what I would do then..
is go down to your friendly porsche/VW dealer parts deparment there in
Bend..
and patiently get them to look in their parts pictures until they find it.

do not call.
go in person,
be patient and babysit them through the process.
it may be NLA ..
but it also might be $ 2 max.

or ..hey ! ..someone can look it up on ETKA..then you call your VW dealer
parts dept with that part # and see what they say.

that'll work.
or ..hey ..
GTA could have a box of those ..
even though it's not really a tranmission part, and they don't work on vans
or cars there, just transmissions.

scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:48 PM
Subject: VW P/N anyone?

> Anyone know the part number for the circlip shown at the bottom of page
> 37.12? It's not a standard flat circlip, as it has a partial "cup" on it
> to catch the end of the override spring.
>
> Scott suggested stainless steel safety wire as a temporary replacement,
> and I have some, but the groove on the end of the rod into which the
> clip clips can't be much wider than 20 mils, and given how forceful that
> spring is, and how much larger the i.d. of the spring is compared with
> the thickness of any wire that could lodge in that groove, is I doubt I
> could fashion a very useful stopper for the spring from wire.
>
> I ain't pulling it off again -- in the parking lot of the hardware store
> -- in hopes of finding a suitable generic replacement, because I know
> that I'd probably (a) not find one and/or (2) lose this one when trying
> to re-install it.
>
> On account of I may be tinkering with the adjusting rod, and the loss of
> that bitty clip could spell woe for me. And I'm just the guy to lose
> it.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR