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Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:40:29 -0800
...Just search for vanagon cigarette lighter replacement. --t On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > While the dash is out...
Re: need help w/ cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:29:09 EST
...EARTHLINK.NET writes: > Are there any tips to getting out the cigarette lighter housing without > destroying it in the process. I've tried pushing...
Re: massive oil leak (77 camper)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 28 Sep 1994 11:17:37 -0500 (CDT)
...It's got the extension cord to the cigarette lighter and both (the cigarette lighter and the phone) are hidden in the glove compartment...
Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
Historical mailing list - Neil
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:25:38 -0800
...On 11/16/21, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > hi everybody, > > I need help on how to wire the cigarette lighter differently so...
Re: Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available?
Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:54:59 -0700
...We're all familiar with the weird VW Cigarette Lighter Sockets and how they are a little too big...does anyone know of a...
Re: 12 volt heaters?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Sep 1995 22:08:06 -0700
>I saw a tiny heater that plugged in the cigarette lighter (which isn't >used for cigarettes by anybody I can think of). Anyone...
Re: Cigarette Lighter Removal
Historical mailing list - John
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:54:34 -0400
...wrote: > > I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. Roy, Removing the lighter can be tricky. Although you...
Re: USB power?
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Fri, 9 Sep 2011 08:08:28 -0700
Yes, I hate that about cigarette lighter outlets. I'd like to find a locking connector, something like DIN 4165 (BMW/Hella/Powerlet), but...
Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:30:45 -0700
...Cigar Lighter > The stock cigar/cigarette lighter plug in is shorter than convention and > can > be a problem. Many have replaced it with a...
Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:11:49 EST
...My illuminating lights behind the heater/vent control panel and the cigarette lighter (with green ring) in my 88 Weekender went out for a...
CIGARETTE LIGHTER REMOVAL
Historical mailing list - Mark Hooper
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:16:40 EST
I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. I've tried in vain to pull the connector off...
12V cords/adapters
Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
Wed, 17 Dec 1997 08:12:33 -0800
...I need an extension cord for the cigarette lighter and I would also like a 110v AC to 12v DC adapter with a cigarette...
replacing the cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:02:03 -0400
Can anyone give me a hint on how to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash? The original no longer holds a phone charger...
Re: loose cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:30:05 -0400
...On 10/14/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > The cigarette lighter (or for the politically correct, accessory power > outlet) is loose...
Cigarette Lighter Removal
Historical mailing list - Roy O.
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:34:44 -0500
I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. I've tried in vain to pull the connector off...
Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
Sat, 17 Apr 1999 01:47:53 -0400
...been, a "moocher" of cigarettes & beer from normal folks! Can't see any rational reason to buy beer & cigarettes when I can mooch them...
Re: Dash Power outlet..?
Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:13:45 -0700
For those (like me) who have always felt the standard cigarette lighter makes a poor 12vt outlet and only became a standard because they...
FW: removing cigarette lighter redux
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 08:01:52 -0400
...removing cigarette lighter redux I am once again trying to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my 83.5 V'gon Without...
RE: Weekend Plans/No Poopie
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:39:00 -0800 (PST)
>So help me if I ever find out any of you are the kind of losers that >throw their lit cigarette butts out the...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:26:44 -0500
>I too would like to know how to get that cigarette lighter out of there. > >W. If memory serves me .... open your glove compartment...
Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:30:15 -0400
...Maas wrote: >Anyone else had problems with cigarette lighter blowing when you plug in a >computer with an inverter/adapter? I got a Mac...
Re: Q: How do we clean the headliner?
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:14:34 EDT
...Nichols wrote: >My headliner is cigarette stained ... I would like it to be squeaky clean and WHITE, not yellow.< Michael, I am certain a...
Problems with cigarette lighter?
Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:21:48 -0600
Anyone else had problems with cigarette lighter blowing when you plug in a computer with an inverter/adapter? I got a Mac adapter from...
Re: Cigarette lighter socket standard?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:34:25 -0500
At 11:13 AM 11/5/2001, Dave M wrote: >Is the cigarette lighter socket on Vanagon's a standard size? >The reason I...
power in bus for a PC (little Vanagon)
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Sun, 28 May 2000 01:57:18 EDT
...One is a power inverter that plugs into the cigarette lighter and then has a box that has a standard american 120V type plug...
Re: '91 Vanagon GL -- Where to get 12 volts for JVC radio from Crutchfield?
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:19:39 -0700
How do you want your radio ON? - with or without the ignition key ON? I think the cigarette lighter is ON with the ignition...
Re: What Is This Type Of Connector Called?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:58:55 -0700
...First, to eliminate the #@% cigarette lighter plugs for some items I use in my WEsty. But also for other applications where I use 12v...
Re: cigarette lighters -- improvement possible?
Historical mailing list - Joe Denison
Sat, 14 Mar 1998 05:22:54 -0500
Dear Gail, Don't know if this will help or not, but around here (Louisville, KY) you can find a replacement cigarette lighter socket...
Re: Mystery dash outlet '83.5 GL Westy
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
20 Jan 97 14:30:47 EST
...This is not a standard "cigarette lighter" outlet size here in the US. I called the BMW cycle dealer, as someone had mentioned, and...
Re: A "Get High Campout." What does it mean?
Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:10:43 -0800
...If I had to deal with cigarettes or drugs I would not complain, I would just leave unless there were special circumstances, like in...
