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• Re: Vanagon Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:18:08 -0500
  ...properly tightening the connection to make deep new splines in the socket, it will strip much too easily. david -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http...
• Re: Cigarette lighter removal
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:30:09 -0500
  ...lighter --- squeeze the plastic tabs while pushing/pulling on the lighter socket and out she comes. Cheers, Doug developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> Sent by...
• Removing and Re-affixing Water Pump Pulley Bolts (was: trip'n)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:29:30 -0700
  ...I use two wrenches to loosen (a box and a socket). Once the first is loose, I take it almost all the way out...
• Re: 12 point bit tool spec needed for CV/axle removal
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 17:43:40 -0700
  ...However once you have the size if you still can't find the > correct socket, look up your Snap-on, Mac, etc, tool dealer...
• Re: A 'real' press costs thousands.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:18:41 -0700
  ...A lot of them, and our only "press" was a vice mounted on the bench for support, drifts of various length, large sockets as...
• Check your grounds
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 09:41:00 -0700
  ...Funny, if I probe from the fuse socket to the ground _lug_......no continuity. If I probe from the fuse socket to the wire...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:20:18 -0700
  ...There are a few more things you can do. > > When you have the 2 relay sockets jumpered does the fuel pump run > constantly as...
• Re: How to replace the electric motor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:47:59 -0400
  ...Use a socket and rachet to remove these and the motor will separate from the regulator and you the regulator is still in the...
• A genuine NOS Gedore tool for removing ACVW pull switches.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 96 13:47:32 +0100
  ...It has a socket that fits over the switch-shaft into the two notches of the nut. It won't fit the baywindow headlightswitch...
• Re: Tools & Xenophobia
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  31 Jul 1995 14:20:18 -0700
  ...Example - I have one of those $3.99 40 piece SAE/Metric socket and ratchet sets that I throw in the car. It is...
• Re: drum brake adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Tue, 07 May 1996 17:41:46 +0200
  ...I got a 46mm socket but have to use a converter and the point of pressure end up too far away from the wheel...
• E-Code Boots
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:18:49 -0800
  ...One end fits, with a little work, over the bulb/socket area, and you can hose-clamp it for extra secureness. The other end...
• Report on recent purchase
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:12:19 -0400
  ...Right now I trying to decide where to install the extra socket on the outside with the spring-loaded dust cover. One of the...
• Re: Stripped CV Bolt HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:21:11 EDT
  ...So, please, any suggestions as to hor to deal with those two rounded bolts ? >>> Are you using an XZN socket to take them out...
• Re: Heater Lever Knob Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:32:40 -0500
  ...Beware coming off -- the edge of the internal socket likes to catch on the edge of the faceplate slot and break it. If it...
• Re: Conversion factor
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:30:30 -0800
  ...friend of mine referred to his Crescent wrench as a "Canadian Socket Set". It handled SAE, Whitworth and metric all at once. (ducking and...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:14:54 -0800
  ...Our press was a 5 lb hammer, sockets to fit over the > ball joint and a couple of different length drifts. > > > > Rob > becida@comcast...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:23:54 -0500
  ...A short 13mm > socket on a 3" wobble extension should help get that bottom one off. You > should then be able to remove the...
• Re: 86 Vanagon CV boots replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 02:41:59 -0500
  ...and 8mm allen wrench for the CV joint bolts, a 32mm? socket for the axle nut, a breaker bar to help get that axle...
• Re: Useful, if pricey, vanagon related tool
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:57:45 -0400
  ...Then there are the socket set ones... then there are the bonhus ball end T handled ones ( great for spinning out the fasteners ) > So...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 01:36:52 -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: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 16:00:46 -0700
  ...I also brought one of those battery voltage >> display/alarms that plugged into the cig socket, planning to wire it >> directly to the aux...
• Re: calling all Headlight plugs
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:09:58 -0700
  From Jay Brown ... (archives) The best 9004 sockets I have found come from Innova Design: www.headlightplugs.com The quality of the ceramic and...
• Re: Parts search
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:06:52 -0600
  My diesel seems to have a ball socket end that attaches to the ball on the end of throttle arm on injection pump. Did...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:21:55 -0800
  ...At 11:44 AM 2/7/2013, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >If a socket isn't available would encasing the relay and the wires in...
• Differential Gear Oil Change was Re: Trans Oil ReVisited
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:09:06 -0400
  ...I believe a 17mm allen socket is the tool to remove the plug. Fill until it starts flowing out, then install the plug. Suction...
• Steering Wheel Removal
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:39:24 -0700
  ...So I went out to the garage, grabbed the liquid wrench, a 15/16 socket, ratchet, screwdriver and a hammer and climbed into the...
• Re: Faulty wiper "parking"
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:26:01 PST
  ...You can try tightening them with a 10mm socket. You will have to pop off the black plastic caps to expose the end of...
• Headrests on all seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 May 1997 14:36:26 -0400 (EDT)
  ...hole, and get yourself some other headrests and preferably the little socket they fit into, and pop them right in! neat, huh? great...now...
• Re: Proper side mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:52:51 -0700
  ...This is a permanent repair that makes it so you do not have to "crank-down" on it and possibly crack the arm socket...
• Rear Bearings R&R
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:04:55 -0700
  ...You will see 4 7/8 inch bolts around the bearing box remove them (use > a socket) and put them in another baggie > 12...
• Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:20:11 -0700
  ...I've never thought that VW was wrong in the design except for requiring an almost impossible-to-find (at the time) deep socket...
