> I bought one of those solar trickle battery chargers thinking that if my
> battery went out I could use that to recharge it.  It is supposed to fit
> into the cig lighter but I guess is for a new model and does not fit.  Is
> the silver socket the item I need to have to make it fit?  I can't quite
> tell from the photo.
>
> Lisa Bliss
> 87 Westy

No, the "silver socket" is quite a bit smaller than the cig lighter, and the
VW lighter seems to be a bit larger than others, so that it doesn't hold
appliance plugs very snugly. Since I use the cigarette lighter socket for
power, and not for an actual lighter, I replaced mine with a power outlet
from Radio Shack. It fit almost perfectly. The only thing I had to do was
use a file to make a small notch outside the mounting hole where a tab in
the socket fits. I kept the original wiring and used one of those crimp-on
quick-connects to wire it to the cig lighter wiring.

Ed in CT