My (European) diesel from '87 also has the "ashtray" knob.

There is one annoying thing about the cable: sometimes you can pull the knob smoothly, at other times I'm afraid to pull out the cable (and the trim) with it. When you disconnect the cable form the pump, the lever can be moved with hardly any resistance, so its all in the cable.

Any tips on lubricating it? I already tried teflon spray, after I pulled out the inner cable totally, but it didn't help much :-( Also no extreme bends in the cable.

By the way, as far as I know the glow plugs stay on some time after engaging the starter. So for that reason you don't have to engage the starting longer.

Jaap
'87 Caravelle diesel

----- Original Message -----
From: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Date:         Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:02:42 EST
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:      Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions

> Just to add, my 82 diesels all had a knob for this feature. On the 1990,
> there is a section of the lower dash which pulls out in the same fashion. Best I
> can explain it is VW hid the "knob" by making it part of the trim. Looks like a
> miniature pull-out ashtray to the casual observer.
>
> BenT

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