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Cigarette lighter wiring
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:35:01 -0800
hi everybody, I need help on how to wire the cigarette lighter differently so it will work only with the ignition ON. The OEM...
German accessory plug
Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:39:09 -0500
Anybody ever replace that german small cigarette type accessory plug on their dash with a north american style cigarette light jack? Should be simple...
Removing Cigarette Lighter Socket
Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:17:29 -0700
Does anyone know how to remove the cigarette lighter socket? Does anyone know how to remove the cigarette lighter socket without a crowbar? TIA...
Cigarette Lighter Removal 101
Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:16:08 -0500
Since the archives contain no procedures for removing the cigarette lighter from a Vanagon/Westy dash, I submit the following posting based on my...
Re: Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available?
Historical mailing list - Preston Grimes
Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:40:56 -0700
A quick workaround to the problem of cigarette lighter style power adaptors falling out of the stock Vanagon dash cigarette lighter socket is to...
Fwd: Cigarete lighter removal
Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:53:37 -0600
Begin forwarded message: > > Can anyone tell me how to remove the cigarette lighter in a 1989 > vanagon GL? > I'm trying to isolate a...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 07:51:13 -0800
...Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating > lights... > > > | Any ideas on shoring up the cigarette lighter when it's been removed one > | time too...
Re: How to replace the cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:56:40 -0700
...How to replace the cigarette lighter > Hi, > Can someone provide the right procedure to extract the cigarette lighter > from an 89 Westy Syncro? > Best...
How to replace the cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:14:33 -0400
Hi, Can someone provide the right procedure to extract the cigarette lighter from an 89 Westy Syncro? Best regards. Gilles Turmel
Re: CIGARETTE LIGHTER REMOVAL
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:23:27 -0800
...CIGARETTE LIGHTER REMOVAL >I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. I've >tried in vain to pull...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:34:18 -0800
Any ideas on shoring up the cigarette lighter when it's been removed one time too many? Both of mine are really loose. bmc...
Re: So far away..Silver Socket
Historical mailing list - SStones
Wed, 2 Jul 2003 15:59:45 -0400
...The vanagon cigarette lighter is a different size than the cigarette lighters of most vehicles, but if you jam the stick from a wooden...
Re: Cigarette lighter and Horn
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:20:38 -0500
...Cigarette lighter and Horn I put in a map light in my cigarette lighter.. and could smell burning electrical... then this metal shaving appeared...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:39:18 -0800
I too would like to know how to get that cigarette lighter out of there. W. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Shinosky To: vanagon@GERRY...
Cigarette lighter and Horn
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:54:20 -0800
I put in a map light in my cigarette lighter.. and could smell burning electrical... then this metal shaving appeared from my steering wheel...
Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:06:00 -0700
...Cigar Lighter The stock cigar/cigarette lighter plug in is shorter than convention and can be a problem. Many have replaced it with a...
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: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - S.C. Harrison
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:18:35 -0800
It is actually fairly easy to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash. While it may not be the preferred or only way of...
cigarette lighter out?
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:38:08 -0800
Can anyone tell me now to get the cigarette lighter out of the dash? It's the one with the little green plastic ring...
loose cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:54:05 -0400
The cigarette lighter (or for the politically correct, accessory power outlet) is loose in the dash -- can't quite see what is supposed to...
Re: Cigarette Lighter Mystery
Historical mailing list - zolo
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:56:22 -0700
...Cigarette Lighter Mystery > !@#$%! How does the common man remove the cigarette lighter assembly. Yep I > know about the tabs on the plastic insert/retainer...
Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:19:09 -0700
Frank made a good point about the poor connection we get with cigarette lighter plugs. They tend to be loose, provide a high resistance...
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...
12 volt heaters?
Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
Thu, 28 Sep 1995 19:54:13 -700 (PDT)
I saw a tiny heater that plugged in the cigarette lighter (which isn't used for cigarettes by anybody I can think of). Anyone...
lights in cigarette lighter /headlight switch
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Tue, 23 May 2000 16:54:27 -0400
In my 81 westy is the cigarette lighter with a "surrounding green plastic glass". Is this supposed to be lighted with the dash lights...
Accessing Cigarette Lighter 85 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:51:49 -0500
I need instructions on how to access the Cigarette Lighter so I can replace it. Need this power source. -- �The greatness of a nation...
need help w/ cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:08:10 -0500
Are there any tips to getting out the cigarette lighter housing without destroying it in the process. I've tried pushing in the tabs...
Re: Solar Panels and VW cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:16:54 -0400
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, patrice b wrote: > So-- is this some special sort of cigarette lighter that I need to get an > adapter...
Re: Solar Panels and VW cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:20:06 -0700
> I bought a replacement cigarette lighter for the van > from a place > specializing in VWs and Audis, and the same thing. VW used two...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - G Challis
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:27:31 -0800
...Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights... It is actually fairly easy to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash. While it may...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:53:01 -0500
...Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights... Any ideas on shoring up the cigarette lighter when it's been removed one time too...
Re: Cigarette lighter removal
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:30:09 -0500
Hi William, IIRC the cigarette lighter is held in by (I think it's 2) plastic tabs. You can get access to the lighter...
Re: Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available?
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:13:50 -0700
...Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available? > Hello All: > > We're all familiar with the weird VW Cigarette Lighter > Sockets and how they are a...
Cigarette Lighter Mystery
Historical mailing list - Pensioner
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:02:28 -0700
!@#$%! How does the common man remove the cigarette lighter assembly. Yep I know about the tabs on the plastic insert/retainer. How does one...
