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• Re: Parts Place and neat tools
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 18 Feb 97 08:19:45 -0500
  ...types is the nice rear wheel bolt offset socket that lets you bang on the socket with a sledge to help the bolt off...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:06:33 -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...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:56:38 -0800
  ...a H4 55/60w bulb that fits the standard 9004 Bulb socket? >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> > > -- Marc Sayer Journalist, Photographer, Dog Trainer (APDT member #062956) Board...
• Re: Back-up lights & now tail lights
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:20:31 -0700
  ...stock, stock plus a stock bulb in the fog light socket and with Sylvania P21 bulbs in the stock socket. I also have pix...
• Re: ye olde blinking coolant level warning light
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:40:36 -0800
  ...It lives in relay socket #3 and should have a large #43 or #42 stamped on the end. If the blinking continues with this...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:39:49 -0400
  ...bad contact at level controller, painted number 42 or 43, third socket in the upper row of the fuse/relay panel, broken solder inside...
• Re: Exhaust manifold studs, how to tighten them into a block...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 20 May 2016 12:12:32 -0700
  ...central cylinders I can only reach with multiple extensions and deep > sockets while the motor is in the van....So...When I try to...
• Re: blinking coolant light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:14:28 -0500
  ...While you're near the pressure tank, examine it for stress cracking at the belt line and in the sender socket and nearby areas...
• Re: Oil leak...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:37:54 -0700
  The oil pressure sending unit is MUCH easier to remove with a deep well 24mm socket. Perhaps translate that to "more possible" rather than...
• Vendor thanks
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:11:30 -0700
  ...Tickling the leftmost relay socket in the two-relay compartment in the engine bay with a wire staple activated the pump and reinstalling the...
• Re: Cool modified DOKA
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:00:14 -0700
  ...My European spec T3's had version without the lamp socket for the side markers. To the uninitiated, they just like the US/Canadian...
• CV joint bolt tools
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 11:28:45 -0700
  ...I guess you put your 10mm socket over 'em. Its a tool you'll need as long as you work on VWs (the 12...
• Re: Tail lamp bulb specifications
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:37:41 EDT
  ...Another modification I am going to make to mine is the add an additional 5 watt bulb to the rear fog light socket behind...
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:53:27 -0600
  ...The reason I took such care is that the same thing happened about 8 years before, and when I put a socket wrench on...
• 83 Westy converting to 240V from 110V
  Historical mailing list - Dodgy Bugga
  Thu, 13 May 2004 11:45:50 +0100
  ...I guess the question is will the factory wiring take 240V and all I have to do is change the three pin plug sockets...
• Re: Headlight Relay Install Help?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 05:19:40 EDT
  ...It looks like my relay kit has slightly different relay sockets. Are those ones that slide onto the stock fusebox available for the bosh...
• Re: How to change a starter?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:56:02 -0400
  ...A couple different lengths extensions for the socket wrench are helpful to have room to turn the wrench. On the Diesel, one needs also...
• Re: Newbie battery questions
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sun, 13 May 2007 17:19:16 -0700
  ...I installed a dual battery charger under the sink, on the spare 110V power socket, so I tend to trickle charge the batteries quite...
• Re: Urgent!! Anyone know what size the axel nit is?!?!?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 06:59:22 EDT
  ...I do not know what metric size that is but the 1-13/16" socket I use fits just right. You know that you...
• stub axle headache
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:25:21 -0600
  ...When it came time to replace the circlip I used a socket slightly bigger than the splined shaft and tapped it on the end...
• Re: Craftsman Tools, Ace Hardware
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:18:35 -0600
  ...I too have had split sockets replaced by sears after years of hard use. I LOVE a good craftsman ratchet from the 80s or...
• Re: generators/inverters for camping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:42:39 -0500
  ...When I test the Coleman's 12v dc outputs which are 2 power point type plug sockets, I get no reading until I plug...
• Re: Water Pump Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sat, 18 Jul 2020 12:26:22 -0700
  ...The ¾ drive socket and long pipe that handles the rear axle nut was not happening up in the cave where the crank pulley...
• Re: Floppy mirror...any fixes that actually work?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:16:21 -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: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:53:57 EDT
  ...Cool right? No not cool because the socket end that is ont he end of the accelerator cable is completely rusted to the ball...
• Re: Battery Woahs Part II
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:33:04 -0700
  ...Right down to the male spade connector on the blade fuse socket. -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy...
• Re: Heat inside the camper.. No Carbon Monoxide detectors another option.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 5 Jan 2015 12:07:28 -0800
  ...the Westy? I have been plugging mine in the lower electrical socket. Should it be high up on the rear closet, etc? Thanks for...
• Re: Setting time timing - unexpectedly need help.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:39:53 -0500
  ...I am using a 10-mm socket > with a 1/4-inch ratchet, > > Would appreciate some step-by step instructions on moving the > distributor...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:34:30 -0500
  ...I traced wires and > studied the Bentley until finally I found the wires and sockets. Then > I did battle with the bulb to make...
• Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 02:22:10 -0500
  ...How are you going to get a socket on the nut you have just >beat to shit with a mallet and chisel? File. I...
• Re: What do I need to do about this mirror!!!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:19:32 EDT
  ...I also roughed up the ball and socket inside with a bit of sandpaper, just to make sure. I use 4" fish-eye mirrors...
