| volk263 |
Wed Nov 26, 2025 5:33 pm |
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| Does anybody know what size the screws are in the snow flake tail light bulb holders that the wiring goes into. Mine are missing, thanks in advance. |
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| Eric&Barb |
Wed Nov 26, 2025 8:10 pm |
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Not right off the top of our heads.
Any decent hardware store that has that fastener aisle, should have those thread gauge or at worst try several sizes and threads out of the metric section screws. |
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| finster |
Thu Nov 27, 2025 3:59 am |
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I found this from another thread which suggests m4 x 8
johnshenry wrote: Here is a table of all of the electrical HW specs (sorry for the un-formatting):
Location Shank (mm) Length (mm) Head (all slotted)
Dome light (early split, '51) 3 5 Pan
Gauge illumination lights 2.5 5 Cheese
Oil and gen warning lights 2.5 5 Cheese
Split dash pod headlight switch 3.5 6 Pan
Split dash pod wiper/interior light switch 3.5 6 Pan
Split dash pod ignition switch 3.5 6 Pan
Wiper motor, 6volt, non-parking 3 5 Cheese
Oil pressure switch (sender) 4 5 Cheese
Late oval SWF flasher 3.5 6 Pan
Headlight socket, early bayonet base 4 8 Cheese
Starter Solenoid 5 8 Cheese .8 pitch
Wiper base set screw 4.5 4 Set screw .75 pitch
"D" Regulator 4 6 Cheese
Taillights, '55-'61 4 8 Cheese
Headlight switch Oct '52-'57 3.5 6 Pan
I buy all my metric HW at mcmaster.com, they have that size, but you have to buy 100 of them.... |
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| volk263 |
Thu Nov 27, 2025 7:30 am |
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| Thank You Finster This should be a start of a hardware sticky thread. I always see the N1***** part number but can't find what size it translates to. |
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| Käfer2 |
Thu Nov 27, 2025 9:43 am |
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volk263 wrote: I always see the N1***** part number but can't find what size it translates to.
https://www.volkswagen-classic-parts.com/catalogues/Kaefer-1971/html5.html#/2
-> "Hauptgruppe 0: Zubehör" is your friend
or Main Group 0 - "ST: Standard Parts" / "Normteile" in "Parts Book" / "Parts Manual" here:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/type1.php |
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