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• Re: Horn and contacts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:00:13 -0800
  ...Remove the steering wheel (24mm socket, i think). Make sure you remember the orientation. 3. Look at the bottom of the steering wheel -- you...
• Re: coolant LED issues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:53:56 -0800
  ...list, pull the relay "43" (or 42) from it's relay socket. If the blinking problem stops when the relay is out, the fault...
• Re: more dashlight led musings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:07:30 -0800
  ...bulbs for the heater controls: '#74 bulbs' (these fit in the sockets you can get from gowesty or similar places) http://autolumination.com/74...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 12:29:45 -0800
  ...All grounds > have been checked and cleaned, and the T2 socket is good (this is a rust > free California/Oregon van). Only original parts...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:50:03 -0700
  ...I do have a very stout long 1/2" drive > breaker bar and the proper socket. My brilliant idea is to lift the van...
• Re: Cigaarette Lighter removal secret
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:53:58 -0500
  ...or just force it out and > replace it with a 12v socket like GoWesty sells. > > The ears are similar to the casings stereos slide...
• Re: Temp gauge / false reading
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:14:41 -0400
  ...Pull the low coolant controller out of the relay socket. That should make the gauge work normally regardless of coolant level. When the light...
• Re: Dashboard lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:54:18 -0500
  ...Common failures are the bulbs, contact with the bulbs sockets, the foil, the connector for the instrument cluster, and the dimmer in the headlight...
• Re: LED Brake lamps and Audiovox cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:25:49 -0700
  Hi Bill, I've actually hacked extra brake lights into the (empty) fog light sockets in the light clusters. It's a little fiddly...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:41:41 -0700
  ...the connectors in the EngineBay, pulled > the FuelControlRelay & sprayed its spades & socket. It seemed as > though as > > time went on yesterday that each time...
• Re: Front, driver's side turn light...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 6 Jan 2011 17:04:38 -0800
  ...Time to check the > contacts in the bulb socket. Emery cloth usually does the trick if it's just > corroded. > > > BenT > > > > On Jan 6...
• Re: Turn signal indicator troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:50:45 -0800
  ...led for the turn signal > indicator backwards in the cluster led socket. > > Mark > > Stephen Grisanti wrote: >> Okay, here's what I discovered in my...
• Re: Fuel Pump Test Clarifiction
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:50:40 -0700
  ...as long as you are jumpering, at the relay socket, ...power on one terminal, and the other goes to the fuel pump ...that is...
• '72 bus CVs, rear bearings, and torsion bars?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jan 95 10:02:26 MST
  ...puller or just drift the races out with a proper sized socket? And the torsion bar bushings, how can I tell if these need...
• Re: Defeating '75 bus self-destructs
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  26 Apr 1995 13:38:44 -0800
  ...engaged all the flats), and could take a 1/2 inch socket drive. The handle was short enough to clear the obstructions, allowing the...
• Re: Replacing front shocks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:43:28 -0800
  ...I use two 22 mm sockets on 1/2" drive ratchets for to loosen the bottom shock bolt. The top nut is 17 mm...
• Re: Syncro Front CV Torque question
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:57:13 -0700
  ...easily exceed the required amount - so measure your distance from the socket carefully! Personally, I prefer to lift on the bar, but that does...
• Re: poptop Stainless Steel Screws
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 07:20:12 -0700
  ...All of the poptop ones can be tightened from the inside with a socket/wrench, while holding the bolt; this way the painted slot...
• Why I sell the E-Code lights as a kit
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:48:46 -0400
  ...Also there are holes in the light housings that require the proper boots and sockets to be installed in them. Without these parts your...
• Re: Greetings all
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:14:52 -0500
  ...takes a 19mm socket for the wheel lugs/studs, and you'll want a 2-inch extension for the socket. a 1/2-inch...
• Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Brubaker
  Mon, 1 Jan 2024 10:24:33 -0500
  ...But I managed to round off one of the twelve 6mm Allen socket-head > bolts so that I cannot break the last bolt free...
• Re: horn ring
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:08:24 -0500
  ...wrote: > > > > Aha! That must be why I have a 24 mm socket! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Aug 22, 2020, at 5:09 PM...
• Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 18:40:36 -0300
  ...2" drive bar [apparently they no longer carry 3/4" drive sockets and ratchets]. Of course, I should have known better than to use...
• Re: diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:06:14 -0400
  ...I believe the size of the socket needed to get the injectors off is 27mm (Jetta Bentley). When you changed the head gasket did...
• Re: Crazy Coolant Light Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 07:38:54 -0700
  ...can easily help isolate the problem by removing the relay in socket 3 marked "43" on the relay itself. The earlier waterboxers have it...
• Re: IGNITION SWITCH SNAFU
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:47:05 -0700
  ...using small ballpeen hammer or 1/2" drive socket extention, tap on bottom of housing till it comes all the way off; 12. turn...
• Re: FLAPS LED taillights
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:37:42 -0700
  ...off road use only") >that fit into normal vw type light sockets. So, >anybody try these? they only had the red ones (white >were...
• Re: exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:48:07 -0400
  ...proceed to do it yourself.With the engine cool, get your sockets on these nuts and try to loosen.If they want to cooperate...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 22:21:05 -0500
  ...All grounds > have been checked and cleaned, and the T2 socket is good (this is a rust > free California/Oregon van). Only original parts...
• Re: question for an engineer
  Historical mailing list - kenstich
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 01:50:54 -0600
  ...one above the other on it towards the end where the socket fits on. Now, my > ????'s are these: There are two types of...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:08:39 -0500
  ...it off and use a regular 22mm socket? Get a 7/8" > special O2 sensor socket, which is slightly larger, so I can put...
