I think you did brake the cable mine only comes out about an inch and is
very stiff. Does anyone out there know exactly what the knob does and where
to get a replacement cable? And yes your suggestions helped alot and I
cannot believe that anyone could charge $45.00 to do that. It only took my
wife and I 10 minutes to get it in, and it hasn't fallen out yet :-)).
Fred
1982 Vanagon Westy Diesel "Sammy"
1984 GMC Suburban Diesel 4 X 4 " The Beast"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael E. Pidcoe" <pidcoe@sprintmail.com>
To: "Frederick M. Wasserstein" <vwvan@cornhusker.net>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: Diesel question

> Hi Fred,
> My '82 Diesel's choke (for lack of a better name) knob used to only pull
> out about an inch or so from the dash and was very stiff.  Today it
> pulled about two and a half inches out and was quite smooth.  I popped
> the engine lid open an after a little searching, found where it attaches
> and expected to see it broken or something.  It looked OK.  I pushed it
> in and checked the location of the lever where it attaches and then
> pulled it back out.  The lever seems to moving the same distance as the
> cable pulls.
> My question is this.  Do you think that the cable was just stuck?  I
> have only had the van for a few weeks and I assumed that the one inch
> pull was normal.  Now that I see what it is tugging on, I am thinking
> that it must have been stuck or something.
> Thanks,
> Mike Pidcoe
> '82 Diesel (Hanagon-Blue)
> '86 syncro (suby powered - very very soon)
>
> PS.  Did my side window installation tips help at all?