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• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:06:55 -0500
  ...It is best to carry a 19mm impact socket and breaker bar with you. You can pick one up for cheap at your local...
• Re: Urgent!! Anyone know what size the axel nit is?!?!?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 17:44:31 -0400
  ...The rear axel nuts are rusted on tight. > I need to know what size socket to get so I can use my neighbors impact...
• Transaxel tool
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 07:28:46 -0600
  ...and no one has a 17mm allen socket, or even a 17mm allen wrench.  Then Harbor Freight comes to mind, but I also...
• Re: licence plate lights
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:54:49 -0800
  ...If the tail lites work it's probably corrosion on the sockets or bad contact with the bulbs." Ken. Friday is tomorrow! But thanks...
• Gearbox drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:58:14 +0100
  Can anyone tell me if this likely to blanked off as standard, Does not seem to be a female hex socket, but a plain...
• Re: Electrical problem--Parking lights, side markers and rear markers not working on '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:50:45 -0400
  ...Both sockets corroded. Side marker not receiving voltage. Front parking light receiving voltage. Socket and bulb replaced on front right parking/directional light. Directional...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:54:10 -0400
  ...This keeps everything under control and avoids putting bending stress on the socket and on the spindle (which is usually hardened, and hence very...
• RE: Rear axle nut. Uuugh!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 9:51:36 -0500 (EST)
  ...We use a set of 3/4 drive sockets of the sizes we need and not a whole set. Just in case we come...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:03:10 -0400
  ...Something of the completist in me hungers for that 23 mm socket. Finding one is harder than finding something that uses it. :) On Jun...
• Re: Strong dual USB?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:33:01 -0400
  Hi Neil, I actually have a usb with volt meter near the 12 volt socket. I have used the usb and a second adaptor...
• Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:42:00 -0700
  ...Not sure if a standard cig socket would >handle higher input amps. Maybe other type of socket? (though cig >socket would be handy as...
• Re: Fog Light wire fire, help!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 00:07:58 -0700
  The more I think about it, the more I think that you must have a different switch/socket than the Projektzwo diagram assumes. The...
• Re: How to tighten up the cig lighter socket?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:49:53 -0500
  ...What you are experiencing is the difference between a DIN sized cigar lighter socket and an SAE one. The SAE size, used by most...
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 18:40:13 -0800
  ...They use 12v DC to spin a flywheel that engages the socket after they have spun-up to whatever the manufacturer determines is full...
• Re: Quick and dirty headlight buzzer for 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 06:00:57 -0500
  ...Insert the copper on the positive lead > partway into the S20 socket and plug the fuse back in so the copper > is trapped between...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 01:42:08 -0500
  ...That's the socket, not the relay. They needed a ground-driven socket but only had a positive-driven one so they cheated with...
• Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:11 -0400
  ...At the rear end of the accelerator cable installation (85 automatic) there is a snap on (ball & socket) union. It seems to me that...
• Re: Replacing shoft lever bushing/seal with transmission installed?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 07:40:09 -0700
  ...The shift linkage of the later 091/1 ends at this ball/socket joint and a metal plate with 2 bolts attaches the linkage...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:54:39 -0800
  ...Seriously, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19 mm combination wrenches and sockets, spark plug socket and extension, 6 and 17 mm allen wrenches, 6...
• Re: 46mm rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Sun, 1 Aug 2004 19:38:57 -0400
  46MM is the size of the socket for the rear nut to take out the stub axel do you need a socket for that...
• Re: Headlight Failure
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:15:48 EDT
  In a message dated 9/27/05 6:04:13 AM, RAlanen@AOL.COM writes: << Kevin, most likely the pigtail sockets have gotten overheated...
• Re: 2nd Idle Stablizer?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Miskow
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 18:56:00 -0400
  To those who know, I have a 86 Westi, there is a second bay or socket behind ( or infront towards the front of the...
• Re: Strange hole in dash
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:47:01 EST
  ...There is a guy on E-bay inthe UK who sells the plugs for your socket steve...
• Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Sun, 8 May 2016 22:11:13 +0000
  ...Ironically, I may well have that socket albeit in a 12 point version. I see a trip to KMS tools soon. They have a...
• Re: free toolbox with vw purchase
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:59:00 -0700
  ...We already have: > > Pressure tester with the vanagon adaptor,screw right onto the resivoir > bottle.. > All the usual wrenches,sockets,fluke meter,timing light...
• Axle Rebuild Notes
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD (laptop)
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:23:25 -0800
  ...Here is where the BIG hammer and the 46mm Socket comes in handy. Use the 46mm socket as a tubular driver and drive it...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:45:14 -0500
  ...Feel the long extension and 13mm socket over the top of the engine from behind. You'll be able to either feel the nut...
• Re: Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 08:23:54 -0400
  ...I replaced mine with a socket from a FLAPS many years ago. I had to use a large washer around the front to mount...
• Re: Rear axle nut. Uuugh!
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 18:13:25 -0600 (CST)
  ...The third person (me) would beat on the breaker bar/cheater pipe combo right by the socket with a 10 lb hammer. One or...
