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• My first time doing the heads
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:31:30 -0800
  ...The procedures say to use 6 pt sockets� I finally called it quits when the head just lifted off. I looked on the floor...
• Re: Strange no start problem - still having issues
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:07:49 -0700
  ...Then plug the female ends onto the relay and put the male ends in the relay socket, using the longer one for pin 85...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:07:39 -0700
  ...In addition to its other functions, if subjected to steady > axial pressure it will remove bone from one side of the socket and replace...
• Re: Quick question: Removing the passenger expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:26:23 -0700
  ...There is sort of a bump which fits into a sort of socket at the top of the wheel well. This, along with the...
• last word on air cooled oil temp sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:55:04 -0700
  ...Fit like a champ, no clearance problems, not even close, and no need for a special thin walled socket. I can tighten it all...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:55:20 -0700
  ...still have the 3/4" sliding breaker and 1 3/4" socket I got from the local FLAPS in Tucson 30 years ago. Reasonably...
• Re: My latest Acquisitions....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:51:24 -0700
  ...Slide back and seat with a socket and a dead blow hammer. Type IV motors are a whole different animal than a Type I...
• Re: Thank You-part 1
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 07:04:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Then I used the small piece in a regular 17mm socket with a universal joint and a short extension to unscrew the filler plug.
• Tachometer/fuel gauge into my '82
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 07:20:08 -0700
  ...it appeared that a listmember had been out there snagging all of the tailight sockets. Who was that masked listee?
• Re: how to replace tachometer light?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:43:48 EDT
  ...There is a small hooded piece of white plastic over the socket which reflects the light downwards into the instruments. One for the speedo...
• Re: Westy on Southcoast Craigs List
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:37:06 -0800
  ...It has square > headlights (could've been retrofitted), adjustable armrests (could've > been retrofitted), a front table socket from an '84 or older (silver...
• Re: $10.49 headlight relay kit from banggood.com
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 7 Jul 2018 20:31:25 -0700
  ...suppliers fail twice. > > Edward > > https://www.banggood.com/12V-7inch-H4-Headlight-2-Headlamp-Relay-Wiring-Harness-Light-Socket-Plug-Connector-p-1316459.html
• Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Fri, 16 May 2014 19:39:53 -0400
  ...like clothes >dryers or water heaters, which use a special huge socket. The service box >is 2-phase but wired for single-phase loads...
• Re: Stabilizer bar assembly needed.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 18:48:41 -0500
  The links can be repaired by cutting the end flush and welding on a socket head cap screw of the correct length. Properly done...
• Non-interchangeable cigarette lighters Part Identifier: 9062
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Non-interchangeable cigarette lighters Part Identifier: 9062
  July 11, 1986
  ...without destroying the plastic thingie around the lighter socket. ............................................................................ Technical Information Group: 97 Number: 87-05
• Re: stranded
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Sep 94 19:38:41 EDT
  ...is what the previous owner told me, and I broke a socket wrench reaching the same conclusion. The fourway cheapo spanners are BTW useless...
• Re: (headsup) wasserboxer cooling system failure dujour
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Aug 1996 08:59:32 -0400
  ...Came with a socket end ratcheting attachment and other goodies and does the job. Its nicely chromed, has a rubber grip and in the...
• Re: How to untorque the pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:52:33 -0800
  ...If you are hell bent on the oil pump, rent an electric 3/4" drive impact driver and 30mm socket. It is worth it...
• Re: CV Joint Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:19:31 EDT
  ...TWCNY.RR.COM writes: << I have a snap-on Loong allen socket and it works great, the big key to not stripping them out...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Otter
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:51:11 -0500
  ...a 3/4" breaker bar and a 19.09 mm Impact Socket to do the nut wenching deed. Cheap and it can be used...
• Goldie passed inspection . On The Road !!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:58:52 -0400
  ...Something about a 7 mm socket inside the throttle body can play hell w/ your idle, let alone the dame it could have inflicted...
• Re: The good trickle charger
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:53:35 -0500
  Make sure your 12v socket is on when the ignition is off, otherwise this won't work without connecting directly to your battery. Jim...
• Re: Right turn signal HOUSING needed
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:52:44 -0700
  Thomas - The housing and lens is all one piece, then there's the bulb socket (bulbholder) Kenneth Wilford mentions. Don't forget the boot...
• Re: Was-Still got the Drips-Now Oil pressure switch?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:20:09 -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: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 11:32:45 -0500
  ...For those of you w/o Metric wrenches (sorry, sockets) that's just a hair [.00040") bigger that a 1 1/16 inch. Might...
• Re: Floppy mirror...any fixes that actually work?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 5 Sep 2011 19:21:11 -0700
  ...inside > that is supposed to be the friction axis for the socket. Mine had pulled > down from too much tension on the spring....That...
• Re: Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 23:08:25 -0700
  Hey Mike, to replace the plugs I just use a deep socket on a standard 3 1/2" extension - its pretty easy to feel...
• Re: Fixed dash lights, not certain how.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:19:26 -0800
  ...As some mightve suspected, the short appears to have been in the OEM dash light circuit; the blue,grey cigarette lighter socket bulb wire...
• Re: CV Boots
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 96 11:26:37 +0100
  ...The boot replacement is an easy task, three things: -1) Buy the correct socket, Hazet # 990 Lg-8 is what VW uses for the...
