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• more on silver sockets
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 09:38:03 -0800
  ...I"m thinking it might be the source for the famouse silver sockets? :) -- OK Thing trivia masters I just came upon several NOS (I...
• Re: Flywheel Bolts, Blue Wrench
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:15:41 -0700
  ...Then using a 6 point impact wrench socket and your breaker bar, the long one that unca joel annoys the hornets with, do the...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2016 16:22:23 -0500
  The problem I was having was that box would go all the way down flush with the socket, but when I let go it...
• Re: Rear Axle Nut ~Man that's big!!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:04:10 -0700
  At 7/28/2012 10:58 PM,Rob wrote: >http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200390670_200390670 >for the 46mm socket if a...
• Re: Upper Control Arm, hex key size
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 5 May 2008 23:43:18 -0700
  There is just enough room to get a 3/8" allen socket in there on a ratchet.� The 1/2" drive socket is too...
• Re: Headlamps, adjusters and connecting wires
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 15:20:39 -0700
  ...Also, removing the headlamp, I broke the bulb socket. I have a new socket and the wires all trimmed and ready to connect the...
• Re: that little light behind the heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:03:39 EST
  ...I usually take a standard mini bulb that was meant to push into a socket, straighten out the two leads then fit in the...
• Is this wire/socket any good?
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:38:05 -0500
  ...It has a small round socket with a couple of pins in it that fastens (on mine) to a convenient place on the side...
• Re: Bosch #72137 oil filter question (have searched archives....)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:09:49 -0700
  On Aug 23, 2006, at 2:42 PM, neil wrote: > > I remember reading in archives of 24 mm deep sockets > when researching tools. Can...
• Re: Extra tailight in spare socket?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:04:52 -0400
  ...I removed the lenses and noticed an extra socket, which I >>assume >>is for the Euro foglamp. This socket has no 'springy' power connector...
• Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:24:18 -0700
  ...OK, what size socket do I need. Geeeez, this thing measures 45mm! (clatter of sockets being pushed around in the toolbox) I don't...
• Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:18:36 -0600
  ...I also got the 12-point box-end wrench, with about a 10" handle along with the socket. The combination works well I think...
• Re: Lug nut stripped - back from Sears
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:26:44 -0500
  Best tool for getting lug nuts off is a real 1/2 drive breaker bar and a good 6 point socket of the correct...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:26:54 -0300
  James, I went searching on-line and found that Sears (craftsman) and Snap-on, both offer 1/4" flex sockets ... no one around here...
• Re: More Tailight Glow
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:09:18 -0400
  ...Personally I've used regular stop/tail light dual filament bulbs in the tail light socket and it is noticibly brighter as it burns...
• Craftsman tools (was: Spring clip pliers)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 07 Mar 1996 11:30:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I also like Craftsman sockets because they are thin-walled and >allow you to get a socket over bolts that are real close to...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:26:43 -0400
  >>I think you get a real appreciation for the breaker bar/socket AFTER >>the 4 way or stock lug nut tool did not work...
• Re: 2 Qs: source for multimeter US 1119; size of plug for man.
  Historical mailing list - Leavitt
  Wed, 12 Mar 1997 23:55:07 -0500
  ...wrench > >or is it a special hex head socket or adapter? > 17 mm hex head socket I used the 'big bolt with two nuts...
• 02 sensor, help needed
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:46:23 -0500
  ...If that won't work use a 7/8" 6point deepwell impact socket with a long 1/2" breaker bar. Rick Sherrod kdf_cars...
• Re: Wrench Size Inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 11:43:00 -0600
  ...You might be able to put a 17 mm nut part way into the plug and turn it with a socket. Larry 91 GL...
• Re: Side mirrors blow in
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 21 May 2002 19:15:25 -0700
  >Also, I like the idea someone on the list had about using a cutter to >score lines in the ball-socket surface(s), giving...
• Re: Tranny Hex Drain Plug - What size??
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:11:21 -0800
  try the 17mm socket tool with a 17mm open end wrench worked for me, be real careful with the threads backing out and reinstalling...
• FS:Round headlight buckets for SA conversion or replacement part.
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:55:38 EST
  ...these have the replaceable H3/H4 style socket. and a lower socket for the parking light integrated in the headlight for Euro-spec lighting...
• Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:35:56 -0700
  I could have been wrong about the socket size of the TypeII/Vanagon axle nut. From my days selling foreign auto parts, I recall...
• Re: Hall Sender connector socket - replace part/whole?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:12:26 -0500
  ...on the distributor ('89 2.1 WBX) has a > cracked connector socket. Since the whole connector is held in place with a > zip tie...
• Re: drilling out axle bolts
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:38:02 -0600
  ...I would purchase a 12pt socket that is marginally larger than the stripped head. Put the socket on an extension and place it in...
• Fwd: Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - dbeierl
  Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:59:05 -0500
  ...Now that you know how easy it is to get it wrong, especially in a non-solid socket like the Hella, swap the leads...
• Re: Rear Axle Housing Bolts: Use shallow O2 Socket?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:57:12 -0700
  ...NAPA or my FLAPS I equate Snapon with $$ but might be less than a set of O2 sockets. I'd rather keep the tool...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:19:13 -0800
  ...No need to jumper the FP relay socket and really you shouldn't since this turning the dizzy test will trigger the FP relay...
• Re: AC jack location on 1982 Adventure Wagon
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:35:48 -0800
  ...The socket is sunk into the rear underside boxy area. There is a flip-down cover to protect socket from the elements. Garrett Adams...
