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• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:06:21 -0700
  RE: Replacement Cigar Lighter Plugs Try Radion Shack or you FLAPS, most carry replacements, some fused internaly, some without fuses.
• How to replace the cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:14:33 -0400
  Hi, Can someone provide the right procedure to extract the cigarette lighter from an 89 Westy Syncro? Best regards. Gilles Turmel
• Re: Accessing Cigarette Lighter 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 09:53:37 -0700
  I had a go at explaining in this post on my blog http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/vanagon-lighter-socket/ alistair On...
• Re: Terminal/connector source was Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 21:14:02 -0400
  ...The element is held back against the rear curve of the terminal by spring pressure inside the lighter, and if you rotate the lighter...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:00:46 -0400
  ...I use the cigarette lighter socket for charging > my phone, and have also used it to power an Engels fridge which it does > well...
• Re: Blown fuse
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:43:25 -0400
  ...It was an excellent cigar lighter but it's no bloody good for anything else. But apparently we're stuck with it. It wouldn...
• F/ Felder industries - lighter, lamp, outboard mount
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:54:20 -0800
  ...trench art - lighter 2. folding lantern 3. motor mount for canoe 3. �37 evinrude outboard http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/felder-industries...
• Re: Cigarette lighter and Horn
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:20:38 -0500
  ...Cigarette lighter and Horn I put in a map light in my cigarette lighter.. and could smell burning electrical... then this metal shaving appeared...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:39:18 -0800
  I too would like to know how to get that cigarette lighter out of there. W. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Shinosky To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Cigarette lighter and Horn
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:54:20 -0800
  I put in a map light in my cigarette lighter.. and could smell burning electrical... then this metal shaving appeared from my steering wheel...
• Re: Terminal/connector source was Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:39:39 -0700
  ...Cigar Lighters For Power I'm of the same opinion as Dave on how bad a design the cigar lighter is for providing power...
• Re: Pesky lighters
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:28:41 -0500
  ...If there is a really high end fireplace lighter for millionaires, like a well made 30 dollar long lighter or striker, I'd buy...
• 12V meter with USB and cigar lighter outlets
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:58:10 -0400
  ...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: Problems with cigarette lighter?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:20:16 -0600
  ...This may just be an indication that the cig lighter outlet is the weak point in your system, and you may have a ground...
• Re: Removing Cigarette Lighter Socket
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:05:01 -0400
  ...Does anyone know how to remove the cigarette lighter socket? Does anyone know how to remove the cigarette lighter socket without a crowbar?
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 20:25:00 -0500
  ...I have the lighter socket right beside it. I have another pair of USB sockets in the rear ashtray and another lighter socket in...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 21:00:46 -0700
  ...Guess what? They go in a cigarette lighter type power port. This is a brand new insulin pump as in it has only been...
• A Good Cigar Lighter?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:02:22 -0700
  ...This is about adding a few spare cigar lighter receptacles on the dash.] What's a good, tight-fitting cigar lighter type receptacle that...
• RE: 95 EV: Adapter for CellPhone
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 13:52:33 -0500
  Megan asks: >My cellphone adapter( for the lighter), which worked fine in my Chev = >Blazer, >does not sit tightly in my EV's lighter...
• Re: Pesky lighters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:15:55 -0800
  Okay, scratch all butane lighters. Liquid ("lighter fluid") lighters, don't come in snooted varieties: the flame just goes up from a wick, can...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - G Challis
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:27:31 -0800
  ...Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights... It is actually fairly easy to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash. While it may...
• cigarette lighter out?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:38:08 -0800
  Can anyone tell me now to get the cigarette lighter out of the dash? It's the one with the little green plastic ring...
• 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...
• loose cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:54:05 -0400
  The cigarette lighter (or for the politically correct, accessory power outlet) is loose in the dash -- can't quite see what is supposed to...
• Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:13:35 -0800
  One thing I noticed about the stock lighter is it's too shallow to hold the standard plug for 12v devices, it always came...
• Re: cigarette lighter struggles
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:34:06 EDT
  ...i have lighter housings for sale if anyone is interested.. chris
• lighter
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:08:53 -0800
  Hi, Anyone know where I can find a lighter for an 85 Westie? Thanks for any advice, Rick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk...
• Re: CIGARETTE LIGHTER REMOVAL
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:30:30 -0500
  ...It simply shows the > two different lighters used by VW. Anyone know how to remove the lighter?
• Re: Cigarette Lighter Mystery
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:56:22 -0700
  ...Cigarette Lighter Mystery > !@#$%! How does the common man remove the cigarette lighter assembly. Yep I > know about the tabs on the plastic insert/retainer...
• stock lighter socket disassembly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:31:07 -0700
  fellow Victorian vanagon owner was having problems removing the stock lighter from the dash. Seeing as I had a spare lighter hanging around I...
• Re: Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:38:14 -0500
  ...She literally melted the lighter jack in there because she had a 3-way adapter with all her electronic goodies plugged into. I was...
• 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...
