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• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:09:15 -0600
  ...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: Hall effect sender
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:33:45 -0700
  ...This elbow is a connector socket as well and so there are three spade connector type things in the elbow. It just so happens...
• Re: Middle seats FREE
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 05:05:19 -0800
  ...seat removal" is >> in there next to "whats that mysterious silver socket on my dash?" :<) >> 1)remove alum door sill. 2) roll back carpet...
• Transaxle stub axle seal
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:22:27 -0800
  ...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: My Ignition switch replacement experience
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:49:01 -0800
  ...It took about 45 minutes (not counting a trip to > the FLAPS to get a 24mm socket). > > 1) Remove shaft "cowling" > 2) Remove horn...
• Re: Dash wiring help needed
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:37:06 -0700
  ...They run all across the > dash to light the cig socket outer ring, for example, and also to the > original radio harness to light...
• Glossary of Tool Functions
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:24:52 -1000
  ...WHITWORTH (Metric) SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British vehicles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16-inch or 1...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:44:31 -0900
  ...I traced wires and > > studied the Bentley until finally I found the wires and sockets. Then > > I did battle with the bulb to make...
• Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:27:27 -0700
  ...1) Quality Crafstman allen head socket and ratchet. No way, just spun out. 2) Vice Grips on outside - just spun around the bolt even...
• Product review: folding lug wrench
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:03:49 -0800
  ...http://geocities.com/mbelanger/lug/lug1.jpg It has 17, 19, 21 and 23mm sockets and the two folding arms are held in place...
• Re: Follow Up on Yesterdays Post About New Stereo
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:17:42 -0700
  ...All I can see is > me knocking the USB thumb drive and damaging the USB socket. > > Neil. > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9...
• Re: hella xenon blue 100 / 80
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:34:39 -0500
  ...So then they go in and call their buddy that's the ace mechanic in the crew and he tells them the socket just...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 00:23:07 -0500
  ...it off and use a regular 22mm socket? Get a 7/8" > special O2 sensor socket, which is slightly larger, so I can put...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:26:16 -0400
  For the crossover pipe you really want the allen socket. Yes a 2omm will work fine. For the large pipe for a 25mm. Dennis...
• Re: On Board Propane used outside
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:13:58 -0700
  ...the van with a standard RV table floor > 'socket', and a standard outdoor tripod socket is included as part of the > ASI setup. > > Soo...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:04:45 +0200
  ...SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!! >Is the ball cup still intact on the operating,(slave) cylinder? I have >seen the ball socket fall out or break reducing the...
• Re: Trivia question early vanagon Electrical
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 5 May 2025 17:39:54 -0400
  ...I'll take a guess and say it's a Powerlet socket, often used on motorcycles, but I've never seen one in a...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:29:28 -0600
  ...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: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:58:47 -0800
  ...Now I'm more confused :-( No problem when I working on the car, I just find the socket/wrench that works. Maybe I jsut...
• Allen wrenches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:26:39 EST
  ...david > On nomenclature actually "allen" is often used to refer to a number of > generic socketed fasteners, not merely the 6 point. But I...
• Aux. Battery Installation kit
  Historical mailing list - Al Ferguson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:46:23 -0500
  ...The instructions show this Blue/Red wire can also go to a 12/7S socket - What the heck is that? Also instructions say "connect...
• Re: Decided to Rebuild my 2.1-Bottom split
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:51:09 -0400
  ...a piece of 3/8" treaded rod, nuts, washers and some sockets as >> adaptors to make a puller to pull out the wrist pins...
• Re: Changing Tranny Oil - One More Question
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:12:05 -0700
  ...Is this mentioned *only because I must have the right >> size socket for the job, or is the fill plug often difficult >> to remove...
• Re: Starter Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:00:25 -0800
  ...Starter Bolts > In my limited experience, the allen bolts are used when you can't get a > socket on a normal hex head bolt...
• Re: Burnt Van Photos
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Schwartz
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:37:27 -0500
  ...you changed your fuel lines?" > >"No, but what is that silver socket on the dash?" > >"First change your fuel lines." > >"Yeah but . . . " > >"The fuel...
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:53:04 -0800
  http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece-38-drive-metric-bolt-extractor-sockets-67894.html Buy these, be happy. It's the only thing that...
• Re: '87 Vanagon GL ATF Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:38:36 -0500
  ...Just use a jack to support it and once you remove the mount, lower it until you can get a socket in there to...
• Re: Removing Rusty Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 08:50:04 -0400
  ...Then use a six point socket or box wrench only and try to break lose. Then after the stud breaks off flush with cylinder...
• Re: Heater fan replacment description requested.
  Historical mailing list - dworkin
  Mon, 9 Jan 1995 20:18:57 -0800 (PST)
  ...The bolt as sold: -- -- | |_ _| | - Allen socket head | || | |___ || ___| /||\ - real skinny neck / || \ (note the tiny drilled hole) / \ \ / - threads / \ \ / etc., etc. As the bolt is torqued the...
• Re: aux. battery
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:02:07 -0800
  ...battery power the over-sink >light, the dome light, the aftermarket reading lamps, the stereo, and >perhaps also the silver socket and cigarette lighter...
