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• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 21:00:46 -0700
  ...Lighter socket, as 98% > of things are now USB. > > I'm actually thinking of replacing my Cig. Lighter with this as well. > > The other...
• Re: Dash Power outlet..?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:08:21 -0500
  Don, Sounds like you are talking about the infamous "Silver Socket" - a power supply outlet for 12 volt appliances. These can be purchased at...
• Metrinch Wrenches
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Nov 1995 11:50:03 -0700 (MST)
  Has anybody tried those Metrinch Wrenches they advertise on TV? It's supposed to be one set of sockets and wrenches that would fit...
• Re: Serious problems with CV reinstall -HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 2 May 1999 03:14:42 +0200
  ...Use a socket or pipe that fits on the inner race, but goes over the axle, and pound on that so you wont damage...
• removing pilot bearing???
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:08:19 -0800
  How do you remove the pilot bearing? I've tried the socket & greese technique w/ no luck. Matthew Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind...
• Re: Homemade muffler update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:32:41 -0700
  ...And I hate working the nuts ( nylock) on the bolt with an wrench… used a deep socket and impact gun. Jeeze… long story short...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - S2
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:27:59 -0500
  ...My experience was that you must >use 3/4" drive socket and bar; I tried 1/2" and broke both a breaker bar, >and...
• Re: lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 03:08:09 EDT
  ...Go to Sears and get the long 1/2" drive breaker bar and a 19mm impact socket. >> A 4-way lug wrench is the...
• Re: brighter tail lights - again
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 30 May 2005 17:56:11 -0700
  ...These are German made > bulbs that fit into the bayonet mount socket. > > While an improvement over the stock back-up lamps, they still don...
• Give me a long enough fulcrum and I'll move the...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 21 May 2003 01:29:19 -0400
  ...I've a skid plate that goes under the engine, this interferes with getting a ratchet socket onto the other nuts. So, off comes...
• Fwd:socket strength investigations...
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:45:28 -0400
  ...John vwbus@mindspring.com >500 ft#'s????? Could this be asking too much of a 1/2" socket? Then I've >got a box...
• Re: First breaker-bar of the summer!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 12:56:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Yes Volks, the driver nib was still in the socket...sheared >>clean off as though someone had cut it. Determined not to let this...
• Idle stabilizer control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2016 12:16:46 -0500
  ...Anyone have any ideas as to how to seat the thing in the socket? John
• Re: Traveling Tool Kit?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 13:02:12 -0700
  Breaker bar and 6pm socket for the lug nuts. I have one now & got them for my kids cars too. Rob vwrobb@gmail.com...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:28:22 -0400
  ...They have a selection of large sockets for axles, not sure about the drive size or if they have the breaker bar. Edward
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:15:52 -0700
  I have 7mm brake bleeders (Ate), and Shimano uses 9mm to fasten shifter & brake cables. Karl Wolz | |I do see 12mm exhaust nuts often...
• 6 volt bulbs.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 4 Dec 1995 08:41:07 CST6CDT
  ...It can be plugged into a standard single contact bayonet base socket. But the 'lamp' is actually an LED or cluster thereof. (We are...
• Was Shifter - Lower Ball Destroyed - Now Resolved
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:14:43 +0000
  ...The parts I needed were the Ball socket for gear shift lever and the hemisphere. Since I had to have the parts today, I...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:29:35 -0700
  ...When I went to install it, I found I couldn't get a socket on one of the two mounting bolts. Turns out the...
• Re: USB power?
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:12:42 +0000
  ...which operates off 12 VDC? I have a couple cigarette lighter sockets mounted there for your 12V appliances, but it's an annoyance to...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:30:22 -0700
  ...wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes > and some vanagon bleeders, my front calipers for example. > > the bigger bleeders that take the 8 mm...
• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 18:47:06 -0800
  ...Rob becida@comcast.net At 3/5/2011 10:34 AM,David M wrote: >Nut looks to be like 19mm but my 19mm socket...
• Fuse Block Connectors
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Thu, 20 Mar 97 18:15:24 UT
  I'm looking for a source for the round socket/pin type connectors used in Vanagon wiring harness's that connect to the fuse...
• Re: dim "High beam" indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:12:29 -0800
  ...or maybe the current is not getting to the bulb full strength because of corrision in the connection/socket. All just guesses, of course.
• Re: Q: Size of forward Syncro tranny drain plug (fill hole)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 00:47:05 -0500
  ...x 40mm bolt with 3 nuts locked together, fits in 17mm socket and allows you to apply pressure while turning. -Steven Dodson Kneeland, CA...
• building tool kit-vendor recomendations?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:52:38 -0500
  ...Any recommendations for tool vendors, on-line or otherwise(I live in NYC)? I'm looking at a set of wrenches, sockets, torque driver...
• Re: Wheel Theft Prevention;
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:18:13 +1200
  >Hi All, >I guess my question is, >don't those tire & wheel thief's >have all those special sockets? >JC... They will indeed... which...
• Re: Was-Still got the Drips-Now Oil pressure switch?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:03:09 -0400
  ...Good price? I did mine in about 20 minutes (not counting running to Sears to get the proper socket). I'd say that sounds...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Sep 2002 (#2002-1157)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:59:54 +0100
  ...I used two sockets; a long 19mm socket PLUS a 22mm normal length socket to drive the hex with which all my long sockets...
