Stiff/stuck cold start advance lever

[8v-of-fury]

HOLY CRAP!! ive never seen those before! none of my pumps have those..

My pump's got the same cold advance as that.... right under the idle adjustment. Where's the lever on your pumps for cold start advance?

the bushings, not the cold start lever..

lmfao, classssic.

[R.O.R-2.0]

HOLY CRAP!! ive never seen those before! none of my pumps have those..

My pump's got the same cold advance as that.... right under the idle adjustment. Where's the lever on your pumps for cold start advance?

the bushings, not the cold start lever..

hahaha, that is pretty funny Matt.. nothing like a good laugh to start off the day, just took me a minute to see the humor in it..

lmfao, classssic.

[92EcoDiesel Jetta]

Here is the vw part # 068-130-337

Here is a pic from another thread

I didn't know the p/n or where to get the bushings and made my own out of aluminum. Wish I woulda found this thread sooner, woulda saved me some time. Are the VW bushings bronze or nylon? I suspect nylon which falls apart after 20 years explaining why so many of them are missing?

[ToddA1]

HOLY CRAP!! ive never seen those before! none of my pumps have those..

Yeah, me too!  It's something that i never thought about, but I want them.

Somewhat off topic....  when replacing the arm, after seal removal, how do you position the arm's limiter?  I replaced mine the way it came off, but somehow I don't think that's right.  It was positioned, so the lever had a lot of tension, then the tension dropped, like it was coming down the ramp.

After thinking about it, I think the limiter should stop the arm at the peak of tension, when the timing pin is being pushed the farthest.  Does this make sense?

The way it was originally, never seemed to affect the idle when cold.

-todd

[damac]

They are gooey from vw.

As far that cold start arm I don't know for sure but every pump I have had reacts to that lever.  And if I have it off the car there is some freeplay at the beginning of the stroke as if the lever was being pulled.  Then it starts to catch and is harder to turn and you will feel it seem to click into place and seat so if you took your hand off it wouldn't snap back.  Beyond that I think mine has just a tad bit of freeplay on the other ends stopper to give it some wiggle room once activated so it doesn't pop back.