As far as I can remember, it is fairly easy to remove it if you know the
trick of the assembly, which is an enigma of its own.  One of the best
puzzles VW ever made.
Zoltan

----- Original Message -----
From: "honemastert" <honemastert@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: loose cigarette lighter

> Just did this the other day.  I used a
> dremel tool to slice through the bit of
> green plastic that held the backside part
> of the assy together (you cant remove it
> through the front of the dash w/o destroying
> it as far as I could tell?)   Maybe there is
> a trick to this, but I was careful and it seemed
> to work.  Plus I got to use my 'rarely used'
> high dollar dremel! :-)
>
> At any rate.. I put one of these in...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3scd9k
>
> Be sure and disconnect the battery
> prior to doing this, you dont want to
> fry anything else connected to that
> circuit (clock, radio etc: )
>
> hope this helps
>
> -tim
>
> 90 syncro westy
> gilbert, az
> http://www.timschneider.org
>
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