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• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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: 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...
• 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 - 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...
• 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: 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...
• 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: 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...
• 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: 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...
• 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: 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 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: 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: 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...
• 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...
• 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: 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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: Cigarette Lighter Removal
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:54:34 -0400
  ...wrote: > > I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. Roy, Removing the lighter can be tricky. Although you...
• CIGARETTE LIGHTER REMOVAL
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hooper
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:16:40 EST
  I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. I've tried in vain to pull the connector off...
• Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:30:15 -0400
  ...If there's a way to avoid using the cigarette-lighter-type sockets, do it; because lighter sockets are very good for lighters and...
• 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...
• Re: Accessing Cigarette Lighter 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 09:53:37 -0700
  ...lighter-socket/ alistair On 2012-09-09, at 8:51 AM, Jon Durham wrote: > I need instructions on how to access the Cigarette Lighter...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Cigarette Lighter Removal
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:34:44 -0500
  I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia. I've tried in vain to pull the connector off...
• 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: 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: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:40:29 -0800
  ...Just search for vanagon cigarette lighter replacement. --t On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > While the dash is out...
• Re: Problems with cigarette lighter?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:30:45 -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...
• 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...
• Problems with cigarette lighter?
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:21:48 -0600
  Anyone else had problems with cigarette lighter blowing when you plug in a computer with an inverter/adapter? I got a Mac adapter from...
• 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 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...
• Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:25:38 -0800
  ...On 11/16/21, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > hi everybody, > > I need help on how to wire the cigarette lighter differently so...
• German accessory plug
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:39:09 -0500
  ...american style cigarette light jack? Should be simple as making the hole in the dash bigger and just adding a cigarette lighter there. Right...
• 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 - John Meeks
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:38:30 -0400
  ...One of the best > puzzles VW ever made. > Zoltan Here's Lighter Removal 101 from: T J Hannink http://www.vanagonauts.com/Cigarette-Lighter...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:26:44 -0500
  >I too would like to know how to get that cigarette lighter out of there. > >W. If memory serves me .... open your glove compartment...
• 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...