• Re: LT28 Sighting / TDI Beetle Driving Impressions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 18:24:12 -0700
  ...I >especially liked the lack of a cigarette lighter and the presence of 2 - 12 >volt sockets (cigarette lighter sockets with cover). There are...
• Re: 5 tire rotation was: How to get spare tire out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 14:47:20 -0800
  ...I tried WD40 but its real >> > >diffuicult to apply it and so far it refuses to yield and the socket >> > >continually slips. Anyone got...
• Re: High beam indicator ... is a Blue light bulb
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:27:00 -0700
  ...I don't believe that an LED in this socket will work. It may blow up. There is a cetain voltage requirement which if...
• '84 1.9L -- cannot remove crankcase drain screw -- what to do next?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:35:00 -0400
  ...short 13-mm socket or 13-mm closed end wrench. Nothing worked. We gave up as he had to use van to get to...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:18:42 -0700
  ...1/4" extension + socket may reach into the lowest pump nut. 3/8" "wobble" extensions. (Great to have regardless) Do they make a 1...
• Re: Aux Battery Suggestions for under Drivers seat
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:37:46 -0400
  ...topic has been beaten to death as much as the silver socket thingy but I’m finding lots of conflicting information about this. Is...
• Re: Warning Lights Audible Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 May 2010 22:42:22 -0400
  ...and >where does it go? I think I have an empty socket near the fusebox. Alistair thinks this is slumming, but... >At 02:52...
• Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:14:42 -0700
  ...Like just carry >> 3/8" sockets and an adapter to 1/2" ratchet >> >> What is a "mechanics wire" ? Magnet? >> >> Neil. > > Think bailing wire. > I...
• Re: Headlight bulb replacement
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 20:16:30 -0800
  ...Are they a > replacement or will I need to worry about a higher amps usage? Melting the > socket /light switch? > Can hardly wait it...
• Re: Rounded CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:52:33 -0400
  ...Got under the beast with a jack and hex-head socket. 4 bolts on the outboard side came off just fine. The other two...
• Re: cv joint bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:50:21 EDT
  ...No need to swap bolts, just keep them clean! Lastly, make sure your allen wrench (I use a socket-type with a ratchet) is...
• Re: Wheel Theft Prevention
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:52:11 +1200
  ...but make sure they and the sockets are HARDENED and will not break, or you'll have to machine the damaged nut off... and...
• Re: Phryedaye Phollies - way to lead a Vanagon lifestyle?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:19:49 -0500
  ...Smudges from axles, loosely gripped; I have not flinched nor cried aloud As blood from my knuckles (socket slipped) Has colored the surface of...
• Vanagon Air Filters, & Oil Changes (was: Just Say NO...)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:20:52 EDT
  ...I'd recomment the type of "socket" style filter wrench that attaches to a ratchet extension and grabs the bottom end of the oil...
• Installed GO Westy's rear shoulder belt
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:33:49 -0400
  ...I placed a 13mm socket over the spot where the screwdriver tip was wedged and tapped it with my rubber hammer. This caused the...
• Re: Optimal bus to bring to Germany
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 11:51:22 +0200
  ...The vehicle sockets must not be changed. For your installation you will need a transformer from 230V to 110V. Not all of your 110V...
• Re: Aux. Battery-Stereo Amp question
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:01:00 -0700
  ...I used to plug my solar panel into the lighter socket for my auxiliary battery. As long as current flow is low (less than...
• Re: size of these bolts
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Sat, 28 Jan 2017 17:27:43 -0600
  ...size of these bolts I have to correct myself, the anti tamper bolts have recessed hex , a hex socket. Yeah it's something to...
• Re: Universal inline plug?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:09:14 -0800
  ...found on Battery Tenders? They have 2 >> bullet plugs and opposed sockets, allowing one to change the connection >> from the charger to the end...
• Re: Stupid Steering Wheel Question Install Replace
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:03:13 -0400
  ...the allen bolt and tapped the space >down with a big socket and it went right on. > >Ryan Distal, as in proximal to the...
• Re: Won't start cold
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:04:59 -0700
  ...I use a long socket that can house the wire inside it while turning. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Marshall" <mr.marshall@SYMPATICO.CA...
• Re: how to turn over engine?
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 00:02:21 -0700
  ...I tried getting a socket on > one of the fan hub bolts, but I couldn't get this thing to turn over at > all...
• Re: Another good deal on tools
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:58:26 -0700
  ...There is a very noticeable difference in quality of sockets by Snap-On (more material) vs Craftsman. Causal home user will never need the...
• Timing Belt, Tools and etc.
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 06:45:23 -0600
  ...One looks like a flat piece of metal (to hold cam I guess) the other looks like a long socket (fuel injection pump). Is...
• Re: 50 Watt TL Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - al jordans
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 21:11:02 -0500
  ...50 Watt TL Bulbs > > I remember seeing an LED taillight unit > that fit into the standard bulb socket. > > It was a generic light bulb...
• Re: CV joint 12 point cap screws (bolts)
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:14:50 -0400
  ...price! They call what you are looking for "triple- square" bit sockets http://www.sktools.com/productcatalog.htm On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11...
• Re: 2.1l ECUs new for $475
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:32:14 -0800
  ...These are the latest and > greatest 025 906 022D ECUs that have the eprom socket for upgrading the ECU > with a performance chip. Normally...
• Re: Alternator Belt
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:43:10 -0700
  ...the bottom pivot bolt (the back side of the bolt you'll need a long extension on you socket wrench) and the bolt on...