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• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:14:29 GMT
  I can't say if it's a standad silver socket - kind of in pieces right now. Perhaps someone couldn't get a 12V...
• Re: Electrical Question: Adding charger ports for accecories
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:53:46 -0500
  ...Naturally if you use a plug/socket like the one I indicated, you'd use the exposed pin on the socket side for ground...
• Re: boot: shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 21 May 1996 21:37:06 CST6CDT
  the boot for the ball joint socket IS available, i had one in my hands the other day. souunds like the dealer showed you...
• Water Pump replacement
  Historical mailing list - chrism
  Sat, 1 May 1999 19:07:23 -0500
  A 13mm socket with a universal joint and extention will get the bottom pump nut off. This was posted several months ago. A 6mm...
• Need electrial sockett for side marker light
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:58:36 -0700
  Hi, Does anyone out there have a spare side marker socket for the passenger side? I need the metal piece that holds the bulb...
• Re: perfchip
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 21:49:23 -0500
  The 022D ECU has a removable chip in other words the chip has a socket that it plugs into and the 022 chip is...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:24:35 -0500
  ...19 mm - (Wrench size) nut over the socket hole of a standard 15/16 in socket. The socket will now fit over the blade...
• Re: Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list - Vanagaudi
  Sat, 15 Jul 2023 17:31:45 +0200
  ...This socket is connected to permanent +12V. A charger of 8A does not exceed maximum current of that socket and it's fuse*.* This...
• Re: Removing Cigarette Lighter Socket
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:06:02 -0500
  ...Removing Cigarette Lighter Socket > > I've done it, though my memory is a bit fuzzy on it. > > First, drop the glove box. It will...
• That cig lighter socket in the wheel well
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 13:04:13 -0400
  I had a talk with my friend Kevin who has one of these sockets ('85 Weekender), and the mystery was solved. The transcript follows...
• Re: 91(bus) dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:18:07 -0800
  Sorry, I screwed up when said that jumpering the fuel pump relay socket still requires the ECU to run the pump. It doesn't...
• Re: Turn signal woes (splittie)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:48:41 -0400
  ...I have a brake light where the little clip things are broken off and so I have to periodically jiggle the socket around to...
• Re: amps in silver socket?
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:38:34 -0700
  karen d wrote: > How many amps for 84 westy silver socket? Since I have seen no replies... I would suggest you look at the...
• Re: loose cigarette lighter
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:01:01 -0700
  ...Remove the lighter itself from the socket. Look inside the socket. You will see a set of parallel slots about 1/16" wide and...
• Re: need radiator removal advice today re: spare tire tray
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:36:51 -0500
  I bought an 1 1/8" deep drive socket at my FLAPS and it fit perfectly. Take your new sensor with you to make...
• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:53:10 -0500
  ...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: removing oil drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:46:54 -0800
  ...The original is 13mm and any socket fits there. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Accessories available for Silver Socket ??
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clayton
  Mon, 04 Dec 95 21:50:48 -0500
  ...Trim Shop, ordering some accessories to > plug into the famous Silver Socket in the dash of my Westy, and the nice Stop! Please tell...
• Re: silver socket and collapsible spare tire
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 20:23:58 EST
  Yeah, but only the 80, 81, 82s have said socket on the dash? Which raises the question, why would they put it there if...
• Re: The Silver Socket Returns Again! (Was Re: tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 14:44:57 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Jim, have you really seen a '85-'91 westy w/ this socket? just curious... chris
• Re: westy silver socket - where to get plug?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 12:17:05 -0500
  ...I have also heard that John > Deer sockets fit. > > Chris We still do. http://secure.mycart.net/catalogs/index.asp?category=294728 -- Steve SKL...
• Re: FW: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 17:02:56 -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: Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:07:58 -0700
  ...They also list some other >handy tools like the 12 point socket for CV joints and a 17mm socket for >the transmition oil plugs...
• Re: How to tighten up the cig lighter socket?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:56:20 -0800
  ...Hopefully what I did on my '81 will apply --- ;^) There wasn't a lot of play between my cig lighter socket and dash, but...
• Re: Stripped CV Bolt HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:54:10 -0500
  ...Clean the dirt and crud out of the socket with a narrow blade screwdriver, drive the Tri=Square / Allen with a 10" x 3...
• Re: shore power vs batteries
  Historical mailing list - Michael Richardson
  Sat, 2 Aug 2014 16:50:23 -0400
  Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com> wrote: > I know you mentioned usb plugs that are not in a cigarette socket > configuration but these Blue Sea...
• Re: Extra tailight in spare socket?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:53:29 -0700
  ...I removed the lenses and noticed an extra socket, which I assume > > is for the Euro foglamp. This socket has no 'springy' power connector...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:12:28 +0000
  When my metric hex "sockets" round out, I pound in an SAE socket, which are incrementally about in between the metric ones. Best extractors...
• Re: Rear Pressure Leak - Tips and Tricks Requested
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:43:37 -0500
  ...24mm deep socket to cleat the switch > (like a spark plug wrench) doesn't leave me enough room to get a driver > in there...
• Re: silver socket - another source for plug
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 00:38:11 EST
  ...albell@UVIC.CA writes: << Another source for a plug for the socket is your FLJDD Friendly Local John Deere Dealer. Bosch part # - 352 371...
• Re: Tools....
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 24 May 2001 10:53:13 -0700
  I'd have to say the best investment I ever made in a socket/wrench set was my Metrinch tool kit. One set of...
