Early tail light repair

mykillcykill · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:52 am Post subject: Early tail light repair

Looking for advice before I have to cut things up. The connectors on my early round tail lights are broken and brittle and need replacing. Does anyone sell the connectors to replace? Otherwise I was considering cutting and installing a modern connector. Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

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ToolBox · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Early tail light repair

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1412740

LED is a nice upgrade.

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matthew henricks · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Early tail light repair

FWIW you can 3D print replacements and heat staked them on. I did this and it Worked good. In the end i switched to LED.
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earlywesty · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Early tail light repair

Lind · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: Early tail light repair

late '60 - '61 taillights suck. The plastic gets brittle and breaks.

I have used '57-'60 taillights and then fold back the two tabs holding screw terminal guts in, and then put spade terminal guts from a '62-'71 taillight in it. Then I use a hose clamp to hold a ground wire to the barrel, so I get a good ground without drilling any holes. All bolt on using stock parts. (the hose clamp will not work on '61 taillights.)

The LEDs are good too.
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mykillcykill · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Early tail light repair

Thanks for the suggestions. In keeping with my normal traditions, I'll mess around with it until I get frustrated and order the LED's
Thanks again

BonTonRoulet · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: Early tail light repair

Looks like a job for a dremel tool on a Lego block to me.

easy e · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Early tail light repair

Reproduction for part no. 211945237B is also available:
https://www.customandcommercial.com/vw-split_scree...ainpicture
https://wolfgangint.com/home/1323-complete-tail-light-assembly-211945237b.html
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