On 1/9/05 12:56 AM, "tolga" <tolga@MAC.COM> wrote:

> Is it just me or are the lighter/12V dash outlets in Vanagons a totally
> useless waste?
> 
> I've never gotten any good use out of the one in my '84, everything
> always seems to fall out as it isn't deep enough.  On top of that the
> mounting scheme with the plastic ring to hold it in place is pretty
> worthless, especially after a couple tabs break off.
> 
> Does anyone have any good mods for making the lighter port more usefull,
> stable, etc.
> 
> Are the greenish plastic rings still available from VW?  I have my dash
> out at the moment and would at minimum like to replace my broken ring and
> possibly epoxy it to the dash so it can't break or work its way out in
> the future.
> 
> Thanks!
> Tolga
> 
> 
On both my driver vanagon and the spare parts van it was the same thing.
Blown fuses all the time when trying to use them.  I finally obtained one of
the surface mount ones at a FLAPS and mounted it on the heater deflector in
front of the gear shift.  The other alternative is to get an adaptor for the
"silver plug" outlet.

http://secure.mycart.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=1105726

Has several items for use with that plug hole.
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