Its held on by a plastic assembly behind the dash. This assembly also
houses the electrical connections and light bulb. It slips over the barrel
of the lighter, held on by two tabs on the barrel that "click into"
corresponding recesses on the aforementioned plastic bit.

It is tricky to get at, but the idea is to (with a small screw driver or
such) release the tabs from the recesses. Remove the actual lighter part
and have a look inside the barrel and see if you can make out all this.

It wil be easier of you remove the radio to get more access from behind,
and it will allow you to note what wire goes where.

Alistair

>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?