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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: ilikevwdiesel on June 21, 2011, 01:38:26 pm

Title: Caddy tailgate hardware
Post by: ilikevwdiesel on June 21, 2011, 01:38:26 pm
anyone ever found the retainer clips that hold the rods onto the lever that actuates the release mechanism on a caddy tailgate? the part number is 179 829 527 VW tells me it is no longer available.



was that a run on sentence? lol
Title: Re: Caddy tailgate hardware
Post by: 81 vw pu on June 21, 2011, 05:19:46 pm
I use these on mine, seem to do the job and cheap too!!!
Can't remember the size though, found at most autoparts stores and some hardware stores.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=580386
Title: Re: Caddy tailgate hardware
Post by: ilikevwdiesel on June 21, 2011, 05:25:01 pm
I use these on mine, seem to do the job and cheap too!!!
Can't remember the size though, found at most autoparts stores and some hardware stores.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=580386
wow that's awesome thanks. do you have a part number by any chance?

OOOPS never mind I see it 118040 duh...
Title: Re: Caddy tailgate hardware
Post by: 81 vw pu on June 21, 2011, 06:39:06 pm
I use these on mine, seem to do the job and cheap too!!!
Can't remember the size though, found at most autoparts stores and some hardware stores.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=580386
wow that's awesome thanks. do you have a part number by any chance?

OOOPS never mind I see it 118040 duh...
Not sure if the one pictured is the correct size or not, they also come in LH or RH.
I found mine in some old carb linkage stuff I had laying around.
Title: Re: Caddy tailgate hardware
Post by: ilikevwdiesel on June 21, 2011, 06:46:56 pm
NAPA carries dorman stuff I'll try them.
Title: Re: Caddy tailgate hardware
Post by: Quantum TD on June 21, 2011, 09:44:43 pm
I'll check Parts on Demand. Some dealers are lazy and won't tell you if another dealer has it. They usually only check to see if one of the warehouses has it. It could be obsolete, yet one dealer could have 50 of them.

Scratch that. None left anywhere.