12V Cigarette Lighter Euro Adaptor?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:53:09 -0700
Anyone know of a source for a shim to adapt standard cigarette-lighter power connectors to that wonky VW European-sized cigarette lighter receptacle...
WTB: Vanagon Cigarette Lighters
Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:34:51 -0500
Anyone know of a source for Vanagon cigarette lighter inserts? I just want to buy the replacement "pop-out" part - not the whole lighter...
Cigarette Adapter Workaround
Historical mailing list - Gavin Flanagan
Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:55:55 -0800
I too have dealt with floppy/loose connections to the cigarette adapter. After going to my local FLAPS and buying an adapter that allows...
RE: 12 volt heaters?
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 29 Sep 1995 08:31:00 -0700 (PDT)
>I saw a tiny heater that plugged in the cigarette lighter (which isn't >used for cigarettes by anybody I can think of). Anyone...
Solar Panels and VW cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - patrice b
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:25:37 -0700
...I bought a replacement cigarette lighter for the van from a place specializing in VWs and Audis, and the same thing. So-- is this...
European Cigarette Lighter Outlet Size Question
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:03:31 -0500
...North American Cigarette Lighter outlet (and into aircraft power outlet) but as I recall, the Vanagon comes with a different Cigarette Lighter outlet size...
Re: OT Hurricanes--really an accident? A fryeday tale- not
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:39:23 -0500
I think the price of cigarettes is just keeping them broke and making them frugal. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics...
Re: silver socket - another source for plug
Historical mailing list - James Creech
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:03:13 -0500
...But, not using the cigaretter lighter (indeed, not HAVING the cigarette lighter, only the lighter socket), I wonder if the "silver socket" Bosch insert...
Center console (was: Re: Solar Panels and VW cigarette lighter)
Historical mailing list - ian Butler
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:13:54 -0400
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, patrice b wrote: > I bought a replacement cigarette lighter for the van from a place > specializing in VWs and...
RE: 12 volt heaters?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 27 Sep 95 12:20:29 PDT
...It will not warm anything, and it burned out my cigarette lighter from overheating. DON'T GET TEMPTED. IT WON'T WORK. LEARN FROM...
Cigarette lighter wiring?
Historical mailing list - Michael Moon
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:38:40 -0700
...Can someone clue me in why there are six wires going to the cigarette lighter plug? Also, is there an online resource on how...
Cigarette lighter Outlet voltage
Historical mailing list - Andre Fiedler
Wed, 6 Nov 2013 22:11:35 -0700
I have an 89 Westy and am measuring about 13.1 to 13.3 volts in the dashboard cigarette lighter plug. Compared to my...
Non-interchangeable cigarette lighters Part Identifier: 9062
Historical mailing list - Subject: Non-interchangeable cigarette lighters Part Identifier: 9062
July 11, 1986
Two different cigarette lighters are used in Volkswagen vehicles and they are NOT interchangeable. If installed in the wrong vehicle, it is possible that...
Re: OT Hurricanes--really an accident? A fryeday tale- not
Historical mailing list - bueses
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:14:49 -0600
> I know what you mean. > I still see people sharing cigarettes at stop lights quite often. > I sometimes see Policemen pulling them over and...
Cigarette Lighter socket..."tighter" ones available?
Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:29:59 -0700
...We're all familiar with the weird VW Cigarette Lighter Sockets and how they are a little too big...does anyone know of a...
Re: Solar panels are GONE!!!
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:24:21 -0500
...The cigarette lighter providing power even when the ignition is off can't be the issue -- if the cigarette lighter is disconnected when the...
Cigarette lighter socket standard?
Historical mailing list - Dave M
Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:13:17 GMT
Is the cigarette lighter socket on Vanagon's a standard size? The reason I ask is that I bought a plug-in fan thingy...
Re: loose cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:47:09 -0400
...loose cigarette lighter > I'm thinking about trying a newer VW power receptacle to replace the > loose one in my 84 since the retention...
MSDS Was Winterizing
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:04:27 -0700
...http://www.ilpi.com/msds/faq/partb.html Electronic Cigarette? How would I know? Look it up yourself! Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Daniel...
Re: replacing the cigarette lighter
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:44:35 -0400
...This will allow you access to the rear of the cigarette lighter. You can disconnect the wiring. Stage two. Disconnect the connector on the...
Re: Accessing Cigarette Lighter 85 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 09:53:37 -0700
...Jon Durham wrote: > I need instructions on how to access the Cigarette Lighter so I can > replace it. Need this power source. > -- > �The greatness...
Re: Instrument light
Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
Sat, 12 Feb 2000 23:08:12 -0500
i went looking for a light for my cigarette lighter ring (they're the same size) at the local VW dealership. when i ask...
Re: lights in cigarette lighter /headlight switch
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 23 May 2000 17:27:21 -0400
At 16:54 5/23/2000, Karl Ploessl wrote: >In my 81 westy is the cigarette lighter with a "surrounding green plastic >glass". Is...
Re: Cigarette lighter socket standard
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:02:46 -0600
A few years ago, I just replaced my cigarette lighter with the American version bought at a FLAPS. My cell phone and CD adaptor...
Re: 12V Cigarette Lighter Euro Adaptor?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:56:17 -0700
...Anyone know of a source for a shim to adapt standard cigarette-lighter power connectors to that wonky VW European-sized cigarette lighter receptacle...
cigarette lighter hole.
Historical mailing list - Jeannette and James Hayden
Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:52:22 -0700
I have a power inverter gizmo that I used for years in my 1980 Chevy van; it plugs into the cigarette lighter hole and...