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• Re: Will my alternator survive a TV VCR combo?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:50:08 -0400
  ...Absolutely, for convenience, and to resolve any potential poor fit btw American style plug and VW style socket. But IMO entirely unnecessary for current...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon GL passenger -- Fuses 12 and 13 Good, but things don't work -- Update
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Sun, 15 Dec 2019 13:31:26 -0500
  ...Turn the key on and check for 12V at > both sides of the fuse sockets. If you *don't* have 12v on at least...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:48:29 +0000
  ...bad contact at level controller, painted number 42 or 43, third socket in the upper row of the fuse/relay panel, broken solder inside...
• oil leak diagnosed and fixed (oil sensor)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:39:46 -0400
  ...An ordinary Sears 12 point 24mm socket just barely gets the thing on or off. Interestingly, there appears to be nothing wrong with the...
• Re: 85 GL No Spark-No Start
  Historical mailing list - Marc W. Theune
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:19:57 -0500
  ...I don't know if it matters but I also tested it at the socket with the relay removed and did not get any...
• Re: want a 85 mirrior to try the repair
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 20:36:50 -0600
  Someone posted one time about taking it apart and filing a cross hatch pattern onto the ball and socket pieces. I did that to...
• Re: swapping middle seat for rear-facing seats
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:23:15 -0500
  ...I had the van about a year before I realized that there were no metal sockets down there. Still haven't gotten motivated enough...
• Re: 85 Westy - Throttle Valve Switch??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:16:41 -0600
  ...On my 85, the leads from the switch terminate on a connector socket attached to the bracket holding the transverse metal coolant pipe that...
• Re: Wheel lug nuts and wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:29:16 -0500
  ...I carry a 1/2" Craftsman breaker bar and a 19 mm socket under the back seat. (The stock VW lug wrench had long...
• Re: battery and oxy lights coming on.
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:04:19 -0600
  ...It took a 1" socket and a huge pain in my ass to remove the pulley from the new one and change it with...
• Re: Question about turn signal indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:15:36 -0500
  ...one from another cluster, paying attention to the orientation in the socket prongs. Still no flashing dash turn signal LED. Should I next be...
• Re: Dashmount options for smartphones?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:01:41 -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: Dash wierdness, was- Aux Battery.....
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Sat, 27 May 2006 17:29:43 -0400
  ...In particular, VW should have kept the cig lighter > socket ground isolated from the rest. Of course way back then, few > people used the...
• Re: Headlamp, socket and adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 01:18:25 -0400
  ...https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/helpful-information/lens-bulb-upgrades/headlight-socket-pinouts. If your bulbs are more than a couple years old...
• Re: Useful, if pricey, vanagon related tool
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:47:44 -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: 250lb struts on rear hatch.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:31:29 -0300
  ...t=687800&highlight=mcmaster >> >> 9416K28 - 250lbs Extension Force (x2) >> >> And the socket and eyelet ends to match the van. >> 9416K88 (x2) >> 9416k76 (x2) >> >> The...
• Re: help removing aux air reg
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:14:29 +0000
  ...the 10MM? bolts on the aux air reg brakt? A 10mm socket and flex extender just slip off and a box wrench doesn't...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:00:09 -0500
  ...I think I use > about a 20-22mm? socket and 1/2" drive breaker bar to loosen the nut. Once > that's off, pull...
• Re: Axle nut torque without a torque wrench Was rear brake shims
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:40:56 -0500
  ...Breaker bar and socket? > <http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=5494> > > Worth every penny. I bought mine 30 years ago for...
• Re: Industrial Motors/air compressors
  Historical mailing list - M. Grant
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 20:20:37 +0100 (BST)
  ...However, a more modern version I've seen around plugs into your cigarette lighter/ silver socket and powers a very small compressor to inflate...
• Turn Signal Flasher Replaced-Wipers NG
  Historical mailing list - Richard Schmittdiel
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 07:25:41 -0800
  ...I installed the new one anyway (it plugged right into the socket), and tested all the turn signals and the four-way hazard lights...
• Re: Syncro cv-joint fun
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 04:02:04 -0800
  ...I just knocked it with a 1 kg hammer and a socket extension bar, it came out without too much effort. I remember changing...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 05:38:44 EST
  ...connection > somewhere--also know that my front light turn singnal bulb socket has iffy > connections--any other ideas on increasing brightness? > David Beierl <dbeierl...
• Re: [A/C 50 amp fuse?]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:25:42 MDT
  ...it cost? peanuts, but it's a great hassle when the socket burns. I defenitely recommend replacing it, and while you're there, replace...
• Re: Motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:50:44 -0700
  ...Remove the upper attachments (8mm nuts via universal 13mm socket) from the inner mounts. Carrier comes right out. Remove upper attachments from outer mounts...
• Re: clutch slave cylinder mounting bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:10:07 -0500
  ...I used a typical offset box-end wrench to hold the nut, and a socket/ratchet to tighten the bolt. It probably has to...
• Re: Your advice worked!
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:32:18 -0400
  ...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: What lugs do Carat Alloys need? The OEM lug nuts-Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:54:26 -0500
  ...Many aftermarket wheels have trouble using a 19mm socket. I prefer the tuner splines over the allen key setup. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: cv joint bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:51:18 -0600
  ...The tool comes with the bolts (3/8" drive socket). Well worth the investment of time and $$. Just my $0.02 Bob Stevens '87...
