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Subject:Re: diesel vanagon owners - cold start knob -
From:Karl
Date:Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:33:05 -0800

Oh - no wbx ever used this, no reason to have it. Only diesels.

On 3/7/2017 1:32 AM, JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
> err...that's what i meant the cold start knob LOL...  karl can you or
> anyone else shoot me a pic of that knob and its placement on the dash?
> ...and also did some canadian 1.9L waterboxers have this knob as well?
> thanks!!
>
> In a message dated 3/6/2017 11:52:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM writes:
>
>     >could someone with a '83 down diesel vanagon send me a pic of their
>     glow
>     >plug knob on the dash and its location?
>     >
>     >thanks...  much appreciated!!
>
>     There is no glow plug knob. The only 'knob' is a handle at the
>     bottom of the
>     dash to the right of the steering wheel for timing advance on cold
>     starts.
>     The glow plugs are on a timer relay, automatically activated
>     depending on
>     engine temperature.
>