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Subject:Re: The Silver Socket Returns Again! (Was Re: tiny push button, etc....)
From:William A. Killian
Date:Fri, 18 Apr 1997 14:30:55 -0400 (EDT)

Is this socket the same as used in trucks?  I saw a bunh of 12 volt 
appliances at a truck stop (New Stanton PA) that might or might not fit 
these.  I'm not one of the blessed with this socket in my bus ('93 EV) so 
I don;t know if all that stuff fits or not.

> << Also mysterious to me is in the dash, just under the glove compartment, is
>  a plug which looks like a stereo input jack - the big kind - except it's
> not.
>  1/2 inch silver rim. Also connected to some wires which get lost in the
> tangle.
>  Any ideas on this one? >>

> Just finding the accessories with the plug is another
> mysterious matter.  You can get the replacement socket (and the male ends) at
> a place in Arizona called The Trim Shop (specializes in Type 181 Thing parts,
> which also used "The Silver Socket")

bill and diane killian
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