• Re: Pesky lighters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:10:50 -0800
  ...If there is a really high end fireplace lighter for millionaires, like a well made 30 dollar long lighter or striker, I'd buy...
• Re: Paint color on a weekender I saw?
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 16:32:22 -0500
  The lighter silver for the 1987 and 1989 Wolfsburg's in Vesuve Gray Metallic. The darker gray is Wolfram Gray Metallic. Flash Silver is...
• Re: Electrical Question: Adding charger ports for accecories
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:09:26 -0500
  ...The lighter (current track 75, page 97.210) is fed from fuse S3, 15 amps, which also feeds the interior lights. <rant> The cigarette...
• Re: loose cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:47:09 -0400
  ...Their is something about the old VW sockets that does not accept anything short of an OEM lighter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski...
• Re: Pesky lighters
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:30:13 -0800
  ...If there is a really high end > fireplace lighter for > millionaires, like a well made 30 dollar long > lighter or striker, I'd buy...
• thermoelectric cooler prob update
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sun, 5 May 2002 18:13:21 -0400
  ...started to inspect the cig lighter and noticed that there is a little light connected to the lighter behind the dashed that i never...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:38:30 -0400
  ...It shouldn't be plugged into the factory cigarette lighter socket. Get some heavy duty socket and plugs and install proper, (12 gauge) wire...
• Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:32:29 -0800
  On 11/16/21, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > - will potential added Amps via load(s) on cig lighter socket be too > much for...
• Re: 12V meter with USB and cigar lighter outlets
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:51:32 -0700
  ...12V meter with USB and cigar lighter outlets This thing could be useful in our vans. Can be mounted vertically too. I put a...
• Re: removing stock lighter socket
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:41:42 -0400
  ...Hannink and is preserved forever at http://www.vanagonauts.com/Cigarette-Lighter-R&R211.htm John Meeks '91 Multivan Northern Michigan Vanagon Rescue Squad...
• lights in cigarette lighter /headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Tue, 23 May 2000 16:54:27 -0400
  In my 81 westy is the cigarette lighter with a "surrounding green plastic glass". Is this supposed to be lighted with the dash lights...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 2 Nov 2021 11:19:35 -0700
  ...I use the cigarette lighter socket for > charging > >> my phone, and have also used it to power an Engels fridge which it does > >> well...
• Re: Plastic(Alloy?) Vs Steel Engine Cover in a Diesel Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:58:07 -0700
  ...The plastic lid is MUCH lighter and easier to handle. FWIW, muffling the intake noise seems to be one of the best ways to...
• Re: A Good Cigar Lighter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:12:40 -0400
  ...This is about adding a few spare cigar lighter receptacles on the dash.] What's a good, tight-fitting cigar lighter type receptacle that...
• schrader valves/cig lighters
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:51:50 EST
  ...Ditto cigarette lighter size - My Valentine One radar detector plug, (american standard size) falls out of my folk's '00 GTI/VR6, and their...
• Re: Cigarette lighter socket standard
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:02:46 -0600
  A few years ago, I just replaced my cigarette lighter with the American version bought at a FLAPS. My cell phone and CD adaptor...
• No stop lights, no lighter, but interior works on '84
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:10:35 -0500
  ...A few weeks ago, I stopped getting power to the cigar lighter, I checked with voltmeter and have no voltage. Also, discovered stop lights...
• Re: New Microwave oven
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:20:40 -0800
  ...http://thewavebox.com/original.htm It appears to have a 175 watt power consumption when used on it's cig lighter cord. 660 watt...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 21:20:09 -0400
  ...I use the cigarette lighter socket for charging >>> my phone, and have also used it to power an Engels fridge which it does >>> well...
• Removing Lighter/Glove box 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jon durham
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:59:54 -0600
  I understand I must remove the glove box to replace the lighter. How do I do this? -- �The greatness of a nation and its...
• Re: Pesky lighters
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:41:26 -0500
  ...If there is a really high end > > fireplace lighter for > > millionaires, like a well made 30 dollar long > > lighter or striker, I'd buy...
• Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:35:51 -0700
  ...I have one of the nice little rechargeable LED flashlights from Volks Cafe that lives in the lighter socket and it will pop the...
• 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: fuse confusion
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:56:47 EDT
  ...In my case it was a short between the power wire to the lighter making contact with ground at the lighter mounting point. Easy...
• Accessing Cigarette Lighter 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:51:49 -0500
  I need instructions on how to access the Cigarette Lighter so I can replace it. Need this power source. -- �The greatness of a nation...
• Center console (was: Re: Solar Panels and VW cigarette lighter)
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:13:54 -0400
  On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, patrice b wrote: > I bought a replacement cigarette lighter for the van from a place > specializing in VWs and...
• Cigar Lighter Wiring Question.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:10:43 +0000
  I need to install a new cigarette lighter for my GPS unit and I'm wondering if this is just a straight forward swap...
• need help w/ cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:08:10 -0500
  Are there any tips to getting out the cigarette lighter housing without destroying it in the process. I've tried pushing in the tabs...