• Two Q's about Auto Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:24:42 -0700
  ...The illustration in the book suggests that the screw is being adjusted with a socket on the end of the wrench (there is a...
• Re: Nagging Gremlins: Temp gauge, Window washer, stumble, arm rest, Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:08:52 -0700
  ...In the main relay panel of both, in relay socket #3 is a coolant level warning control unit. This relay will have a large...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 08:16:12 -0500
  ...wrote: > I'm not looking forward to ever needing the 46mm socket for the big rear > axle nut, but have always kept that measurement...
• Re: Blinker Relay
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 15:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Or mis-seated in its socket, or with dirty/corroded contacts, loose or broken wire, etc. I once nailed a wire with my wrench...
• Re: Thank you
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:16:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Then I used the small piece in a regular 17mm socket with a universal joint and a short extension to unscrew the filler plug...
• Re: put headrests on all your seats..tan headrests for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 01:03:20 EST
  ...ones...just tan. > protect your passengers from whiplash....have the black sockets too. I can attest that this is easy to do too. I...
• What is that darn silver thing on my Westy diesel dash???????
  Historical mailing list - gatorxray
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:04:19 -0700
  ...Looks like a light bulb socket. It is not the coldstart knob,that is 1 inch down and to the right. I put a...
• Re: how to tighten starter wire nut??? Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:51:32 -0700
  Pretty sure that I used a 13mm socket (perhaps with an extension?), but could have been a combo. I know I didn't have...
• Removing CV Axle Bolts
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:31:26 -0500
  ...Then there will definitely be enough room for a hammer. --tabe johnson xtabe@yahoo.com PS - I believe you can buy this socket from...
• Re: Want an Easy Rear Light Upgrade? Bulbs Available.
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:54:09 -0600
  ...good points I'd like to comment on: > >> The tail light sockets will melt. >> The headlight switch will fail. > The ebay guy says he...
• Re: CVs and bolts and washers, oh my- source for bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:55:09 -0600
  ...and I sure like the new bolts compared to the hex socket style. Or is it just as economical to get the boot kits...
• Re: Timing Light Recomendation. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:13:24 -0700
  ...Timing lights should have camera body tripod sockets on them so you can mount them on a tripod and point them where you want...
• Re: getting my van inspected in MD (headache)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:21:30 -0500
  Be sure you are using a 6 pointed socket when you do this. Do not ask how I know. Jim Henry Durham, NC 85...
• Re: side skirting removal
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:03:32 -0700
  ...Use a 1/4 drive 10mm deep socket and extension. Loosen (no need to remove) the nuts from behind the panels looking straight up...
• Re: couple of questions
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:41:07 -0500
  ...I replaced the > rotor cap because one of the plug sockets was really corroded. after less > that 1000 miles/2 mos the same socket...
• Re: Little problem with trickle charger
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:39:32 -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...
• Re: Non-remote Mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:20:19 -0800
  ...Look at the way the bolt emerges >from the socket. Remember it. >7-Now to use the grinder. Just remove material from the surfaces...
• Re: 83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:32:57 -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: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:00:13 -0600
  ...it off and use a regular 22mm socket? Get a 7/8" > > special O2 sensor socket, which is slightly larger, so I can put...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:09:47 -0500
  ...On a late model VW Vanagon, there is a "double" relay socket that's nice to have to set up a few of them...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:17:56 -0600
  ...BZ-HF 10 minutes from my hood On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > Thanks, > I have the socket and...
• Two Questions:
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Hatcher
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:21:08 -0500
  ...I just replaced the right front signal bulb socket (I'm sure that's not the real name, but it has the male connectors...
• Re: 84 Westfalia outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:28:33 -0900
  Just to be clear on this, your van has the black, manually adjustable mirrors, with a ball and socket where they meet the doors...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 4 Jun 2020 16:28:16 -0400
  ...It requires a heavier relay with a fifty amp strip fuse on the socket, mounted on the cabin wall forward of the fuse/relay...
• 250lb struts on rear hatch.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 22 Jun 2019 09:41:55 -0700
  ...https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=687800&highlight=mcmaster 9416K28 - 250lbs Extension Force (x2) And the socket and eyelet ends to...
• Re: Lola's first test trip: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly. (Sorry, Long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:24:14 -0700
  ...Message----- > Ok, before I start lubing� and tightening, I see the socket looks really worn, the plastic is gone somewhat. Take a look and...
• Parts for S&S Headers exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:00:35 -0500
  ...When I got back to Macon found a crack just ahead of the O2-sensor socket in my S&S exhaust system. This piece...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:55:06 -0700
  Doesn't say if they are metric sockets. looks old though .. which is good ! like they used to make stuff. SK brand is fine...
• Re: TPS Adjusting Screw damaged, Can it be fixed?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:17:36 -0400
  ...you're talking about is (used to be?) a small hex socket protruding upward. I'm sorry to tell you that's not a...
• Re: Upper bushings???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 06 May 94 08:52:22 EDT
  ...nuts??? Last time we had them off we got a BIG socket and > a BIG breaker bar and put the end of the bar...
• Tools
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 08:49:24 -0600 (CST)
  ...So far it sounds pretty complete to me with all of the sockets, pliers, screwdrivers, etc. I hope it hits the top pretty soon...