• Tool choice and source
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:19:56 -0400
  ...Oh, I need a 46 mm *socket*. I have a 36 mm socket but not 46. So, in disgust, I close up the operation...
• Re: Blinker issue
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:40:13 -0700
  ...OK, I go to replace it and socket falls apart. I replace the socket and the bulb. Now both front and back blink but...
• Re: Lower Control Arm Bushing R&R
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 12:09:56 -0700
  ...I press the new ones using the same method in reverse, (socket > pushing metal sleeve) does the metal sleeve run the risk of separating...
• RE: Needed - EV Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 18:37:00 -0800
  ...If there's no difference other than the big nut on the end (which may require buying a socket for), then why not buy...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:10:38 -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: Spanner Wrench for Power Steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 21:35:11 -0600
  ...I found a socket of the proper diameter and using a fine blade hacksaw cut away two sections of the edge, leaving two rectangular...
• Re: 83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:00:58 -0400
  ...I will try a long socket, I do have some deep sockets but I don't know if they are deep enough. You don...
• Re: General tool (brand name vs quality vs price) question. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 2 Oct 2017 10:50:07 -0700
  I've been using Craftsman tools (combo wrenches, sockets-ratchets, screwdrivers) for decades. The only issues I had was a cracked 19mm 12 pt...
• Re: binker flashing like a strobe light.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 01:34:07 +0100
  ...However, it is most likely a bad connection in the > socket, at least in my case on my 82. I had the same problem...
• Re: Tool Advice Whether or Not You Want it
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:27:54 EST
  1/ Six-point sockets. 2/ 1/4 inch drive rachet. Last year I started using only six-point sockets and I have yet to...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearings Replace$$
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:25:48 EST
  ...John Hi John, I used a socket on a 1" socket wrench (not ratchet) with a long piece of pipe for the torque. Was...
• Alternator warning light
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:34:36 -0700
  ...negative and positive terminal but nowhere does it tell one which SOCKET is positive or negative. Earl from Sunny Sooke 84 ex-California Vanagon
• Re: speedometer light
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 01:10:55 +0100
  Scarlett Semko wrote: > Per, > Do you mean that the bulb/socket units from the jetta/quantum is the same and wil fit the Vanagon...
• Transmision tools
  Historical mailing list - Double-Cab Guy
  Wed, 14 May 2003 23:34:45 -0600
  Hi Volks, Does any one know where I can buy the tools for rebuilding Vanagon transmissions? In particular I am looking for the socket...
• Re: Big tools for your big nuts; now Vanagon Tools Rant
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:54:39 -0700
  ...I am still using (I >just< replaced my steering rack) the little 3/8" drive Husky socket set I bought at the original Summerhill...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 04:34:39 -0500
  ...This relay clearly was not designed to be used without a socket to mechanically support the terminals, and/or the mechanical staking of the...
• Re: torque, rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 May 1996 13:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Also, if you had a >slide-handle that was centered at the socket, your words might be interpreted >as one foot on the left...
• Re: 85 Vanagon brake lights
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:48:36 -0800
  ...If memory serves, a 22ml deep socket is what you'll need. Although I can't remember for certain be cautious with the brake...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:32:04 -0700
  ...one of those adapters that let you turn a light-bulb socket into a power outlet.. > > you're warm, and no headache in the...
• Re: Another good deal on tools
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 21:17:02 -0800
  ...Sockets are sockets one you get past the 12 point vs 6 point issue and the depth issue. There is *no way* I would...
• Re: 87 Syncro axle help needed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:42:24 -0500
  The twelve point socket heads are called Tri-Square and Its best to go buy the driver if you haven't got one. I...
• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:01:59 -0600
  ...Some of the brands have Hexagonal outers for a wrench or socket to grip, some have internal square drives for a ratchet to insert...
• Re: Craftsman Tools, Ace Hardware
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:34:04 -0800
  ...The last time I went in 'because something broke' I cracked a 14mm 3/8 drive 12pt socket & went back to get it replaced...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:29:57 EDT
  ...The problem with using the lighter plug socket on the Vanagon is first the plug you are putting in is probably loose as the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Sep 2006 (#2006-764)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:29:26 -0700
  ...Little sockets for bulbs. I just soldered some jumpers and > that was it; much wider taillights. I just assumed they'd all be > the...
• Re: removing oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:32:42 -0600
  ...The drain plug head takes a 19mm wrench but all my sockets are > too big to fit into the recess in the case. Do...
• headlight relay problem?
  Historical mailing list - AD Felder
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:52:52 -0800
  ...beam) when plugged into left socket.� First thing tomorrow is to plug the right bulb into the left socket and see if it does...
• Need help in eastern Colorado/western Nebraska
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 31 Mar 2024 23:13:59 +0000
  ...axle but not the torx for the transmission flange nor the socket to remove stub axle.  Can anyone help?   Tom Stone Sent from AOL...
• Re: Cheap source for fluorescent light bulb in Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 17:25:26 -0400
  ...Any one that fits in the socket and has more or less the same wattage rating should work. Bill
• Photo's from 6th Annual VW Fest
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:39:10 -0500
  ...This campout is hosted by the Missouri Micros < http://members.socket.net/~rickd >. dave www.251.org
• Steering Wheel Nut
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 20:29:40 -0500
  ...I don't have a socket big enough............. Thanks, Tony Anthony L. Mourkas Hampden, Maine, USA 1984 Vanagon Westfalia 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro 1991...