• EV Camper LED panel failures
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 00:38:31 UT
  ...trace, from the diode terminal on one end to the switch socket on the other. Since current divides through multiple traces on the rest...
• Wheel Bearing Thrust Washer
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 3 May 2006 12:25:59 -0700
  ...What should I do? Do I need to put a socket over the thrust washer and tap it on with a hammer just far...
• Antifreeze and general
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:50:03 -0500
  ...The 4 that hold the cover on were rusted to the point that a 10 mm, six point socket slipped around the hex. The...
• Re: source for coolant hose '91 GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:37:56 -0500
  ...16 AM 11/10/2009, Don Hanson wrote... >>> >>> and the metal socket inside is steel with a thin >>> >>>> coating... >>>> >>>> >>> Uh, no. They're nickel...
• Re: Front Suspension - Screws
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 26 May 2009 23:54:35 -0700
  ...With the s**t storm I created, I tried a makeshift press using my vice + old socket + 13mm bolt, to press out the bolt...
• V6anagon un-V6'ed (even more useless drivel)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:07:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Once the flywheel was off, the bearing came out with two firm whacks with a hammer against the socket I was using as a...
• Re: tiny push button on emergency brake bracket
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 02:14:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...w/ that light on.... :<) and as far as the little round socket underneath your glovebox - that's a European style outlet for any 12volt...
• Re: windshield wipter worries
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:03:49 -0700
  ...Needless to say I tightened it down, using a socket drive, but it seems to still have some slippage - ie when I cleaned the...
• Re: Please Help! 4-Speed Transmission problem
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 19:15:36 -0500
  ...The dent looks like the type you would get if you placed about a 14mm socket in the middle of the cap and gave...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:04:33 -0400
  ...I can get a full set of 7mm - 18mm combination wrenches, a full set of 3/8" drive sockets 10mm - 18mm, a rachet handle...
• Which Switch Mystery
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:27:53 -0800
  ...and stolen a couple pictures from Ken at Vanagain, showing the socket and the various switches. You can see them here if interested: http...
• Re: dash question
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:57:53 -0700
  ...westy, it will have an extra > hole for the notorious "SILVER SOCKET".. > > are you thoroughly confused now? :<) OK, but here's another dash related...
• Re: Water Temperature Light
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 03:23:23 -0500
  ...Finally, in the archives there is a message that states pull the relay 43 (or 42) from its relay socket. If the blinking problem...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:38:15 -0700
  ...I installed such a fuel pump relay into socket 2 for my 5 cylinder with CIS injection. The 4 cylinder hall puts out 4...
• Re: Rebuilding manual steering rack?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:29:03 -0400
  ...The end that is on the rack side is a ball and socket joint that can wear out. Buying a new tie rod and...
• Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:15:44 -0700
  ...You will need the proper socket (46mm I think) and a big breaker bar to get this sucker loose--it's torque spec is...
• question for an engineer
  Historical mailing list - Jason Beighley
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 23:53:23 EDT
  ...one above the other on it towards the end where the socket fits on. Now, my ????'s are these: Is there a way to...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:04:28 -0500
  ...suggestions what tools to bring on a trip? > >3/8" metric socket set >screwdriver set (2 x flathead, 2 x philips) >needle nose pliers...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 07:15:23 -0700
  ...suggestions what tools to bring on a trip? > > > > > >3/8" metric socket set > > >screwdriver set (2 x flathead, 2 x philips) > > >needle nose pliers...
• Re: Turn signal gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 25 May 2006 19:36:14 -0500
  ...Use an ohm meter to check the resistance from the ground terminal in the turn signal bulb socket to a known good ground. It...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:46:40 -0400
  ...Tubes were consumables and mounted in sockets (and on the opposite side of the steel chassis from the fiddly bits, so other than getting...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:06:33 -0700
  ...and I like a nice 6 point impact gun socket a deep one, for my lug nuts and bolts. Non impact sockets can split...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:58:27 -0700
  ...Why haul around 3 extra arms > and sockets I don't need? So, is an inexpensive breaker ok, or do I need to > pay...
• Re: Electrical Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:43:08 -0700
  ...wires are brown, check them all! Ground connections in the light sockets are also often corroded. Have fun! Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Brake Light Switches
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:09:21 -0400
  ...nose of the bus. �I > eventually used a deep well 22mm socket and with an extension and came > up from beneath. �I have read...
• Re: Wasserboxer piston pin removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:58:16 -0500
  ...Add the fender washers and an an > appropriate length 3/8 drive socket (9/16 shallow was right for me.) > Add the nut and...
• Re: Door Speakers, Cleaning Inst. Panel
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 12:38:49 -0400
  ...speedo and tach housings, then unhook the foil from the bulb sockets. Also remove the bulb and foil from the top of the warning...
• Re: Sealing distributor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 08:18:14 -0800
  ...Yours may have been lost, it should be on the distributor socket. David Marshall wrote: > > I have just used some epoxy to hold broken...
• Re: Heli-Coil tap and metric hysterics
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:42:46 -0500
  ...I substituted the whole set with grade 8 socket head cap screws that will definitely hang in there. Stan Wilder On Wed, 27 Jun...
• Re: rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:16:10 -0500
  One of the best ways to get those stubborn bleeders out is to get a proper size socket and use an impact wrench, Starting...