Date:         Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:43:28 -0800
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject:      Re: The black hole of mystery
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That's the "silver socket".  It's a 12V electrical outlet, like a
cigarette lighter, but in a different size.  Bradley Prunehead on the
old list brought back a bunch of the plugs for these things from
Germany a few years ago, and I had the pleasure of using one of his
plugs on the Inuvik group trip in 1996.  I don't know of a
Canadian/US source for the plugs to fit silver sockets, but maybe
someone else does...  Ron?  Ken?  Karl?  Rusty?  Derek?  Mr. Beierl?
Dr. Arnott, Esq?

A search of the archives for "silver socket", "Bradley Prunehead" or
"Bradley M" or possibly (quite likely, actually) something along the
lines of "burning magnesium engine cases and other cool stuff in
campfires" and "CCC" will get hits on this.  The silver socket *must*
have been discussed in the not-so-distant past here, but old archives
back around 1995-96 will certainly work, although I don't know if
those are archived on here on gerry or at type2.com's archives.

I can't *believe* that a VW mechanic would not know about the silver socket!

T.


At 12:46 AM -0500 11/15/00, Paul M. Hillbish wrote:
>I have an 83.5 Westy, and on the passenger side dash board, approximately 5-6
>inches to the right of the lighter socket, but on the same latitude line,
>there is a small silver hole, about one inch in diameter. Upon investigation,
>I found a wire coming out the back of it, veering off to the left toward the
>steering wheel. One of the guys I work with has the exact same thing on his
>83.5, so it has been ruled out as an addition that the previous owner put in.
>I have spoken to the VW dealership, and a VERY trusted mechanic, but no one
>has ideas as to what this may be. A long time ago, I spoke to someone who had
>a mid to late 70's bus (Sorry, I forgot the year) that also happened to be a
>Westy. Does anyone else have this or know what it may be for? I have been
>told of a light that may be in the general area, but this is a perfect
>circle, about half an inch deep into the dash, with a small hole going
>through. All I know is that it is electrical in nature. Thank you.
>
>--Paul--

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Tobin Copley        Bowen Island, BC, Canada      49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W

'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       {.            .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/