Glad you found what you needed. Those nuts were used in various places
in different models from VW. I was going to suggest the Audi dealer if 
you got desperate. I noticed they had is listed quite often in the early 
80's to mid 90's line ups. Worse case is you could have used a metric 
locking nut. It's not a high heat or a critical enough spot that a 
lower grade nut would have been an issue. Don't get me wrong though 
nothing is better than the proper OEM fastener. 
I am curious though if you have any idea when it went missing or thinking back,"that's what that noise was last month I heard while driving." 

Bill M
87 Westy " money pit"

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On May 9, 2013, at 2:05 PM, Bryan Feddish <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Nice!
> 
> Autohaus in Lancaster, PA http://www.autohaus.com/dealership.asp had a
> museum in their basement years ago. Not sure if they still do.  They were
> one of the few VW dealers that had a good stock of Vanagons and even several
> EV campers at a time when they were all still being sold.
> 
> There was something cool about staring at a mint splitty in the middle of VW
> dealership.  Too bad it didn't have the $1,800 window sticker so I could
> purchase it and finance it for 4 years. :)
> 
> Bryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: george jannini
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 1:44 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Nut Size - Found it - Saw splitty's too
> 
> Gunther VW (various locations) has collections of older VWs in showrooms,
> which seem closer to museum exhibits to me.
> 
> http://www.praxis3.com/p3/portfolio/firehouse/
> 
> Geo/ATL
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:24 PM, David Bjorkman
> <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>wrote:
> 
>> Is that a *dealership*with splitties in their showroom?  If so I am
>> shocked.  The last time I visited a VW dealership, the sales dept. all
>> came out to see my Vanagon.  They had never seen one and wanted to know
>> if it was a VW.
>> 
>> Dave B.
>> 
>> 
>> On 05/09/13, Bryan Feddish<uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for everyone's help with this one. I opted to take a long lunch and
>> drove to Garnet VW who happened to have 2 of these in stock. I'm not sure
>> if Home Depot would have had it and the drive there would not have been
>> too
>> much better. The had 2 in stock so I bought both. I was also rewarded with
>> the fact they have not 1 but 2 splitty's in their showroom along with a
>> '64
>> bug. What a nice treat.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan
>>