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Re: My latest Buck fixed.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 22 Jun 2002 13:57:19 -0500
Mark Ingalls wrote: > > Also put a socket on the ground wire > connections, loosened them and then re-tightened. > > Buck gone. Poor grounds on these...
Re: Oil Drain Plug, 1.9 vs. 2.1 ?? Plug removal Success !!!
Historical mailing list - Joe Glisson
Sat, 31 May 2003 15:04:10 -0400
I just picked up a set of Sears bolt/nut removal sockets. They worked perfectly on my totally messed up oil drain plug. I...
84 Vanagon Radiator Fan Switch Bolt Size?
Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:58:17 -0400
Anyone know for sure what size it is so I can go out and buy the correct socket? 28mm doesn't fit and it...
Re: This GoWesty is really starting to annoy me....
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:37:11 -0400
...I'm switching it over to "what's the best tire to inflate from an inflator plugged into that funny looking silver socket on...
Re: front seat armrest fix- ?
Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
Sun, 15 Oct 1995 20:24:56 PDT
...You need a 6mm allen to take out the socket head cap screw that holds the rest to the bracket, then you can get...
Re: Axle nuts the easy way
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Sun, 30 Jun 2002 23:41:52 -0700
...After giving it a try with torches, bars, hammers, etc., go rent a 3/4" drive electric impact wrench and socket (remember that standard...
radio code saver
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:40:29 -0700
...Plug it into the lighter socket, pull the fuse for the radio (#3), then you can disconnect the main battery, do whatever work needs...
Re: o2 sensor troubles
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:58:46 -0400
...sort of like a spark plug socket > but with a slot up the side so you can get it over the wire. I would...
Re: Jetta Power Supply relay questions (Vanagon conversion) PIC of wiring diagram.
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:07:33 -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: Tranny Oil Check
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:19:10 -0800
...You can purchase a 17mm allen-wrench with a 3/8" socket on it from FLAPS. This tool is really small and i can...
Re: Removing CV Axle Bolts
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:17:47 -0800
...2 Take the pointy bit on my Swiss Tool and clean out the head of the bolt 3 Insert the Allen socket (older style...
Re: Left Turn Signal Blinks Fast
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:59:46 -0500
...Perhaps you have some corrosion developing at a connection or socket that is adding additional load to the circuit. If it's not the...
Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:50:33 EDT
...invest that socket money in a good ball peen hammer....24 oz or better. With the change left over you can buy enough beer...
Re: A minimal tool kit?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:56:43 -0700
Sears makes a few different sets that come in plastic suitcases and have lots of metric wrenches, sockets and Allen keys etc. One of...
Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:15:59 -0700
...electrical socket for the > EuropeanH4 bulbs is different from the North American 9004 bulbs. > If I wanted > to avoid cutting the existing sockets in...
Re: re-doing unsafe 120 volt wiring, add GFCI?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:35:07 -0400
...Open neutral at the socket, or between the socket and breaker box, will show H-N 0 V; H-G 120V N-G 0...
Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:37:36 -0400
...Tools are original jack, long breaker bar w/ 17mm deep socket, the original phillips/flat screw driver and the VW 13/10 mm open...
Re: Instrument lamp replacement
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 18 May 2007 06:02:33 EDT
...Instrument lamp replacement While we're on the subject of those pesky instrument bulbs what are any of you doing for the bulb & socket...
Re: Lower alternator bolt
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:23:31 -0400
...a 13mm socket will reach the alternator bolt. >> Working from the front of the car to the rear, slide the socket and >> extension over...
Re: 1985 Vanagon 2 WD - rear axle nut
Historical mailing list - No Name Available
Fri, 6 May 2005 10:00:34 EDT
...Serenity Now !!!! But, I do use a 3/4" 46 mm socket (wish it was 1" ) on a 18" socket wrench ( not a ratchet...
Re: Headlight question
Historical mailing list - madvws
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:59:16 +0000
...is also possible that the wiring socket has a bad contact for that bulb as these socket contacts sometimes burn out. Mark On Thursday...
Re: Idiot Buzzer for Headlights
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:33:18 -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: Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:14:43 -0500
...Is it the socket or the flex handle/breaker bar that bears the most stress when doing this job? ie where do you cheap...
Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:29:19 -0400
At 01:20 PM 4/15/2010, Old Volks Home wrote: >for requiring an almost impossible-to-find (at the time) deep socket >for...
Re: Part
Historical mailing list - Gmail
Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:36:48 -0700
Looks like the weather boot from a headlight bulb socket. Sent from my iPad > On Apr 18, 2015, at 10:07 AM, B Feddish...
Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:24:58 -0700
and some vanagon bleeders, my front calipers for example. the bigger bleeders that take the 8 mm are, I think, stronger. alistair On 17...
Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:25:13 -0800
On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:27 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > > With that in mind, the H4's in question are...
Re: Switched power for vanagon radio--easy solution
Historical mailing list - Ken W.
Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:50:17 -0700
...It went into the dash where and replaced that weird silver socket thingy to the right of the steering column. What is that thing...
Re: Silver Socket
Historical mailing list - Tim Fong
Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:37:18 EDT
Hi Chris, Bought mine from A & S BMW Motorcycles in Roseville, Ca. for $10.68 plus sales tax of 83 cents. BMW's part...
Re: Headlamp Relays - Lights Still Dim
Historical mailing list - James V
Thu, 11 Sep 2003 02:06:20 -0700
I checked the voltage at the headlamp socket and it's just over 12v. This is w/ out rewiring the ground. I also tested...