Re: Cigarette Lighter Overload
Historical mailing list - Pensioner
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:25:42 -0700
My apologies for quoting the entire OED on the previous post. The usual <cntl><shift>end delete, didn't. pensioner
Re: Second Battery Question
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:16:10 EDT
<<Any suggestions on how/where to hook up the inverter to the second battery?> > When I removed my cigarette lighter to install my AC...
Re: loose cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:38:30 -0400
...T J Hannink http://www.vanagonauts.com/Cigarette-Lighter-R&R211.htm I replaced mine with a marine spec lighter socket with a black...
Re: Cigarette lighter wiring?
Historical mailing list - Mike Moon
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:23:25 -0400
Nevermind. Just had to re-word my Google search. Found it: http://www.bentleypublishers.com/tech/vw/vw.wiring.diagram.pdf
Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:38:32 -0600
...After all, that is not a cigarette lighter, but a power outlet. Or at least that's what modern car makers market them as...
Re: replacing the cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list
Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:43:00 EDT
...Can anyone give me a hint on how to remove the cigarette lighter from > the dash? The original no longer holds a phone charger...
Re: portable heaters?
Historical mailing list - ~K~
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:10:51 -0400
Anyone know of any decent heaters that plug into the cigarette lighter? I'm about to embark across Canada with no heat... thanks.
Re: Cigarette Lighter Removal 101
Historical mailing list - Marie Whitehead
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:59:13 -0400
Roy- I'm curious- what kind of cup holder did you put in the open space where the ashtray was? Marie W.
Fw: Dash Power outlet..? revised
Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:16:28 -0700
...Dash Power outlet..? > For those (like me) who have always felt the standard cigarette lighter > makes a poor 12vt outlet and only became a...
removing cigarette lighter redux
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:42:44 -0400
I am once again trying to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my 83.5 V'gon Without breaking anything this time...
Re: Solar Panels and VW cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:14:14 -0600
...replacement cigarette lighter for the van >> from a place >> specializing in VWs and Audis, and the same thing. > > VW used two different cigarette lighters...
Re: Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:04:28 -0700
...Steven --- Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Frank made a good point about the poor connection we > get with cigarette > lighter plugs. They tend...
Re: It's Phinally Phriedae, and Drug prohibition created the drug lords. (
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:37:38 -0400
...There is as much tar in one joint as there is in 7 cigarettes. One pack-a-day of cigarettes, 3 joints . . . Yes, of...
Re: Solar charger NOT to buy
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:17:39 -0500
I have one of the VW units that plug into the cigarette lighter....tried it out and it killed my battery also. Warren C.
Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:49:32 -0800
...I have dash cams using the cigarette lighter plug (low draw amp)... there are times that I plug it in and forget to unplug...
Re: Cigarette Lighter
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 9 Apr 2014 11:03:15 -0700
...2014 10:07:58 -0700 >> From: musomuso@GMAIL.COM >> Subject: Re: Cigarette Lighter >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> What year Vanagon again? >> Is ground...
Strange hole in dash
Historical mailing list - Leo Lipert
Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:05:51 -0800
Anybody know what the little hole about 6" to the right of the cigarette lighter is? It has power going to it I think...
In Defense of Simple Systems
Historical mailing list - PSavage
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:23:13 -0800
Larry, My Canon digicam proprietary charger/batteries do not adapt to a cigarette lighter plug, nor can these particular Canon batteries be charged in...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:26:07 -0800
...Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights... > Entity Mike Collum spoke thus: > > > I put a single wrap of electrical tape around the part...
Cigarete lighter removal
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:47:03 -0800
Can anyone tell me how to remove the cigarette lighter in a 1989 vanagon GL? I'm trying to isolate a short in that...
Re: How Many Lights Do You see?
Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:53:35 -0400
...the gauges, 1 for the digital clock, 1 for each fan switch, 1 for the heat adjustment levers, 1 for the cigarette lighter. Michael
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:58:08 -0700
I have a master switch that disengages all loads from the house battery, including the cigarette outlets. But the charger speaker connector thingies (hidden...
Re: cigarette lighter hole.
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sat, 14 Apr 2001 13:00:53 -0500
James, Using a power inverter with out using the batteries ? Hallelujah, and amen. You have found perpetual motion !! Where did you get this miracle...
Re: : who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
Historical mailing list - don spence
Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:22:42 -0700
> > > So... after a nuclear war, there will be nothing left but cockroaches, > diesel vanagons and twinkies? > > And styrofoam cups, plastic bags and cigarette filters
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:27:18 -0400
...But seeing your dual cigarette lighter outlets jogged me into thinking, why not just use those? Problem solved. Thanks.
Re: CIGARETTE LIGHTER REMOVAL
Historical mailing list - madsen
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:30:30 -0500
...87GL Mark Hooper wrote: > I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. I've > tried in vain to...
Re: Solar panel battery charger, where to plug in
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:28:11 -0400
...i suggest having a helper plug and unplug the unit into the cigarette lighter, with sun shining, while the voltage is measured across each...
Re: Oregon Bashing
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
13 Sep 1995 13:55:33 -0700
RE>>Oregon Bashing 9/13/95 Regarding a prior observation of "self pumping" gas with a lit cigarette --- Not too much to worry about...
A/C Fan speed 3 not working in ' 91 Carat
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:30:40 -0800
...It is (currently) the only thing wrong with my Vanagon other than the cigarette lighter bulb. I probably damaged it when I was trying...
Re: Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:38:14 -0500
...In vanagons especially, the jacks were designed for lighting cigarette lighter, not powering laptops, GPS units, ipods, cellphones, and the refrigerator all simultaneously. I...