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• Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:33:48 -0800
  A breaker bar with the proper 6 point socket for the wheels you are using is the best thing you can buy for your...
• Re: Auto shifter LED lamp conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:18:01 -0500
  ...They are not just bulbs, but >come attached to their plastic sockets. The shifter lights have different >sockets than the dash lights. I was...
• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:08:12 -0600
  ...We have OEM replacement standard lighter sockets for $7.95, as well as several DIN (silver socket) plugs and adapters. You can find them...
• Re: Wheel studs- How to change.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:07:49 +0200
  Mike Ray wrote: > do I have to remove the Hub > > If so, Is it a 46mm Socket and where can I get one? Yes...
• Re: broken sockets
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:20:49 EST
  ...as these bolts are notoriously soft, but no, it was the socket which failed. >> Andrew, At least you had cause to count your blessings...
• Re: The Silver Socket Returns Again! (Was Re: tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 04:25:32 -0400 (EDT)
  Chris asks: << Jim, have you really seen a '85-'91 westy w/ this socket? just curious... >> Just today, in a steady rain, three different...
• Re: The mysterious 'Silver Socket'
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:51:32 -0700
  ...The mysterious 'Silver Socket' > > Woahh... I have one of these, always wondered what it was. > > > > So... what's it good for? Get an adapter...
• tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:40:36 -0500
  ...Socket Wrenches: (1) 1/2" drive, (2) 3/8" drive Sockets: 6mm-21mm 3/8" drive Deep Sockets (3/8" drive): 9mm-19mm, 21mm...
• Re: Mystery Accessory Get Rich$$$! <F>
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 23 May 2002 15:37:27 -0700
  ...SNIP > I hope this sets you straight on the Silver Socket. > If you have one of these notorious Silver Sockets, stick your ignition > key...
• Re: 3/4" Socket set
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 1995 17:39:05 -0500
  ...the socket set that Harbor Freight had for $46 is noe $39.99. If >you by another $10.01 in stuff you don't...
• Re: Shock Shaft Socket
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 16:36:16 -0700
  ...Shock Shaft Socket > As bizarre as a Citroen is I have a hard time thinking about a bell > housing with oval headed bolts !! > Crazy...
• Re: What is the socket size for the crankshaft bolt?
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:47:41 -0500
  ...I need to turn the engine, and need to know the socket size for the > crankshaft bolt. I tried 29, but it is bigger...
• Vanagon Map Light & Silver Socket installation
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 96 16:05:02 EDT
  ...Over the weekend I completed the installation of a map light and silver socket at the rear of the van. The map light is...
• Re: lug nuts--broke a socket--socket strength investigations...
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 17:55:42 -0400
  A general fact, I once had in excess of 500 ft-lbs on a Craftsman 1/2" breaker bar and 19mm 6 pt socket...
• Re: broken sockets
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:22:48 -0500
  ...Always liked the lifetime warranty until the last few years, seems that I often crack a socket wall right in the middle of a...
• Alternator pully #%%$#@
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:04:43 -0800
  ...I put the hex wrench in position by sticking it through the 1/2 inch drive hole on the socket, and turn the socket...
• Re: Need lamp socket
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:11:04 -0400
  > I am in need of the lamp socket for the right front turn signal/parking > light. ... If you have one, let me know and...
• Re: Silver Socket
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:09:38 -0700
  No, I'm not going tomention searching the archives...oops! source for a plug for the socket is your FLJDD Friendly Local John Deere...
• Re: Diesel Injector Socket Size
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 20:43:29 -0400
  ...Diesel Injector Socket Size Hi Volks, Sorry about the brainless question, but I'm in a pickle and need an answer fast. What size...
• E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - Townsend, Michael D
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:13:58 -0400
  Thanks to Fastforward's informative Vanagon halogen light wiring conversion info sheet, I see that the electrical socket for the European H4 bulbs is...
• The Silver Socket Returns Again! (Was Re: tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 01:32:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...You can get the replacement socket (and the male ends) at a place in Arizona called The Trim Shop (specializes in Type 181 Thing...
• Re: OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:04:56 EDT
  ...Use a breaker bar on the socket as it takes up less space than a ratchet. Also a short socket reducer to 3/8...
• Re: Rear Axle Housing Bolts: Use shallow O2 Socket?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:06:07 -0700
  ...I think a full set of 02 sockets and crow's feet was about $45 at NAPA when I borrowed it for my failed...
• Comment on Starter Bolts and Engine Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:08:57 EST
  I have noted in this thread that the Socket Cap starter bolt is treated as an alien entity in the overall scheme of bolts...
• Fwd: '74-up Westy dash euro socket.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 18:26:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Subj: '74-up Westy dash euro socket. Date: 97-04-22 18:24:49 EDT >From: JordanView To: type2@home.ease.lsoft.com Well...
• Re: Westy Electrical Outlet on Dash ??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:38:14 EDT
  ...What is it used for ? Is there any accessories for this socket, ie lamp, etc. >> european style outlet. you can get the male adapter...
• Re: Where do you mount your gauges?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:58:58 -0800
  ...To torque or remove, I did have to > take a die grinder to a > cheap socket and reduce the wall thickness of the > socket...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Radiator Fan Switch Bolt Size?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:05:06 -0700
  ...Wasn't available as a regular deep socket - had to buy an "impact" style deep socket (1/2" drive) to get the size. -- Jim...
• Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:59:29 -0800
  ...Should I break it off and use a regular 22mm socket? Get a 7/8" special O2 sensor socket, which is slightly larger, so...
• Spare cable withy socket?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:09:19 -0500
  Cleaning up around the engine bay I discovered a three wire cable with a round socket not connected to anything. It appears to be...
• the silver socket
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 14:46:36 -0700
  This subject never totally dies, does it? :) For newbies interested in purchasing appliances/accesories which power off the silver socket (also called Euro-socket...
• Re: trouble installing new starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 12 May 2012 19:44:24 -0400
  ...Assuming smaller OD of socket fit in the bushing. Using > the socket that way would expand or split the bushing. > > Given John's experience...
• Re: loose cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:45:11 -0400
  Alan, My New Beetle has illuminated sockets, but they are have a red lighting ring, not green. I don't know what the dealer...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:28:49 -0700
  ...wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes > > Why would you need 12-point sockets, unless you are not using a ratchet? > Can > you think...
• Re: Temp sensor removal
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 04:46:29 -0400
  i just use a deep-well socket. i disconnect the wire at the sensor connection, run the wire from the sensor up through the...
• Re: lug wrench- was Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:55:55 -0500
  ...Breaker bar and deep 6 point socket is in there. Saved my butt a few times, and it has saved a few random people...
• Re: triple square axle bolts information for newbie
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:39:01 -0800
  ...The 12mm socket solution obviously worked, but I'd think that using a top-quality socket would provide an even better chance of success...
• RE: 95 EV: Adapter for CellPhone
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 13:52:33 -0500
  ...The SAE size (on your power cord) is slightly = smaller than the DIN size (the lighter socket on your EV). There are two solutions...
• Re: Lighter plug in dash a big joke...
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:48:28 -0800
  Tolga, To hold the lighter socket in when the tabs are broken is to cut a short piece of appropriate size rubber heater hose...
• Re: How to remove Oil fill tube?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:12:43 -0800
  ...I was able to get a 13mm 1/4" drive socket on the lower nut and use a 1/4' drive non-ratcheting bar...
• Re: need radiator removal advice today re: spare tire tray
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:01:16 EST
  ...This if you have the 29mm socket--preferably a deep socket or maybe even neccesarily a deep socket-you can install and remove the...
• Re: What lugs do Carat Alloys need?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:54:39 -0500
  ...its just that instead of using a 19mm socket to remove them you will have to use a 17mm socket.
• 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 16:03:55 -0600
  ...Deep well socket to long, wom't fit in the space availabe; standard socket to short , the blade/male connector of the switch is...
• Re: High Beam Indicator
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 21:53:57 +1200
  ...On most printed circuits, it is >removeable from it's socket, which is soldered to the circuit. Pull and >wiggle gently and it should...
• Re: Can Someone Please Shed Some Light....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:23:48 -0700
  ...Now I think I see the problem-there is a very small wire on each side of the socket-it appears pulling the bulb...
• Re: Cracked Lug Wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 14:10:29 -0500
  ...get the 1/2" breaker bar (long bar with swivel socket-thingie at one end. get the one that is about two feet long...
• Re: Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:45:53 -0700
  isn't it a 42mm socket? Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of...
• Re: david & the silver socket
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  1 Jun 1995 08:16:53 -0800
  ...The nearest I can figure, since the air pump that came with The Clone fits this socket very nicely, is that the engineers in...
• Re: Need front turn signal socket and rear chrome bumper
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:02:06 -0400
  ...Need front turn signal socket and rear chrome bumper I bought a socket at the dealer last summer. Other vendors should also have 'em...
• Re: 2wd transmission linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:52:59 -0600
  ...When I put the ball into the socket on the shifter and attach the bracket to the tranny it looks right. I then shift...
• Answered My own Question!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:36:31 +0000
  I had searched Bus Depot's site and did not see the bulb socket-just bulbs. Van-Cafe, however, shows the socket, and in...
• Re: Lighter fuse is blowing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Nov 2021 21:20:09 -0400
  Hi Jim, Not sure, but I suspect less as people are using the old socket to run electric coolers and I don’t think...
• silver socket was Re: New van timing, cont'd.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Jan 1995 11:55:46 -0800 (PST)
  On Fri, 6 Jan 1995, David Carment wrote: > wrt the silver socket secret, there are few things of which we are sure: > they seem...
• Re: cv 12 pt tool
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:49:59 -0500
  If you have the 12 pt sockets screws on you cv joints instead of the hex head, I was able to get the 12...
• RE: silver secret
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Aug 94 8:21:19 EDT
  I removed the socket from my dash and had a good look at it. Within the socket is a second smaller socket with what...
• Re: 19mm oil drain plug?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:43:19 -0400
  ...If you have an old "so what" socket and access to a grinding wheel, you might try making your own thin walled socket and...
• removing oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:22:15 -0500
  ...The drain plug head takes a 19mm wrench but all my sockets are too big to fit into the recess in the case. Do...
• Re: A good use for the silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:40:45 +1000 (EST)
  On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, John Sharpe wrote: > Vanagonians, > > I had one of those silver sockets bolted by the steering column. > I never used...
• "headlights on" warning chime success
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 15 May 2010 12:33:07 -0700
  ...All I used was a stock chime, a short length of 14 G wire (female spades both ends) and an additional relay socket. Oh...
• Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:30:15 -0400
  ...If there's a way to avoid using the cigarette-lighter-type sockets, do it; because lighter sockets are very good for lighters and...