handcannon
Well-Known Member
I don't know how many others have had this happen. But, the other day when I went to plug my GPS power cord into the aux socket, the socket pushed completely through the plastic mounting bracket. The lip that holds the socket, which is cast into the plastic housing, broke completely out.
I don't know just when this body style started, 1990? But, the last year is 1994.
I didn't feel like rummaging through a pick-n-pull in the heavy rain we've been having lately. So I started rummaging through my memory and came up with an idea. What about the filler washers used when putting electrical conduit into a box when the box has had too big of a knockout removed?
Jackpot!!! I tried the washers for 3/4" conduit and they are 7/8ths" ID, and the aux socket is 7/8ths" OD.
Here's what I did.
First, my little point-n-shoot camera doesn't like to take close ups. Many of the pics are fuzzy, but you can get the idea.
Pic 1-- Tray assembly showing how the socket slips through the opening.
Pic 2-- Here's the filler washers. Notice how one side has the size stamped into the face. Also, a portion of the inner area is offset from the rest.
Pic 3-- Here's the ash tray assembly. The socket hole has had whats left of the retainer lip removed
Pic 4-- I flipped the washer over so the offset faced up, the stamped numbers are hidden underneath, and slipped it over the socket. A second washer is setting there in reverse orientation to the one I just put on the socket.
Pic 5-- Here's the socket retainer. I shortened the unthreaded end up 3/16ths" to account for two thicknesses of washer.
Pic 6-- Here's the socket with the retainer threaded onto it. This shows the space needed to thread through the second washer and the plastic tray housing.
Pic 7--This shows from the back side the socket with the second washer in place and ready for the retainer. The order of install: socket, washer which is faced the same way as this bracket does {plastic tray} second washer faced the way this second bracket does, retainer (shown in next pic).
Pic 8--The front side, completed.
Pic 9-- The back side, completed.
I don't know just when this body style started, 1990? But, the last year is 1994.
I didn't feel like rummaging through a pick-n-pull in the heavy rain we've been having lately. So I started rummaging through my memory and came up with an idea. What about the filler washers used when putting electrical conduit into a box when the box has had too big of a knockout removed?
Jackpot!!! I tried the washers for 3/4" conduit and they are 7/8ths" ID, and the aux socket is 7/8ths" OD.
Here's what I did.
First, my little point-n-shoot camera doesn't like to take close ups. Many of the pics are fuzzy, but you can get the idea.
Pic 1-- Tray assembly showing how the socket slips through the opening.
Pic 2-- Here's the filler washers. Notice how one side has the size stamped into the face. Also, a portion of the inner area is offset from the rest.
Pic 3-- Here's the ash tray assembly. The socket hole has had whats left of the retainer lip removed
Pic 4-- I flipped the washer over so the offset faced up, the stamped numbers are hidden underneath, and slipped it over the socket. A second washer is setting there in reverse orientation to the one I just put on the socket.
Pic 5-- Here's the socket retainer. I shortened the unthreaded end up 3/16ths" to account for two thicknesses of washer.
Pic 6-- Here's the socket with the retainer threaded onto it. This shows the space needed to thread through the second washer and the plastic tray housing.
Pic 7--This shows from the back side the socket with the second washer in place and ready for the retainer. The order of install: socket, washer which is faced the same way as this bracket does {plastic tray} second washer faced the way this second bracket does, retainer (shown in next pic).
Pic 8--The front side, completed.
Pic 9-- The back side, completed.