• Re: Strange hole in dash
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:17:37 EST
  ...http://secure.mycart.net/catalogs/categoryindex.asp?category=76001 I have a few new socket items added including a plug that fits both the...
• Flasher Relay Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Bob Turnbull
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:47:11 +1030
  I have a mobile phone handsfree which plugs into the lighter socket, to provide phone charging and speakerphone. This works fine in my other...
• Re: Detailed list of what size sockets/wrenches/tools do you carry??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:13:00 -0700
  ...Detailed list of what size sockets/wrenches/tools do you > carry?? > > >> Hi Chuck: >> I have been asking that same question of the various lists...
• Re: Where do you mount your gauges?
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 07:27:53 -0500
  ...To torque or remove, I did have to > > take a die grinder to a > > cheap socket and reduce the wall thickness of the > > socket...
• Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:25:35 +0000
  ...Get a socket large enough for the piston pin to fit inside, yet small enough on the outside to fit in the block opening...
• Re: Electrical Questions for Headlights and Dual Battery (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:54:09 -0500
  ...isolating the battery and discharging only the cigarette lighter socket located under the passenger's seat that the electric fridge plugs into? I plan...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:22:59 -0500
  ...6mm-21mm 3/8" drive > > Deep Sockets (3/8" drive): 9mm-19mm, 21mm > > Large Sockets (1/2" drive): 27mm, 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, 36mm > > Torque...
• Re: Tool for fan temp switch removal?
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 17:52:51 -0700
  ...Its in a fairly inaccessable spot so it seems that a socket needs to be used. I took the switch to Sears and 2...
• How do you remove the struts from the hatch of a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Lopez
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:25:09 -0700
  ...I managed to remove the end with the rubber socket and the clip, it's the OTHER end I'm trying to remove. I...
• EuroVan Camper - 12 volt outlet
  Historical mailing list - Rick Williams
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 20:05:48 -0700
  ...All seemed logical, however, on inspection the socket doesn't look like anything I've seen before. At first I thought it was a...
• Urgent!! Anyone know what size the axel nit is?!?!?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 16:13:34 -0500
  ...I need to know what size socket to get so I can use my neighbors impact tool. This brake job has been h*ll...
• Re: CV axel repair
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:13:21 -0400
  ...outs (not the regular bolt outs as they don't accept socket wrenches or extensions). Sears item #00952165000 Mfr. model #52165 http://www.sears...
• Re: free toolbox with vw purchase
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:16:25 -0500
  ...We already have: > > > > Pressure tester with the vanagon adaptor,screw right onto the resivoir > > bottle.. > > All the usual wrenches,sockets,fluke meter,timing light...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 9 Jul 2016 20:03:25 -0600
  ...I found that th socket in whick the contol box fits, > > come right out with wires attached. There is a mounting block attached by...
• Re: Detailed list of what size sockets/wrenches/tools do you carry??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:19:59 -0600
  ...You'll need two three inch socket extensions and one 8 inch. Box wrenches: All of them from 7mm up to 19mm. One combination...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:32:22 -0400
  ...wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes > yes 16mm on some power steering ....... > like front engine four cylinder cars. About the only place I...
• Re: Light for synchro
  Historical mailing list - Paul Bjork
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 21:57:40 PST
  ...T or F? If >true, how is it hooked up? What I have found strange is that there are 2 other sockets for lights...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:26:44 -0500
  ...Let the glovebox flop down -- you can now reach through to the lighter socket.... this is where the memory gets fuzzy..... I think there...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:17:14 EST
  snip...""3/4" ???�� Es muy macho!!"" You want macho......I tried to use a 3/4" breaker bar and socket on my rear axle...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 10:07:38 +0000
  ...the sockets > (that's a > paste of tiny metal pieces which fills the tiny gaps between socket and screw > and prevents the socket from...
• Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:55:40 -0500
  6 point quality socket and a wobble drive extension. Need to get high quality stuff- Snap-on or similar. The wobble drive is the...
• Re: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:40:17 -0400
  ...So you may just need to clean and lube that ball and socket. Good Luck! -Dick- ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: The black hole of mystery
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:43:28 -0800
  That's the "silver socket". It's a 12V electrical outlet, like a cigarette lighter, but in a different size. Bradley Prunehead on the...
• Re: Upper Control Arm, hex key size
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 5 May 2008 20:27:46 -0700
  ...Breaker and allen socket in one end, ratchet and socket on the other - pretty zippy. On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:06 PM...
• Re: Jetta Power Supply relay questions (Vanagon conversion) PIC of wiring diagram.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:48:14 -0700
  ...The relay socket is #3, since 3 is inside the dark box that labels it. The socket has 6 pins but the relay in...
• Re: Looking for a fog light switch kit - Any vendors have one?
  Historical mailing list - DeCristoforo
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:51:29 -0800
  ...This is where VW puts in the socket for the mandatory rear fogs for many countries. You just need a socket and wire it...
• Re: westy silver socket - where to get plug?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 10:51:56 -0400
  On 7/8/06, karen d <yosemite333@hotmail.com> wrote: > Where can I get a plug for the silver socket that will convert it...
• 46mm socket for wheel bearing
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:35:32 -0500
  http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/TOOL/POR_TOOL_CAT051_pg2.htm
• Re: Hex Wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 08:11:51 -0800
  ...six-sided sockets are better than 12-sided >sockets (which is what Sears tries to sell you at first). the >six-sided ones do...
• Re: Extra socket in tail lamps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 4 Jul 2023 09:33:57 -0400
  ...If he found German tail light socket holders would the socket be wired up and ready to go? Also, I didn’t ask him...