It probably won't be completely straight forward.  I replaced mine with a
socket from a FLAPS many years ago.  I had to use a large washer around the
front to mount it securely.  Made it black (sort of ) with a marker.
  It is my understanding that the orig. sockets are rather loose because
their size is not the same as what our 'merican plugs expect.  Unless you
are lucky or very diligent in your shopping, your replacement won't be
illuminated like the original.
  Have fun trying to get the old one out.

Larry A.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Bob Anderson <ROBERTANDERSON294@comcast.net
> wrote:

> I need to install a new cigarette lighter for my GPS unit and I'm
> wondering if this is just a straight forward swap for a replacement bought
> at my local parts store?
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Anderson
> '86 Vanagon GL
> Wilmington, MA
>