• silver socket plug..Re: missing a hole in my vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:05:40 EST
  ...camper to have the euro outlet for the acessory 12v "silver socket" plug. it was on all 74-84 westfalias. this plug can be...
• RE: Flywheel removal question
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 06 Oct 1995 16:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Then any 3/4" 36mm socket (46 mm for bus axle nut), and she either comes off or breaks off. :) To hold the flywheel...
• Re: Left-hand mirror
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:20:17 -0800
  ...Whilst tightening the nut, there's a good chance at some point you'll be pulling the threaded stud out of the socket (it...
• Re: Rear axle replacement advice
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 25 May 2014 21:41:20 -0700
  ...socket or 6 mm XZN (aka triple square) socket (depending on which fasteners you have) to remove the CV bolts, a 6� socket extension...
• Re: side mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:32:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...By tightening this nut (hold mirrow securely and use a socket) you can reduce the play. Its really a kind of ball and socket...
• Re: Final Drive Allen Size
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:48:56 -0400
  17mm you can get a purpose built socket tool like this; http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ACC%2DC10%2D7165 or find a...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:45:47 -0700
  ...Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available? I just now put one in from napa part#(782-1600) with the green light ring . It was...
• Re: CV clean & repack questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:46:53 -0500
  Be shure that you purchase new socket head screws to install the new CVs. If anyone has ever been in there to replace the...
• Re: Tools....
  Historical mailing list - Terry
  Thu, 24 May 2001 11:35:16 -0500
  Take a trip to your local Sears store, and get a set of metric open end wrenches, and a set of sockets. The best...
• Re: WTB Heat shield for stove lid
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:01:45 EDT
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, jefferrata@YAHOO.COM writes: << Oh, and that little mysterious silver socket on the dashboard? Pencil sharpener. >> i like that one :<) chris
• Re: Hole in floor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 04:29:32 EST
  ...the ASI's had the cheezy american conversion van style tables, which mount into a socket cut into the floor.. we had a '86...
• Re: Trivia question early vanagon Electrical
  Historical mailing list - Edmund Hintz
  Mon, 5 May 2025 18:16:22 -0700
  ...On 5/5/25 5:31 PM, madvws wrote: > For 30 years here on the List we have called it the "silver socket" and...
• Re: rear westy storage- was OEM alloy wheel lug nut torque
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:51:38 -0600
  "That's why I have a 6 point socket on a breaker bar, the socket will hold and 'me' bouncing on the end of...
• Solved: Headlight Warning Buzzer needed.
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:08:00 -0700
  ...By poking around on the relay block I was able to find an empty socket that was tied to the headlight/running light circuit...
• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:25:41 EST
  ...are u sure its the "silver socket" that is mounted on the inboard side of the pass seat pedestal, and not just a regular...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:14:32 -0600
  ...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: Hall Sender connector socket - replace part/whole?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:29:11 -0700
  ...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: 12 Volt Outlet - Source?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:37:23 -0700
  ...KG6RCR Jim Felder wrote: > Harbor Freight has a plug that goes into your lighter socket with two > good-quality sockets in the module. No...
• Re: stripped oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:47:37 -0600
  I've always been a bit puzzled as to why they even sell many 12 point sockets. Yes, they fit square bolts & nuts. Did...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:24:55 -0800
  ...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: FYI.. oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:51:09 -0700
  ...The OEM plug has a smaller base and leaves room for a thick socket
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 19:36:51 -0400
  You could find a socket that is just a bit bigger than the Allen bolt. Pound it over it to remove. Another way is...
• Re: Rear Wheel Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Rey Wood
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 21:24:22 -0400
  ...shaped bottom half that fits into the hole in the rim while the top half will fit into a 19mm socket to be unscrewed!
• Re: multiple questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 11:50:14 EST
  ...How do you "accidentally" stick your key in the silver socket.....? DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:29:32 -0400
  ...Getta breaker bar and 19mm(?) socket and a genuine VW scissors jack from The Bus Depot, http://busdepot.com/asp/ResultsSpecials.asp?VehCod=F...
• rear axle nut size?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:08:48 -0500
  Anyone know the correct socket size for the rear axle nut? It appeared to be 1 3/4", but that is just a hair...
• Re: O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:11:35 -0500
  ...It takes a 21 mm wrench (or deep, deep > socket), correct? (Or wasit 22???)
• Re: Wheel stud problem
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:42:27 -0500
  I just use a 19mm deep impace socket & a breaker bar... haven't rounded any lugs (yet)! At 10:21 PM 10/30/2006...
• Re: Tail light woes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:50:50 -0400
  ...When you look at the bottom of the bulb socket, there's a piece > of curved flexible metal. Clean it with sandpaper and around...
• Status: vw foglight switch kit ZVW 123 251
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:08:06 -0600
  ...They eagerly substituted the kit with the three position switch by itself; no bulb and no socket. When I went to pick up the...
• Re: Fluttering Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:50:26 EST
  ...Also, I recall cleaning the end of the cable and the speedo input socket then applying some Lubriplate (light-bodied, white lithium grease used...