• Re: Removing stuck nuts and bolts e.g. Axle Nut
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:44:42 -0500
  ...Put your wrench or socket on and go for it. > > > > > > Just took my axle nuts off last night with this method. I tried it...
• Re: CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:14:20 -0600
  ...CV joint socket size? > > > > My gkn lobro CV joints arrived today yay! One question do I use the > grease > > they came with or upgrade...
• Re: List check in
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 9 Jul 2025 04:10:03 +0000
  ...My current project is to add an under van 12 volt socket for my cooler to be plugged in when outside.  Looking forward to...
• Re: Temp high, no fan ...
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 04:15:28 -0800
  ...There is a strip fuse there too, on the base socket of the relay. If you have one of those versions, maybe that fuse...
• Re: Bearings or moronic PO
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:54:59 -0800
  ...Are you related to them?? > > The special tool I refer to is a socket (46mm) to > > loosen and tighten the nut. Any 46mm will...
• Re: Crazy BRIGHT(!!) reverse lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:47:28 -0400
  ...s are ridiculously bright, and I > wanted to find a 1156 socket mounted version of the cree to use as reverse > lights. I only...
• Re: Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Wed, 8 May 2013 11:46:39 -0400
  ...Slid a large socket over the shaft of the screwdriver, > hooked the bearing with the screwdriver tip and slapped the socket into the > screwdriver...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:53:36 -0800
  ...original VW upper starter bolt-head, which should be a round socket-head bolt. There is not sufficient room to allow for a full...
• Re: Strange Blinking Light on my battery light indicator - seems erratic
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:25:20 -0400
  ...You can get little dinguses that plug into the lighter socket that have LEDs on them... If the alternator is not dropping out then...
• Lower alternator bolt
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:52:18 -0400
  ...in and out, but I'm wondering about room for a socket to hold it in place. The nice thing about the original is...
• Blessed silence
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 17 Oct 95 12:55:32 EDT
  ...I cobbled up a fixture from a spring compressor and big sockets and screwed each bushing in smooth as silk. From the amount of...
• Back on the road with Opie
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:22:51 -0600
  ...Dean & Opie BTW - the BIG socket set from Harbor Freight worked great. That 46mm nut was not a problem. Thanks to Bradley for the...
• DIN Outlet
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 01:44:34 -0500
  Per the Westfalia owner's site the socket on the dash and below the 120 v duplex outlet is a "DIN" accessory outlet.. Any...
• Re: Minor Oil pump leak and minor valve cover leak
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 22:30:35 -0700
  ...13 mm nuts I was able to use a u-joint socket and a couple of extensions to > reach the bottom two and tighten...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:07:43 -0500
  ...I unplugged and reseated the spade connectors on the relay socket and all returned to normal. Any and all connectors can be suspect when...
• Re: Torque value for thermo switch on WBX rad?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:13:03 -0800
  ...if you attach the scale 8" from the center of the socket, an 11-lb pull would be 88 in-lbs. Rather unwieldy, I...
• Re: windshield wiper nut diameter + thread pitch?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:51:52 -0700
  ...In my initial response I think I wrote 10 x 1.0 I was thinking of the socket size and not the thread.� My...
• Re: loose rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:55:32 -0500
  ...If none is available, use a 3/4" drive 46mm socket and breaker bar with a cheater pipe that fits over the bar. Foot...
• Re: 86 Westy Camper w/automatic : list of emergency gear
  Historical mailing list - David Hardy
  Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:45:55 -0700
  ...All depends on your level of McGuyver-ability, though. And tools: sockets, 8,10,13,17mm wrenches, metric allens, vice grips, needle-nose, cheap...
• Re: front parking light out
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:05:40 -0500
  ...I have pulled the socket and visually inspected it and the associated wiring for any obvious shorts, all visual indications are that it and...
• where to buy H4 connectors for lights (was RE: Ecode light report )
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:47:21 -0500
  ...It's an easy upgrade since the H4 bulbs plug into the existing sockets. It was well worth my $40. Chris S. '85 Wolfsburg...
• Re: Popular Westy Xmas Presents
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:31:49 -0500
  ...Good metric wrenches, a torque wrench, an oil filter socket or something else that people wouldn't normall buy themselves. A good pair of...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Mar 2008 to 27 Mar 2008 - Special issue (#2008-357)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:19:48 -0600
  ...soak these with penetrant, clean the recess meticulously, > tap > > the allen socket into place and gently (never using an air ratched)tug > > until > > the...
• Re: Stuck Oil Drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:28:16 -0500
  ...s so stuck that I twisted the nub off of my socket adaptor trying to get > it out. > > The van has been sitting for...
• Re: VW T3 On-Board Computer?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 6 Nov 2018 19:10:21 -0800
  ...This interface could also be > >> used to integrate existing ECUs. > >> > >> What can the USB socket be used for? > >> > >> The USB socket is intended exclusively...
• Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 1 Jan 2024 01:41:02 +0000
  ...I managed to round off one of the twelve 6mm Allen socket-head bolts so > that I cannot break the last bolt free.  Unfortunately...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:26:40 -0700
  ...Pliers & a VeryLarge ScrewDriver(to Pry the OldSeal out) & a VeryLarge Socket(I think the one for the RearAxleNut is BigEnough IIRC) to Drive...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:20:32 -0800
  ...of dielectric grease? I just got my new front turn light sockets (4), and I intend to pack them full of compound to keep...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:20:40 -0700
  Great point! I still have the 3/4" sliding breaker and 1 3/4" socket I got from the local FLAPS in Tucson 30...