

| Subject: | Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw |
| From: | John Meeks |
| Date: | Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:43:09 -0400 |
Two words...... Roger Sisler.
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John Meeks
'91 Multivan
Northern Michigan
Vanagon Rescue Squad
www.vanagonauts.com
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm missing one of the tail light assembly mounting screws so I paid a
> visit to my friendly ACE Hardware to see if I could find one. I was
> poking through the fasteners section when a red-vested sales associate
> approached and asked if he could help me find something.
>
> I handed him the screw.
>
> "That's just a sheet metal screw," he said.
>
> I told him I had reason to believe it's metric.
>
> He snorted and picked up a #12 SMS and tried to match the threads. They
> were too coarse. He looked at the screw.
>
> "You're not going to find a metric sheet metal screw."
>
> "Someone did -- you're holding it," I pointed out, helpfully.
>
> He handed it back. I've come home empty-handed.
>
> So -- I need one. Or eight in stainless. Any ideas?
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
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