In a message dated 5/24/02 4:12:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
spottedwolf@CYBERTOURS.COM writes:

> Hey guys, I had one of these in my 71 westy. I found that if you take a
> light switch knob (one that lights up) and unscrew it, it will screw into
> the center of the mystery ring and light up and it becomes a switch. if you
> pull on it and the wire is hooked up I the back. So basically it turned out
> to be a switch that was missing it's pull knob.
>
> Maybe I am wrong but this is what I learned by trial and error.  Hope it
> solves the mystery.
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yes, maybe you're wrong.   :<)    the "silver socket" wasnt introduced on US
model westfalias until '74.   and its not a switch either..  its a euro
style 12v outlet..
chris