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• Re: 'green glow'
  Historical mailing list - Bill Berg
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:34:24 -0500
  ...Went and discovered corroded bulbs and >> contacts, installed new sockets/bulbs checked or replaced all grounds. >> Still have faint glow. Any ideas folks?? Thanks...
• Re: How to remove GL panels from bottoms of door and body
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:06:38 -0500
  ...that hold the cladding to the > clips. > > I used a small socket with an extender to remove/replace my cladding. > You will then be...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:37:36 -0800
  ...If I'm not mistaken, in spite of cleaning with contact cleaner, there still appears to be "green" at the ECU socket contacts. More...
• Shifter spring placement
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:25:34 -0600
  ...The two-piece ball that fits into the socket at the base of the shifter was broken on my donor van, so I had...
• Re: Propex heater or regulator
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:13:58 -0500
  ...have the adjustable type) >remove that and underneath is a >hex socket. >Turn it ccw or out 1 to 2 turns. >This should keep...
• Axle nut torque without a torque wrench Was rear brake shims
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:23:23 -0700
  ...Breaker bar and socket? <http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=5494> Worth every penny. I bought mine 30 years ago for...
• Help! Diesel water pump - how to remove %$^%#@!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Jul 1996 10:08:36 +0000
  ...pump to do it? I've already snapped craftsman 1/4" drive U joint socket trying reach one of the bolts, and have very...
• Re: Oil Filter tool!!
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 03:28:23 -0600
  ...Monday, March 16, 1998 8:04 PM > > for those wanting the little socket-thingie to remove their oil filters, > the one for the 83...
• Re: Any pilot bearing tricks ??
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:01:17 -0600
  ...one side and tightening a nut on the bolt against a socket or washer pulls it right out. Has never failed me and I...
• 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Seth C. Bruggeman
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 14:43:05 -0500
  ...connection somewhere--also know that my front light turn singnal bulb socket has iffy connections--any other ideas on increasing brightness? 3. Brakes: When...
• Re: Sliding door opens by itself
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:01:08 EDT
  ...The mounting screws are countersunk hex socket heads (aka, Allen head) and a little tough to get at but, doable. I can't remember...
• no idle after cylinder head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 12:57:40 -0700
  ...I went down to Sears and bought a 1 1/4" socket and put this on the main crankshaft nut in order to turn...
• Re: Antenna signal boosters?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:09:27 -0500
  ...Did the antenna plug in firmly? Some radios have a slightly different socket so perhaps there is a bad connection there. On the other...
• Re: Need some advice on how to work with 2nd gear brake band
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:34:34 EST
  ...2x4) and pry against the trailing arm mount with a large socket on the piston cover to depress the spring (do this to remove...
• Re: In addition to a 3rd brake light, clean your contacts for the rear lights
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:49:58 -0600
  ...up the contacts going to the tail, > brake, and turn light sockets. About 20 years of use has created some > corrosion and that will...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:57:05 -0400
  ...the other night, crushing the plug that goes in the > lighter socket. Phooey. It came with two detachable cables, one for > the lighter and...
• Re: Anyone used "Night Hawk" bulbs? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:40:30 -0700
  ...On the 84 I've jumpered the fog light sockets and am running two of the regular running lights per side. It makes a...
• Re: Driveline Problem Diagnosis, Please
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:19:42 -0600
  ...I don't have a socket that will fit--bad flange design, I say. Bentley say to loosen the front diff mount bolts. If...
• Re: HF Specials
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 07:34:07 -0700
  ...and the little retainer ball fell out of the socket square drive so the sockets just drop off...pretty much junk, in my experience...
• Re: One other dumb question, removing air control sliders
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:54:06 -0800
  ...might be easier to pull and replace socket and bulb from underneath. you may want to slide a butter knife between that panel and...
• Re: Can you replace a 83 grill and lights with an 88 square light set and grill?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:14:27 -0400
  ...Whereas the round headlights use a hi/lo headlight with a single socket. Everything else should just bolt or screw right in. > > > BenT > > sent...
• Re: Stuck O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 19:15:20 EST
  ...Just use a boxed end wrench or a cutaway socket and wring it off. The worst that can happen is you will strip the...
• Re: Vanagon Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:06:07 -0500
  ...It's important to get full-depth splines formed into the arms -- perhaps you're not tightening enough initially? Or perhaps the socket is...
• Re: Need advice on buying a shop press
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:12:44 -0700
  ...Yes, you do need heavy wall pipes of teh right diameter (sockets work too...) and chunks of aluminum or brass and steel too... also...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:15:18 -0500
  ...CHARTER.NET> writes: > Gee Stan, I wish I had a "Silver Socket" in my 88 GL . Then I would > have > a place to put...
• Friday funnies: On not being mechanically inclined
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 09:24:09 -0700
  ...They are all large sockets and wrenches suitable for working on a battleship, but not much good around the house. It's simply a...
• Re: Bolt Identity
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:21:29 +0000
  ...number is N-014-739-1, and > description "Bolt, with Hex. Socket Hd. - M8x16). > > RE: Vanagon 86, 2.1 Watercool > > Thanks, > > geo > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > Luggage? GPS...
• Re: Shore power indicator light ?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:36:05 -0700
  ...anasasi@gmail.com> > > > You can put a nightlight in the 110 socket. Leave it on and ... well > > you know the rest. > > > > On 7/14...
• Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:42:11 -0400
  ...If I wanted > to avoid cutting the existing sockets in my van and soldering in H4 > sockets, can I simply install the 9004 bulbs...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 05:51:39 -0700
  ...ultimate minimal kit: > > * Standard leatherman > * 10 mm, 13 mm, 14 mm sockets and a ratchet > * 10 mm, 12 mm, 13 mm, 14 mm box...
