Mark,
I removed my glove box and reached up behind the dash with a very small
slotted screw driver which I used to pry the cigarette lighter light bulb
holder off the body of the cigarette lighter. Once it is off you can pull
the lighter out the hole in the dash.
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hooper <ATWISE@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 10:17 AM
Subject: CIGARETTE LIGHTER REMOVAL

>I need to remove the cigarette lighter from the dash of my '87 Westfalia.
I've
>tried in vain to pull the connector off by reaching inside the dash but it
>doesn't pull straight off. Using a mirror to see what kind of connector
>doesn't
>work either...it's too cramped in there.There must be some trick or strange
>incantation to get the darn thing off. Bentley is no help. It simply shows
the
>two different lighters used by VW.  Anyone know how to remove the lighter?
>