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• Re: Rear Wheel Bearings Replace$$
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:29:37 -0600
  ...I've gotten pullers, huge sockets, all kinds of stuff from them over the years. They don't care how long you keep it...
• Re: Turn signal gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 26 May 2006 12:33:44 -0400
  ...Check the wire to >it, >the bulb, the socket, and its ground. My right side flashes fast and the >hazard light trick indicates it...
• CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:36:24 -0400
  ...As always, I soak these with penetrant, clean the recess meticulously, tap the allen socket into place and gently (never using an air ratched...
• Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:20:07 -0700
  ...You will need to buy additional individual sockets. wrenches, etc. in the middles of the project. It will be a fun project. This is...
• Re: Electrical Gurus help needed 88 van.kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 20:01:58 -0400
  ...Check to make sure it is not > loose or damaged at the battery box. > > For testing purposes use the empty relay socket #2 on...
• Re: generators/inverters for camping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:42:42 -0800
  ...s 12v dc outputs which are 2 power point type > plug sockets, I get no reading until I plug something in to cause a...
• Re: Turn signal weirdness
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 16:49:41 -1000
  ...then the bulb socket. for those that don't know.. those lens assemblies are notorious for letting water get in .. and for the light...
• Re: Bearings or moronic PO
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:18:07 -0800
  ...The PO put the nut on hand tight 'cause he > didn't have the big socket and it's worn itself loose, or the...
• Re: Useful, if pricey, vanagon related tool
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:44:57 -0400
  ...Regular L shaped, socket drive mounted ones, T handle ones. Probably no need to get any more. > > But I recently got a set of...
• Re: Lower Ball Joint tool
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 13:54:56 -0700
  ...We used a vice, a 5# hammer, assorted drifts & the appropriate sized socket to remove the old one and put the new one in...
• Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 May 2012 16:13:15 -0700
  ...scott www.turbovans.com > > I did not use a torque wrench here but I had a breaker bar with an allen > socket on the...
• Re: ok where did I go wrong on my half axle 1984 vanagon powell river bc Canada
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:56:51 -0400
  ...Having said that, there are "12 point" sockets, everyone agrees as to what they are, and they're extremely common, so it makes sense...
• Re: Dum-Dum Question of the Day
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:01:32 -0400
  All kidding aside Chris, it's hanging under the front of your van in a holder ---- hence the need for the 19mm socket someone...
• Re: Strange hole in dash
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:19:51 -0500
  ...Mine's an innie. ;^) http://www.vanagon.com/info/faq/#silver_socket >From: Leo Lipert <leolipert@HOME.COM> >Reply-To: Leo Lipert <leolipert@HOME...
• Your advice worked!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:13:33 -0700
  ...back in the days before computer! Someone here suggested an extractor socket you tap onto the bolt. I've never needed the extractor tools...
• Re: stripped oil drain thread
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:48:30 -0700
  ...to dremel out the recess so that I can get a socket on the sd-2 but now its proud on the oil drain...
• Of spare tires and broken wires...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:54:20 -0500
  ...Drove the van up the ramp, walked underneath with my trusty 19mm socket, the lug wrench, and, just in case, a smallish breaker bar...
• Re: Timing Belt, Tools and etc.
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 07:43:50 -0600
  ...You can use a 3/8" drive deep socket to hold the pump. Also like some (all?) fiats, the engins is a interference engine...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 01:02:04 -0600
  Dennis, The nut was tight - but the 27 mm socket did the trick. Had to mess with it quite a bit - the shoulders on...
• Re: Quick, cheap and easy headlight relay
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:38:41 -0800
  ...You need to have > something to release the connector from the light switch socket. I use the end > of a small cable tie and...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:21:55 -0500
  ...John On Sep 20, 2015 19:33, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > With a long enough extension you can easily get the socket...
• Re: Lights, lights, need more lights
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 May 1998 19:58:54 CDT
  ...In the taillight housing, there is an extra >socket for another light bulb. It is the spot just under the backup light. >My idea...
• Re: Swap update: Dasher Manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Mon, 11 May 1998 10:47:44 -0400
  ...All I have to work with for the downpipe is the end socket part with a short piece of pipe attached. The pipe that...
• Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:41:03 -0800
  ...I have personally checked the voltage at the headlight socket before and after on many vans. The scenario is always the same. 9.5...
• Re: Uninstalling SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:25:26 -0500
  ...do is pull out a nut-spinner (screwdriver with a permanent socket) of the right size and have at it. The screws are bad...
• Re: Parts for S&S Headers exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:01:16 -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...
• 12V Cigarette Lighter Euro Adaptor?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:53:09 -0700
  ...I find a similar adaptor? I'd consider simply replacing the socket itself with a good ol' red-blooded Detroit-style unit from Radio...
• RE: Senator Rusty
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:04:40 -0700
  ...Oooh Rusty!! (Is that a 10mm socket or what?) =) ............................................................................... >On Oct. 11, 1995, Samuel Potts <spotts@freenet.scri.fsu.edu> wrote: > >>p.s. Had...
• Re: torque, rear brakes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 16:30:13 -0400
  ...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: Spring Clamps,Harry Houdini, and The love of changing hoses.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 00:02:34 -0500
  ...The stainless clamp slipped right in there---no problem A socket on them screw clamps keeps them from turning on you as you are...
• Re: tie rod end removal Q
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:07:57 EST
  ...The fork should TAPPED to seat it, then used to PRY the joint apart while rapping on the side of the tapered socket of...
