Lucky you. The two times I went into a Fastenal looking for small quantities, I was SOL. Had to buy the whole package.



Andy

I think the guy at the counter messed up - They made the branch buy 1000 of them, but the branch let me buy individuals



So don't go to Fastenal expecting individual e-clips, I guess.

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

The carbon steel ones should be actually stronger than the stainless, just less resistant to rust.

?? "E" clip? only thing I ever called them were Jezus clips...


you know...

what do you say out loud as they go "sproing" and dissappear?




Jezus!!!#&()@%&$()#)@#)%$&*)

heh heh...

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My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

That's pretty mild compared to what I was saying as I went through a $4 box of English sized ones

I know what you mean!


jt20 - maybe, but the OEM part was an eclip, and after finding out what happens when that one little part fails (full throttle) I decided to go with the e-clip. I am a bit concerned that the only metric eclips I could get were carbon-steel rather than stainless, but hopefully they are strong enough. I am not too worried about the carbon-steel rusting under the hood!

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

Wouldn't a spring clip with the right width have worked also?

http://images.google.com/images?ndsp=20&um=1&hl=en&q=spring+retainer+clip&start=80&sa=N

3rd row down, 2nd image from left

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Yeah, I took a looka t what you were referring to. I wouldn't mess around either. Good call.

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good ol' Fastenal. founded in my hometown.

they dont really cater to the everyday individual average joe. but they do have some cool/hard to find stuff.


"Yep. I just went out and measured it. 8mm. Reminds me that there was none on my car when I bought it. I used a 5/16 E clip. It works but it ain't right.
From Mcmaster-Carr

Part Number: 98543A115 $6.30 per Pack of 100"

Does that mean you now have about 90 for sale??

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1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

Nope, I just looked it up on their website. Mine still has a 5/16" on it. Will fix it with the right one but got to fix the tranny so I can drive it first.