgers /<inua@CHARTER.NET>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>     Subject: A Request
>     To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>     Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 12:21 PM
>
>     As most of us know by now, some of the headlight adjustment parts have
>     become NLA, and that is beginning ot pose an aggravating problem -
>     trying to keep our lighting adjusted and keep the lamps from just
>     flopping around up front.
>
>     The one most problematic at the moment is the upper outboard
>     adjuster -
>     the horizontal adjuster - on the outboard light fixture.
>     I am going to attempt to make duplicates of the plastic insert that
>     snaps into the lamp fixture frame. If this works, all one would
>     need do
>     would be to take the old broken one out, remove the screw, snap
>     the new
>     insert into place and put the adjusting screw back in the new insert.
>
>     What I need is an unbroken insert for that upper, outside lamp
>     adjuster.
>     I have materials on hand to make a mold and a few of these, if I
>     can get
>     my hands on the insert in question. I would use my own, but my rig's
>     lighting  is currently held together with chewing gum and baling wire
>     more or less - far from satisfactory, but for the moment it works. If
>     any one has one of these that is intact and would  lend it out,   it
>     would be much appreciated. I will return it or like kind. I know how
>     precious these things are getting to be.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     John Rodgers
>     88 GL Driver
>
>