• Re: Expansion tank cap operation...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:42:00 -0700
  ...They're tied together with a nut and bolt (13mm, bring a wrench & socket both, one to hold the other to turn). The Bentley...
• Re: Turn signals Blinking Too fast???????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:06:11 -0400
  Try reseting the push on connectors (female spades) at the bottom of the flasher relay socket. I've also had some weird problems when...
• Propane bleeder valve gloves..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:13:01 -0800
  ...valve knob so that a screwdiver would work or maybe a socket. Or how bout some needle nose vise grips? One tool that does...
• Re: Spray or paste to help clean, and keep clean, electrical connections?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:59:34 -0500
  ...or paste that would help clean, and keep clean, > pins and sockets on electrical connectors? > > Maybe a spray is best as leaving a "paste...
• South America & Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Tieitup
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:25:59 -0600
  ...right Spare parts, what do we travel with Belts screw drivers, sockets etc... Water Fuel 4x4 blocks bolts, for suspension. I've lost one...
• Re: VW T3 On-Board Computer?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:57:04 -0800
  ...This interface could also be > used to integrate existing ECUs. > > What can the USB socket be used for? > > The USB socket is intended exclusively...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:31:28 EDT
  ...I have in all instances of this problem installed 9004 replacement sockets from NAPA and using Dielectric grease on the contacts have had no...
• Mooncaps
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:00:59 -0400
  ...Place the hubcap on your workbench, or other solid object, upon which has been placed a large socket, or other circular devise, with the...
• Re: Van won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:30:18 -0400
  ...Do not skimp on making sure you have the > correct size wrenches, sockets and socket extensions and such, however, or > you may have more...
• Re: shift linkage rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:35:49 -0700
  ...The boot for this area is NLA Up front the gearshift lever passes through a spring loaded nylon ball/socket joint at the floor...
• known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:52:23 -0400
  ...not strong enough internally, socket splits 16 - cooling system parts leak: plastic components, distributor on fire wall, expansion tank cracks, pressure cap. leaks, hose...
• Re: Shift linkage repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 11 Aug 2019 10:02:26 -0500
  ...Then you can get a 13mm socket through the hole in the ball lever and slide that off. Reassembly is the reverse. If no...
• Re: Headlights Still Out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:02:50 -0700
  ...both work > in both modes. > > There is no power to the socket connectors except driver highbeam, > whether car is running or not. > Heater fans...
• Re: front brake job -how to do a bad job
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:34:28 -0700
  ...That and a 19 mm impact type deep socket. All for wheel nuts. (Torque wrench is shared between vans) Neil. On Wed, Sep 19...
• Re: ? Oil Drain Plug removal
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 06:32:45 -0800 (PST)
  ...I used a 13 mm socket & some WD-40 (hah!), but sone > realized I was getting nowhere fast. I'm now told if an...
• Re: side mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:37:53 -0500
  ...The piece of hex stock >>which has been threaded to take the nut sticks into the "socket" of the >>mechanism by only about 1...
• Re: '81 compression update & questions
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 08:41:47 EDT
  Sean; Could you have possibly got the pushrod out of it's socket in lifter and up on the lip? Very interesting data about...
• Re: Looking for a fog light switch kit - Any vendors have one?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:48:28 -0500
  ...251 941 535 - Fog Light Switch, Lighted ($24 from Rocky Mountain) 141 957 397A - Bulb Socket N17751-2 - Bulb Cheers, MJS At 11:59...
• Re: Gearbox drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:40:01 +0100
  ...Gearbox drain plug > > > > Can anyone tell me if this likely to blanked off as standard, Does not seem to > > be a female hex socket...
• Anyone got a dead golf/jetta/passat alternator they can spare a p art from?
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:53:05 -0400
  ...out quite easily with a hammer and punch (or appropriately-sized socket). It has an 8x1.25 thread, and is almost exactly 11/16...
• Re: O2 Sensor Location '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 00:02:23 -0800
  ...Lots of liquid wrench and a large deepwell socket. tim in san jose >From: MMunn <mdmunn@SHAW.CA> >Reply-To: MMunn <mdmunn@SHAW.CA...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:51:09 -0500
  ...I can get a full set of 7mm - 18mm combination wrenches, a full set of 3/8" drive sockets 10mm - 18mm, a rachet handle...
• 82 won't start when hot was re:83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:08:58 -0400
  ...An interesting note, the old sensor took a 24mm socket the new one was a 13mm. Now I have two problems, of course. The...
• Re: 17mm Transmission drain tool in Vancouver?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:48:36 -0700
  ...anyone know where I can buy/rent/borrow a 17mm hex socket or > 17mm allen wrench near Vancouver BC? I've tried Canadian Tire...
• Re: Wheel Theft Prevention;
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:14:49 -0600
  ...Wheel Theft Prevention; > Hi All, > I guess my question is, > don't those tire & wheel thief's > have all those special sockets? > JC... > > In...
• Re: Woah! Didn't see that coming!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 31 May 2013 20:07:26 -0500
  ...Is there a chance there could be something wrong with the lighter socket? What could have caused this other than the charger being crap...
• Re: Soo- Oil Pan cracked
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 20:04:01 -0800
  ...might have put in 10mm hex head screws instead . >> In any case you need a long thin socket or allen , about 6 inches long.
• Re: Power Inverter advice requested
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:30:32 -0500
  ...The best bet is a 12 volt adapter and adequately wired lighter sockets to support them. Next choice is a small inverter sized to...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:51:46 -0700
  ...VanagonWestfalia/ And for trouble light, why not wire in some 12v sockets around the van, not just where the battery is. alistair On 30...