• Re: Stripped CV Bolt HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:46:26 EDT
  ...8-point) socket in the correct size for this.** >> Rich, Are you awake yet? Or is this a special CV bolt socket for handicapped...
• Re: LVC Protective Gloves?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:28:25 -0800
  ...a 1/4" drive, 7/16 -12 point socket on a 1/4" drive socket > screwdriver. This fits over the propane knob so you...
• Re: Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:22:33 -0700
  ...They also > list > > some other handy tools like the 12 point socket for CV joints and > a > > 17mm socket for the transmition oil plugs...
• Re: broken sockets
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:35:13 -0700
  ...broken sockets > > > > Hey Mark - > > I have six broken Craftsman sockets and 3 broken Craftsman Torx bits on > the > > top of my toolbox right now...
• Re: 16 and 17 inch wheels.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:08:19 -0500
  ...http://www.t3technique.com/lug-nuts-studs-and-bolts/lug-bolts/carat-lug-kit.html will need thin wall 19mm socket. http://www.ezaccessory...
• Re: Trivia question early vanagon Electrical
  Historical mailing list - madvws
  Tue, 6 May 2025 00:31:11 +0000
  For 30 years here on the List we have called it the "silver socket" and it came on VW camper vans from the 60s...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch Removal
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:43:53 -0500
  ...I >> use 1/2" drive socket then use a 3/8 reducer inserted 1/2 way into the 24mm >> socket then use a 1...
• Re: Removing Cigarette Lighter Socket
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:05:01 -0400
  ...Does anyone know how to remove the cigarette lighter socket? Does anyone know how to remove the cigarette lighter socket without a crowbar?
• Re: Planning against on-road glitches
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 08:33:02 -0400
  ...so if you go buy a 1/4-inch ratchet and selection of sockets, you need only get the metric/mm sized sockets. :)
• Re: '83 air cooled - horn button problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:30:53 -0600
  ...I popped off the VW > emblem in > the middle of the horn button but do not currently have a socket > extension/adapter or the...
• Solution: poor shifting! 8o)
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:21:18 -0700
  ...I also changed the pot-metal socket ($21.57 at the dealer). There was considerable wear on the socket but not the plastic ball...
• Re: 88 Vanagon headlight socket problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:29:16 EDT
  ...I have had good luck using aftermarket replacement sockets from NAPA and coating the pins and socket contacts with Dielectric grease. Use good quality...
• Re: Is this wire/socket any good?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:22:02 -0800
  dear socket you say Is this wire/socket any good? i say hold it closer to the screen and shine a light inside it...
• Re: cigarette lighter hole.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:34:50 +1200
  ...While you're at it, you could add extra sockets in the back... I noticed this problem too.. my radar detector/jammer plug didn...
• Re: Dash Power outlet..?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:52:45 +0000
  To hold the lighter socket in when the tabs are broken, cut a short piece of appropriate size rubber heater hose to fit around...
• Re: A/C Fan speed 3 not working in ' 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:40:02 -0500
  ...I think the actual bulbs in the panel are all the same, but the sockets are different; and I don't know when they...
• Re: silver socket and collapsible spare tire
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Jan 1995 20:53:39 -0800
  ...conversion, but a slightly different model, and he has the silver socket, but I do not. I assume we're talking about the thing...
• Re: jack
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:47:27 -0800
  And if I may add, get a good six pt impact wrench style socket. -- :^) Neil. On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:23 AM...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:41:38 -0600
  ...6mm-21mm 3/8" drive > Deep Sockets (3/8" drive): 9mm-19mm, 21mm > Large Sockets (1/2" drive): 27mm, 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, 36mm > Torque...
• Re: Spring clip pliers
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:41:44 -0800 (PST)
  ...I also like Craftsman sockets because they are thin-walled and allow you to get a socket over bolts that are real close to...
• Hall Sender connector socket - replace part/whole?
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:32:39 -0700
  Hi guys, I noticed that my hall effect sender on the distributor ('89 2.1 WBX) has a cracked connector socket. Since the whole...
• Adding light sockets to the tail light assemblies
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 05:34:33 -0700
  I want to add a set of turn/brake light bulbs and sockets to the bottom center (red) part of the tail light lens...
• tools question;
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 12:28:42 -0800
  ...METRIC sockets: 1/4"-- 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13mm ........... deep sockets: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 3...
• cheap relays with sockets <$3 each
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 18:14:08 -0500
  ...http://www.banggood.com/10x-Automotive-Relay-With-Wiring-Harness-And-Socket-12Volt-30A-40A-p-912947.html
• Re: Headrest sockets
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 23:52:05 -0400
  ...I seem to remember someone pointing out that all the seats had the sockets for the headrests, just not the plastic holes. I've...
• Re: tools question;
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 14:17:15 -0800
  ...Take all of the metric sockets, but the 3/8 drive standard sockets should be enough for any task needing standard sockets on these...
• Re: Front, driver's side turn light...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:52:08 -0800
  ...did you check for the presence of voltage on the contacts of the socket with a 12 volt test light ? those sockets get pretty...
• Manual Steering: How to Torque Inner Tie Rod End? (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:25:55 -0700
  ...I've considered welding a socket to "U" shaped plate steel so I can use a torque wrench. Or maybe a socket similar to...
• Re: Fru-fru snap on.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:21:27 EST
  Hey Mark - I have six broken Craftsman sockets and 3 broken Craftsman Torx bits on the top of my toolbox right now. The last...