• Re: Headlamp Relays - Lights Still Dim
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:26:06 +0200
  ...Grt, Jaap James V wrote: > > I checked the voltage at the headlamp socket and it's just over 12v. This > is w/ out rewiring...
• Re: Shift Lever to Transmission Attachement Question
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:33:36 -0800
  ...In doing so, I of course needed to remove the shift lever (Ball and socket that attaches to the side of the transmission). I...
• Re: Karl Mullendore's remote Syncro trans rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:43:10 EST
  ...You have the special socket to remove the screw in side covers for the diff bearings, and the special socket to remove the 80mm...
• 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 28 May 1996 23:13:10 -0700
  ...To me that meant I had to be able to get a socket on it. I called around looking for thin-wall sockets, but...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:31:03 -0500
  ...Sometimes the push rod doesn't seat properly in the lifter socket, it > will seat itself after a little use, you'll hear it...
• Re: Hitch step new van improvement
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sat, 17 Apr 2021 02:11:56 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > I have a breaker bar and a 6 point socket under the bench. I put that on > the lug nut, put it...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:19:44 -0400
  ...wrote: > Aha! That must be why I have a 24 mm socket! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Aug 22, 2020, at 5:09 PM...
• Re: exhaust header studs on heads
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:43:39 -0400
  ...If they are not copper and have eroded away, you may want to drive on the next smaller size (six point ) socket. Good luck...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 16:21:46 -0600
  ...And I've used a halogen work light to remove microprocessor sockets with a couple hundred pins from a circuit board. > > Yrs, > d
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay failure points
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:20:06 -0800
  ...Use it to remove the rear axle > nuts. > My normal alloys rims do not allow a socket to capture the axle nut… -- Neil n...
• Re: Dennis Haynes has shared a folder with you
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 15:02:46 -0400
  ...As the clearance is really tight for socket wrenches. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• Re: Manual trans -- note to self:
  Historical mailing list - Joe T.
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:39:05 -0700
  ...On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote: > "I'm using the correct male socket thingy, but...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:47:16 -0400
  ...is a click-type (with a ratchet) and 19-mm impact socket for the wheel nuts. Works on smaller stuff as well with a...
• Re: How do you replace the bulb - WAS - RE: High beam blue light?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:37:49 -0400
  ...Ric, it's been a while, but I believe the LEDs and the blue bulb simply have their leads inserted into tiny sockets crimped...
• Re: QE: Cylinder head temp.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 17:59:59 EDT
  ...As for the transmission plug, virtually every FLAPS carries a VW transmission drain plug socket that will fit your wrench. Others have fashioned them...
• Re: Parking Brake Slipping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:14:39 -0700
  ...I guess SEARS might carry a decent 3/4" breaker > bar, but who carries the 46?mm socket? I might have to special order...
• Re: vanagon headrest plastic guide pieces?
  Historical mailing list - Tim King-syncrowesty
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:02:06 -0800
  ...seats .........like 82 to 84 seats, are the same, > > > > > the headrest sockets are all the same from '80-'91. > > i have some too.. > > chris...
• Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:32:49 -0700
  ...dash-mount with sticky back, ball, socket, arm, socket, ball, cradle. A little contemplation revealed that the arm part was not needed. So pulled...
• Re: Rich Running Chilly 1.9l WBX-Thermostats
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 09:51:02 -0400
  ...The front bolt can barely be accessed with a 10mm deep socket, preferably with the oil filter removed The rear bolt only fits a...
• Oil Leak solved .9 bar pressure switch sender R&R oil on hatch for the archives
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:22:11 +0000
  ...area w/ rag 4) put run of the mill 24mm deep socket (craftsman) on sender (figured out I had to coax some tin back...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:48:59 -0700
  A good impact wrench with proper socket will loosen that bolt. Mark it before removal so you can get it back where it was...
• Re: ISO connector
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:11:53 -0700
  ...https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/headlight-wiring-harnesses/h4-ceramic-socket-pigtails > > Alistair > > > >> On Aug 23, 2015, at 8:05 PM, KIM BRENNAN...
• Re: What's the correct bulb needed in this '82 Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:21:10 -0700
  ...If you're only getting ten volts on an unloaded socket, chances are you've got a bad contact, the voltmeter puts only a...
• Re: Rear Axle Nut ~Man that's big!!
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:56:01 -0400
  ...So I now have a rarely used specialty tool in my cabinet-I welded > the socket to the broken drive! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:54:48 -0800
  On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Jake de Villiers < crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Lucky Mr Bill - that was a pretty good...
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:01:35 -0500
  ...Lacking any measutrement, I manipulated the mixture screw (allen socket inthe air mass meter) and the idle screw much the same as the old...
• Mechanical advantage (was drum brake adjustment)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Wed, 8 May 1996 16:18:01 +1000 (EST)
  ...the help of an 8'x 2" pipe on a 36mm socket and a 4' sash cramp on the flywheel (as per St Muir...
• cold solder and other maladies
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 20:10:10 -0800
  ...I have a little grounded sheet of conductive plastic and wrist strap and a cord with just the ground plug for the wall socket...
• the Virtual Garage
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 14:10:05 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Wrapped in the latest flannel, no buyer can resist > the charms of a saleswoman that knows her Blummenvasen from her > silver socket. Martha: "Is...
• Re: put headrests on all your seats..tan headrests for sale
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:16:59 -0800
  ...ones...just tan. >> protect your passengers from whiplash....have the black sockets too. > >I can attest that this is easy to do too. I...