• Re: installation of lower control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 00:24:01 -0600
  ...Then, laying under the car, used a combination of 1/2" all thread, big washers, pieces of pipe and some big sockets to pull...
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Mon, 10 Apr 2017 06:38:37 -0400
  ...10mm ball socket cup >> Shaft connector: 8mm eyelet hole >> Total cost: $60 w/ CA tax, free shipping >> >> These are nice beefy struts, with larger...
• Re: More Tailight Glow
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:01:40 -0700
  ...Remove the existing tailight bulb and you'll see a "bulb clip" in the bottom of the socket. The cateye lens socket does NOT...
• Re: Useful, if pricey, vanagon related tool
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 11:57:06 -0700
  ...big collection of hex keys as I do. > Regular L shaped, socket drive mounted ones, T handle ones. Probably no > need to get any...
• Re: Instrument cluster lighting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:20:42 -0700
  ...There is a small piece of > metal in the white plastic housing that the bulb socket locks into. Those > two little metal parts are...
• Re: Headlamp re-install
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 11:08:45 -0400
  ...way > around the bulb goes? Should I end up with the socket straight side up or > curved side up? Does the black thing somehow...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:07:17 -0700
  ...much rather have that one ....but I already have all the sockets I want and if I were spending money on tools, I need...
• Re: Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:04:14 -0600
  ...When I drop the fuse panel in my '84 >> Westy, should I expect the socket for this relay to be empty? Or do >> I...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure switch R&R
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:34:12 -0800
  ...I ended up using a 24mm 12-point 1/2"-drive standard depth socket and my 1/2" breaker bar to get it out...
• Re: mechanical speaking what triggers the LED?
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:38:24 -0400
  ...How could it function in the temp capacity if its removed? Additionally, which socket does it go in on your relay panel, I cannot...
• Re: Anyone used "Night Hawk" bulbs? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:25:46 -0700
  ...at Lordco. > > > > On the 84 I've jumpered the fog light sockets and am running two of > > the > > regular running lights per side. It...
• head gasket progress
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:07:50 -0700
  ...Any tricks? Seems as though my allen socket is about to round them out so I don't want to push it to hard...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 00:44:53 -0400
  ...Technique for Torquing Rear Axle Nut The easiest way to properly torque the axle nut is to use a large socket and breaker bar...
• Re: Oil Changing
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:39:14 -0400
  ...I use a special socket that fits over the >end of the oil filter. The socket is of course large, and accepts a 3...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 23:41:08 -0800
  ...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: Gremlins in the Dash
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 17:45:02 +0000
  I just finished soldering new grounds into the double brown ground wires to the lamp sockets, filing crud off the contacts, applying electrical grease...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:08:48 -0800
  ...of dielectric grease? I just got my new front turn light sockets (4), and I intend to pack them full of compound to keep...
• Re: CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:36:30 -0500
  My gkn lobro CV joints arrived today yay! One question do I use the grease they came with or upgrade? I do have 2...
• Re: What lugs do Carat Alloys need?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 20:14:31 -0800
  ...Nuts and bolts are different sizes, so you need a new lug wrench with multiple sockets. I like the extending handle type. Stuart '85...
• Re: Shifter spring placement
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:14:37 -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: Setting time timing - unexpectedly need help.
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:32:45 -0800
  ...grip on the bolt head.� I am > using a 10-mm socket > with a 1/4-inch ratchet, > > Would appreciate some step-by step...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:01:47 -0600
  ...to break the studs.� I > can put enough pressure on the socket where I know if I go much further > the stud will break...
• Wasserboxer piston pin removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:18:42 -0700
  ...Add the fender washers and an an appropriate length 3/8 drive socket (9/16 shallow was right for me.) Add the nut and...
• bike racks
  Historical mailing list - ned & susan rothstein
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:29:02 -0400
  ...But it only takes ten seconds to pull it out of its socket (which stays mounted in the reciever). The reason I went with...
• Re: Audi 5000T wheels on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:40:16 EDT
  ...holes in each, countersunk the holes for a tapered Allen key socket head screw, drilled holes in the drums, threaded the holes and screwed...
• Re: Tail light #
  Historical mailing list - Joe Pallen
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 08:37:45 -0800
  ...Does anyone have bulb or > > VW > > part number? >> > > > > I wanted brighter tail lights, so I use the 21watt bulb in the > > tail > > light socket...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 05:16:24 -0400
  At 09:56 PM 6/23/2002, Carrington, Tom wrote: > > I have Bently, Haynes and wrenches and socket set, vice grips etc with > > me...
• Re: Diesel water pump pulley diameter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:21:19 -0700
  ...sheave crank pulley would make it a PITA to get a socket on the crank bolt to turn the motor. Hence, the stock setup...
• Back from a boring 2500 mile vacation trip to Maine and Vermont.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:28:31 -0700
  ...The compartment under the rear seat was filled with everything up to my 1/2" sockets, Bentley and Haynes, dunnage and spare parts. My...
• Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:48:37 -0700
  ...The > bad > > thing is that I'll have yet one more socket tip to > carry > > around. (Otherwise the Diesel Westy only needs the 6mm...
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Mon, 10 Apr 2017 07:48:16 -0400
  ...10mm ball socket cup >> Shaft connector: 8mm eyelet hole >> Total cost: $60 w/ CA tax, free shipping >> >> These are nice beefy struts, with larger...