Re: Flasher Relay Mystery
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:48:10 -0800
...A simpler approach may be to add a new ground wire to the brown wire coming out the back of the cig lighter socket...
Re: A minimal tool kit?
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:42:10 -0400
...8mm, 10 mm, 12 mm 13 mm, 15 mm, 17 mm, 19 mm sockets and a ratchet with a 3" and 6" extension, plus...
Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:43:18 -0800
...And the longer the socket the more necessary it is. > > I've also had very good luck with one of Bus Depot's flat...
Re: How to remove starter?
Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:05:12 EST
...You could also use a socket with the 8mm allen sticking out if it and a 6" extension--I'm not sure how the...
Re: Strange electric problem!!!
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:38:01 +0000
...It is possible that corrosion got into the socket and screwed things up. It is also possible that someone (probably someone sneaking around your...
Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
Historical mailing list - Neil
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:34:54 -0800
...with all X circuit loads on, will the added load(s) connected to >> the cig lighter socket make total potential Amp draw too high...
Re: generators/inverters for camping
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:44:50 -0800
...batteries but the > plug melted and no longer goes into the socket. > Uhh, that just might be a warning that something is wrong? Don...
Re: Logo Lights
Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:55:18 EDT
...noted that they have several unique items for sale including clear front turn signals and tail lights with the fog light socket/reflector. -bb
Re: transmission tool
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:06:56 EDT
In a message dated 9/20/00 12:15:55 PM, jonc@WEBGEARS.COM writes: << 3/8 inch drive 17mm allen head socket that...
Re: My latest Buck fixed.
Historical mailing list - patrice b
Sat, 22 Jun 2002 12:05:37 -0700
...Also put a socket on the ground wire > connections, loosened them and then re-tightened. > > Buck gone. Gosh, Mark, how hard can it be...
Re: getting my van inspected in MD (headache)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:29:49 EST
...jchgis.com writes: > Be sure you are using a 6 pointed socket when you do this. oh yea.. or your lugs will be rounded...
Re: tools to have onhand...
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:36:50 -0700
...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: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:55:20 -0500
Jeff, When I had this problem, I finally used a Dremel with a cut-off wheel to carefully carve at the socket until it...
Re: How many bulbs in a tail light assembly??
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 1 Jul 2023 22:32:26 -0400
...Does power ever go to that socket on our US and Canadian vans? Fun question. I’ve notice it but never thought to ask...
Re: Needed - right front - turn signal light socket and boot.
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:19:29 -0700
...Needed - right front - turn signal light socket and boot. > > Anybody got one of these you care to part company with? > > Thanks, > > John > > -- > John Rodgers...
Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
Historical mailing list - C B
Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:58:21 +0000
...This all supports an iPhone, which is also plugged into the lighter socket AND simultaneously acts as a bluetooth music server (in the absence...
Digijet Rough Cold Idle Solved
Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
Wed, 30 May 2001 12:14:23 -0500
...Using a 10mm socket on a 1/4" drive with a 6" extension (3/8" will not allow the socket to mate to the...
Re: poor shifting; Help
Historical mailing list - John
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:14:20 -0400
...Has anybody replaced > the pin that holds the socket to the end of the rod, and will this help fix > the problem? Will the...
Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:50:21 -0500
...On aircooled buses I have encountered both 12-point socket-headed bolts and allen-socket heads. Not sure which is correct but if you...
Re: Was-Still got the Drips-Now Oil pressure switch?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:45:08 EDT
...Use a 1/2" drive deep well socket with a 1/2" to 3/8" reducer installed part way so that you can get...
Re: Transaxel tool
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:52:29 -0600
...So I'm thinkin' maybe I'll upgrade to an allen<BR>> socket or something. Right. So I'm off to Home Depot...
Re: How does clutch slave cylinder attach to clutch lever arm?
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Mon, 13 May 2002 08:51:16 -0600
...The connection between the slave and the cross shaft is not a snap fit--it is just a ball and socket. The slave is...
Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:12:17 -0800
...Maybe the newer relay design was an improvement but points on vibration and lack of relay socket are well taken and appreciated. This was...
Re: dead lighter
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:42:43 -0500
...Most likely, they > just not work. > > > Is it a good idea to take the lighter socket out? > > You mean, "out" like "outside"? Outside does...
Re: what is part # 251 798 116 A
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:44:42 +0100
...643A ball socket for gearshift lever 823 711 199 pressure spring 251 711 645 hemisphere 823 711 255 bearing for socket 171 711 279...
Re: L/F, R/F running light/flasher dont flash when lights are on but do flash when no light on ??
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sat, 9 Dec 2006 14:52:45 -0800
...light/flasher's bulb socket rusted out because the > lens was leaking water > I got a new lens & bulb socket switched it out check...
Mid 80s Vanagon mirrors
Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:14:43 -0500
...Put a screw type hose clamp around the base socket and tighten firmly. The marine type are all stainless and do not rust. This...
Re: Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:13:29 -0230
...the electrical contacts...helps hold my XM Radio plug into the factory cig socket until I get a chance to install a better one...
Re: removing oil drain plug
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:22:15 -0500
On Jan 27, 2008, at 8:16 PM, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > My mechanic just ground down a regular socket tof fit. Exactly what I...
Re: Little problem with trickle charger
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:51:45 -0800
...up the westy electrical socket to a power source, plug > the trickle charger in to the interior 110v socket, and plug the cig > lighter...