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• Re: Heatshrink wire connectors
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 15:52:57 -0400
  I generally do the shrinking with a butane cigarette lighter. Come nearby from two or three directions until there is enough shrinkage or melting...
• Re: CDN Tire Inverter questions
  Historical mailing list - John Erickson
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:49:18 -0700
  ...CDN Tire Inverter questions > Beginning this Saturday CDN Tire is selling a 300W inverter for 1/2 price > = CDN$24.99 (Lighter > plug or...
• Re: [Syncro] Berg Vs Pauter Ratio Rockers: comments please!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:49:53 -0800
  ...For > racing applications, lighter is a factor since there > is less mass to accelerate. > > Advantage: Berg The "lighter = better acceleration" is not limited to...
• Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:29:56 -0400
  ...They already come with an controller to prevent overcharging of the battery, plus all sorts of connectors to either plug into a cigarette lighter...
• Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:16:19 -0500
  ...wrote: > Hell why not helium for lower rolling resistance? Or hydrogen, even > lighter. This is my Vanagon, I've named it Hindenberg... > > George/ATL
• Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mund
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:07:22 -0600
  84 wolfy Westy Last fall I blew fuse #8 (interior lights, cig lighter, and stop lights), now when I try to replace the fuse...
• Silver Socket male plug
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:46:27 -0800
  ...Bosch part # 0 352 321 001 Its a nice plug and fits solidly into the socket (much better than a cig lighter adapter). alistair
• Re: NEW Fiberglass bumpers and side moulding prices ..from the VW dealer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:00:48 +1300
  >Carbon is lighter and stronger but I'm not exactly sure if the benefits out >weigh the costs. The minimal mass-saving would be...
• Re: Lighter plug in dash a big joke...
  Historical mailing list - tolga
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:37:17 -0500
  Hahaha. This is great! For years I've been wondering where these damn FLAPs stores were before finally deciding to ask. Thanks to all...
• Re: Multi gas detector location
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:38:08 -0700
  CO is only slightly lighter than air and diffuses pretty evenly. For home use detectors should ideally be at 5 feet, but homes are...
• Re: VW Solar Panel
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 31 May 2002 14:48:39 -0400
  ...VW Solar Panel > ok, but how does that work? plug it into the cig lighter socket and it > charges the battery? > > bill > > > On Friday...
• Re: Mystery switch in centre of dash
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:42:20 -0500
  That 3/4" thing sounds like a cigar lighter that is pushed all the way in and probably has a blown fuse so it...
• Re: removing duct tape from paint..ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:00:00 -0500
  Naphtha (Ronsonol lighter fluid) works. It even states on the label, "Excellent for removing labels, tar, grease & oil stains". Mike JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote...
• Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:28:06 -0500
  ...Does the unit stay on when the key is removed from the van? If so, the cigarette lighter that the unit is plugged into...
• Re: Cigarette lighter Outlet voltage
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 07:11:56 -0500
  ...about 13.1 to 13.3 volts in the > dashboard cigarette lighter plug. Compared to my other more modern > vehicle (2012 Ford Edge with...
• Re: Vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:27:15 -0400
  ...to give up passenger and military airplanes and go back to lighter-than-air craft. Check the energy density per pound and per gallon...
• Re: heated seats
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 05:17:04 EST
  ...It plugs into the cigarette lighter and has a switch which senses weight on it. My wife likes it a lot. I'm sure...
• Re: Gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:23:41 -0500
  ...Try heating the key with a lighter. Then put it in the cap and let it sit for 10 seconds, then try to turn...
• Re: Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 09:22:53 -0500
  ...ROBERTANDERSON294@comcast.net >> wrote: > >> I need to install a new cigarette lighter for my GPS unit and I'm >> wondering if this is just...
• Re: Dash control lights question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:10:32 -0400
  At 17:02 7/8/99 -0400, Ssittservl@aol.com wrote: >On the other hand, the cigarette lighter has a special lighted >green ring...
• 12 Volt Outlet - Source?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:03:07 -0800
  ...All of the outlets I've found online are designed to plug into the existing cigarette lighter. An archive search did not answer this...
• what's the extra battery for?
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 00:06:10 -0400
  ...Also, there's a cigarette lighter outlet below the passenger seat on the side. Is this something that anyone's heard of before as...
• Wacko Wiring & Snow ?
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 15:57:19 -0400
  ...So I pulled out my Radio Shack walkie talkie style CB, slapped the antenna on, plugged the CB in the lighter socket and got...
• Re: Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 08:01:35 -0700
  ...7:54 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Wanted something lighter than my previous and with no trailer hitch. Trying to mimic the...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:49:16 -0400
  ...coil that is engaged until the solenoid almost completes its stroke; then the holding function is taken over by a lighter coil. Yrs, d
• Stripes?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:03:16 -0700
  ...go it I've thought about a subtle (close color but lighter/darker) stripe running in the grove that runs the length of the...
• FS-85 Vanagon- $1000
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:18:48 +0000
  ...85 Vanagon very clean body, 90,000 miles all service records and well maintained (by dealer I believe) Lighter blue color, gray seats with...
• Re: cigarette lighter hole.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:51:18 EDT
  In a message dated 4/14/01 1:51:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jhayden@THERIVER.COM writes: > . Does anyone know of an adapter...
• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:12:53 -0600
  on 2/8/06 3:53 PM, Mike Collum at collum@verizon.net wrote: > Steve, > > Do the cigarette lighter assemblies come with the lighted...
• Re: more anti theft tips
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:05:18 -0500
  ...We wired the cigarette lighter as a kill switch by running a ground wire to the ignition coil. When you parked it, you could...
