[Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] occasional stuck cold start cable?

[Gary Shea]

[2002-08-01 19:56 -0400] Bradley Flubacher (flub at adelphia.net) wrote:

> I read a bulleting somewhere that said you should pull the cold start
> knob after the engine starts or while cranking. (Strange, I know!)
>
> In my experience, sometimes the knob will pull out only a little bit-
> and like you said, it could be forced... but probably not the best. I
> found that if I crank the engine, I can then pull it all the way out.
> Let me know if this works for you! I'm curious.
>
> Brad

Hi Brad --

As I mentioned below, when the engine is running it's no problem.  On
one occassion when I tried to bump it over just a bit with the starter,
it didn't loosen up, but I didn't try that experiment for more than
about 5 seconds total!

        Gary

> Gary Shea wrote:
>
> >Hi y'all, I've been the happiest camper around with my 'new' 82 diesel
> >rabbit, what fun.  After a vanagon, it feels like a sports car.  I guess
> >that's kind of sad...
> >
> >Question and a story.
> >
> >Question: sometimes when I am about to start the rabbit, I grab the cold
> >start cable and pull, it doesn't want to move.  It can be forced, but
> >it's like it's really really stiff.  The cable feels like it's going to
> >break, and it can't be pushed back in by hand if I do forcefully pull it
> >out.  Happens every 20th start or less, I'm guessing.  As soon as the
> >engine is running, no problem.  Some day I need to take a pump apart,
> >maybe it's obvious then?
> >
> >Story: when I first went to look at the rabbit, I noticed that the
> >driver's side cv bolts were half gone, and the boot had a hole in it...
> >in the _metal_ part!  Weird, wonder what did that... huh.  Pointed it
> >out to the owners, the kid who had been driving it mentioned that he'd
> >replaced that driveshaft.  Ok, that explains the missing bolts, he
> >didn't tighten them up enough.  A week or so later I'm putting on the
> >new boot with the whole driveshaft out and I look a little closer...
> >there's a hole in the side of the transmission right by the cv!  A big
> >hole, about an inch tall and a quarter inch wide like a grinder was
> >used.  Well... one pair of cv bolts had the strip of metal you often see
> >joining each pair, and I guess you see the rest.  Urk.  I took PC7
> >(gooey fibrous epoxy) and some galvanized window screen, cleaned the
> >hell out of the transmission housing with mineral spirits, coated the
> >window screen with a thick layer of PC7 and stuck it on there, spread
> >the PC7 all over in a big gooey mess.  A few days later, it's still
> >there.  I try not to think about it...
> >
> >Have fun!
> >
> >        Gary
> >
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