Date:         Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:45:43 -0600
Reply-To:     Gregor Brandt <gbrandt@MARIONETTE.CA>
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From:         Gregor Brandt <gbrandt@MARIONETTE.CA>
Subject:      Re: headlight alignment parts,
              headlight replacement   -  RON SALMON, please read!
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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
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************
>
>
>
>