• Re: auxiliary battery power to cab?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 8 May 2011 23:07:56 -0700
  ...The modified circuit powers the cig lighter and 4 X led festoon lamps, from the aux battery, in through E3. The cig lighter is...
• Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:25:59 -0600
  ...replaced without removing the dash? Lastly, I got a new cigarette lighter socket(with green illumination). Mine is a little loose. Can this be...
• Re: Will my alternator survive a TV VCR combo?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:55:38 -0700
  ...Will my alternator survive a TV VCR combo? > > > Keith, > Well, it is a good sign that the TV set comes with a cigarette lighter...
• Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:42:48 -0700
  ...just last night. > > If I were to set up solar, I'd install a cig lighter socket to accept > > input from either a battery...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:00:14 -0700
  ...IIRC, it was the wire to cig lighter light bulb. In hindsight I have to wonder if time/wear and possibly poor design of...
• Re: EXPERTISE NEEDED! oil pressure woes con't. part 4
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:48:12 EST
  ...to the big, raggy 2.1...the 2.1's have lighter valves too..as the stroke went up that relation to the valve...
• Power Outlet (Cigarette Lighter) Rotating
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:14:57 -0500
  ...http://www.autobarn.net/xxx8714series.html ) that plugs into the 12v Cigarette lighter outlet. It is great so my soon-to-be-ex-wife...
• Re: Any good car vacs out there?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:04:21 -0400
  I keep a small whisk broom. Lighter, cheaper, gets the job done. Chris > Wiadomość napisana przez PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> w dniu 18.06...
• Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
  Historical mailing list - Shawn MacDonald
  Mon, 1 Feb 2016 20:40:48 +0000
  Blue Sea Systems dual USB is a great replacement. Puts out enough current to charge 2 iPads. And with a USB to mini it...
• 12V Circuit Breaker
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 10:26:05 -0400
  I test my electrical work and 12V devices using a jump starter battery and a cigarette lighter plug with two alligator clips attached. The...
• Dash light short
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:19:46 -0500
  ...instrument cluster go out. (The lights on the heater control, cig lighter, remain lit). Then a couple hours later they work again for a...
• Re: Flashing Coolant light when cell phone plug into cig lighter
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:52:29 -0400
  Hm, that's funny/not funny... Mine does the same thing, but just ALL the TIME!!! I hadn't asked yet because I hadn...
• Re: aluminum or brass radiater-- which is best?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 20 May 2005 23:36:00 +1200
  ...by various MFR at the time most changed to aluminum > >1. lighter >2. cheaper >3. forms easier >4. more corrosion resistant (with proper coolant...
• Re: What is the recommended oil weight for northeast winter?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 09:06:00 -0800
  ...If I was late to change to the lighter weight I would put a portable heater/fan in a cardboard box under the engine...
• Re: Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:15:32 -0600
  For whatever reason, though, I feel that my 83 has a much lighter--even 911-like, as one member put it--handling than my...
• Re: loose cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:30:22 -0700
  ...loose cigarette lighter > Just did this the other day. I used a > dremel tool to slice through the bit of > green plastic that held...
• Re: 12V meter with USB and cigar lighter outlets
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:25:30 -0500
  ...I put a cigar lighter outlet on the cabinet wall at the rear of >> > > the fridge cabinet. Near the little square grille for fridge...
• Re: Inverter at Radio Shack
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 20:12:14 -0500
  ...The hard part to understand is how a 300 watt inverter can be expected to work with a cigarette lighter plug. In the VW...
• Re: Woah! Didn't see that coming!
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Fri, 31 May 2013 19:44:50 -0700
  ...Prepping for my trip tomorrow, I took out this cell charger that I bought that fits into the cigarette lighter to test it out...
• 12V power inverter ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:58:36 -0600
  ...Wondering if I can power my HP 1020 printer with a off-brand 75W power inverter through the cig lighter. I'm not an...
• anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:28:19 EDT
  ...its like a little frige, but its portable like a cooler..runs off 12v household current or you can use the cigarette lighter adapter...
• Re: 215's fitting in the spare tire compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:15:21 -0400
  ...if I let about half the air out of it - I carry a >portable, cig lighter compressor so it's easy to pump it...
• Re: stupid refig. question-newbie on the frig
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 2 May 2005 09:33:28 -0700
  ...Then start clicking the lighter button before next pushing in the safety button but keep clicking the lighter or you can flood it again...
• Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ogul
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:20:31 -0400
  Has anyone tried using a minifridge (the kind they sell for dorm rooms etc.) pluggged into an inverter off the cigarette lighter. This seems...
• Re: Advantages vs. disadvantage of alloy rims
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 21:14:24 EST
  ...s of alloy rather than steel rims. >> Alloys tend to be lighter and more fancy, if that is your goal. Steel tends to be...
• Re: 6 million dollar question of the day!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:37:54 -0400
  ...I'll take my 6 million in Syncro parts please (it'll be lighter that way). Angus 86 Syncro ======================================== Angus Gordon Delta, Ohio
• Re: Toyota?? - RE: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:57:31 +1300
  ...Now, where's >my BBQ lighter.. he he.. > >Chris. Aargh!! You meanie... but a kind listee sent me your home address... I don't...
• Re: Fresh air fan enhancements?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:32:01 -0700
  ...allow you to drive > with the windows rolled up? > > (a solution other than a 12v cigarette lighter powered fan on top of the dash) >
• Re: The mysterious 'Silver Socket'
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:44:32 -0400
  ...Nothing much to see, just a matte natural finished steel > socket about half the diameter of the standard cigarette lighter > socket. If you're...
• Re: Doing another rear aluminum bumper
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 08:19:20 -0700
  ...you do have talent ! ! On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 7:54 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Wanted something lighter than my...