• Re: To weld or not to weld upper control arm bushings..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:07:32 -0400
  ...If you're doing it yourself you will need an unusualy large (I'm sure bentley lists the size) allen key or equivalent socket...
• Re: 85gl acceleration Flat spot until warmed up
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:39:35 -0800
  ...85gl acceleration Flat spot until warmed up > > > > > I like to get the new style sockets and > > > pre crimped pigtail connectors as these make future...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:27:31 -0800
  ...sourcing terminals that push lock into a relay socket > B. the OEM fuel pump relay has larger than normal male spades and one > really...
• Re: Inverter/Aux Battery question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 19:42:50 -0700
  ...The cord > goes through the space between the cabinet and the outer wall and down to > the second socket where the refrigerator is plugged...
• Re: 86 vanagon Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:16:24 -0700
  ...The job is about 8000% > >easier if you use the correct tool, which is a deep well 24mm socket. > >Easiest is to put the...
• Re: Transaxle stub axle seal
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 05:52:54 EST
  ...When it came time to replace the circlip I used a socket slightly bigger than the splined shaft and tapped it on the end...
• Re: Rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:24:31 -0700
  Eric, My only contribution is to warn that the socket head machine screws holding the hinge to hatch and body are very , or I...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:53:33 -0600
  ...Pliers & a VeryLarge ScrewDriver(to Pry the OldSeal out) & a VeryLarge Socket(I think the one for the RearAxleNut is BigEnough IIRC) to Drive...
• Headlight Turn signal weirdness
  Historical mailing list - john
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:07:13 -0400
  ...After pulling flasher relays and emergency flasher switches, I finally pulled the bulb out of the front left turn signal socket and guess what...
• Re: Screw extractors any good?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:28:51 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I was using a allen type socket wrench but as soon as I would torque the bolt the wrench would loose its grip and...
• Just Say NO OK Vanagoners, Thanks to everyone who replid
  Historical mailing list - The Buslady
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:13:18 EDT
  ...but there's more to get into! And what size plug socket do I need? Oh is doing an oil change as easy as...
• Re: VW oil filter a must?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 9 May 2000 04:25:20 EDT
  ...Also, the filters often come with a "nut" molded to the bottom for installation/removal with a standard socket instead of the clunky oil...
• Re: Leaking Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:04:14 -0800
  ... so, now I'm wondering about a plug into the lighter socket electrical defroster as back up heat for having 2 rows of back...
• Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:41:30 -0400
  ...Make sure you have good set of tools. > You will need to buy additional individual sockets. wrenches, etc. > in the middles of the project...
• Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:31:35 -0500
  ...Aeroquip makes a "Socketless" hose that works well and is easy to install. I usually use a perm-cool 4 port thermostat just in...
• Re: Mirror fixes
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:14:10 -0500
  ...Clean around area of socket to ensure smooth surface contact > between the ball and the socket. > 13. Loosely assemble to look for clearances. Fix...
• oil pressure gauge installation (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 13 Sep 1997 19:55:29 +0000
  ...I got the original sender out with my 24mm deep well socket (I had been warned). I attached the hose (courtesy of Jim Thompson...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:59:07 -0700
  ...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: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:17:27 -0500
  ...Mine has a ball socket on piston rod on the hatc= > h end and a clevis on the pressure tube attached to the chassis...
• Re: 1986 syncro westy stuck transmission drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 May 2012 17:13:43 -0400
  ...I am waiting for the special 17mm Allen socket from van-cafe. I used the bolt and nut option but broke bolts 5 times...
• Re: trouble installing new starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 11 May 2012 10:10:11 -0700
  ...I've filed a bevel on the leading edge and using a same sized socket/extension with the bushing taped to it.Can't...
• Alternator light on 84Gl
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Sun, 11 Aug 1996 05:58:49 +0000 (GMT)
  ...Wrecker Audi unit but have to remove the pulley ( a pain in the butt to remove, had to purchase a #24 mm socket, $5...
• Re: Brake Drum Removal, Alldata web site
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 19 Jan 97 12:47:35 EST
  > > >Besides, that way you don't need a giant socket, a hub > > puller and a breaker bar capable of 360 ft-lbs. > > Sorry. Yes...
• Re: ??? HOW DO I remove problematic rear deck lid on '86 GL
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:09:35 -0800
  ...Using a good quality hex socket > (snap-on), the remaining counterunk bolt resisted all effort and has now > sheared. Any ideas would be greatly...
• Re: Removal of flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 May 2002 18:38:04 -0400
  A flywheel lock and the proper socket-breaker bar combination will take these bolts off easily. Avoid the torch thing here. Dennis. -----Original Message...
• Syncro Transmission Oil Drain Under Skid Plate
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:10:52 -0400
  ...Having owned several westfalias ranging in age from '78 to '81, I confidently slid under the Blue Ox with my 17mm male hex socket...
• Re: 12 Volt Outlet - Source?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 16:55:32 -0700
  I reckon what Chris is looking for is a panel-mount dual 12V "outlet" -- two "cigarette lighter" sockets on a plate -- like a household...
• Re: steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 2 Mar 2012 15:27:44 -0800
  ...I think that nut is 17mm? I used my wheel breaker bar 'n deep socket. Drive the van just far enough so that you...
• Re: front door edge seals wasRe: 88-up flow-through parts
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:41:01 -0700
  ...I only used a socket with long extension. That's it. I added these seals to me 88 Doka in less than 10 minutes...