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Re: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:54:46 +0000
...MechanicB did his *** good-cable > > purchase and battery-to-starter swap-in ... > > He then started the cold car with the > > ignition key, drove the...
Re: '56 kombi - new security system
Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
Thu, 6 Apr 1995 14:35:43 -0700
...70, and it turned out to be a bad > >starter-battery cable--the cable had corroded out from within the plastic > >sheath, thus invisible...
Re: Slow turnover when starting.
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:10:58 -0600
...noticed my battery cable was getting hot!!! I had good connections and cables after ruling that out I had my starter rebuilt then all...
Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:20:07 -0400
...When adding a starter boost relay is important that this extra wire remains with the starter solenoid and not with the new relay coil...
RE: Balls O' Fire (or Smoke curls to the left)
Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
Fri, 24 May 1996 19:44:47 -0700
...This allowed a dead short from the battery through the cold start cable to the injector pump and the dash untill the cable melted...
charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:37:35 -0700
...the 85 Vanagon has the last year of the 'small' battery to starter cable of course . 86 is considerably fatter. trans ground cale looks...
Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:38:25 -1000
...MechanicB did his *** good-cable >>>> purchase and battery-to-starter swap-in ... >>>> He then started the cold car with the >>>> ignition key, drove the...
Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 1 Nov 2013 23:47:28 -0500
...and remove the cable from the battery post - which all seems an interminable period of time. It killed the starter. Had to get a...
Aux. Batt
Historical mailing list - Bob Kelly
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:03:23 -0800
...It looks like a Ford starter sol. but is all steel and made to be on all the time. (not just to start a...
Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:04:44 -0400
...they are called upon to Crank the Starter ~ So do a Good Clean of the Cable Ends & > > Batt' Posts > Get a Jump Start from...
Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:02:34 -0700
...On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > starter current draw exceeds 60 amps for sure. > 150ish...
Re: Starting Problems....looking like alternator
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Mon, 13 Dec 2004 01:59:49 -0600
...The heavy lug of the starter terminal is where the alternator >connects to the battery cable. This is a loose connection and corrosion >point...
Re: [WetWesties] hot-not-start
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:03:57 -0700
...is 'the starter' .... but pay attention to things like the electrical part of the ignition switch, transmission ground strap, battery cables and connections, the...
Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 5 Oct 2015 16:21:57 -0500
...MechanicB did his *** good-cable > >> purchase and battery-to-starter swap-in ... > >> He then started the cold car with the > >> ignition key, drove the...
Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 9 Dec 2014 13:44:32 -0700
...Install larger cables on the generator right now I have 16 gauge wire to the ground and to the positive side of the starter...
Re: Starter
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:07:14 -0700
...when I said the starter stalled while trying the engine, I ment it will turn pretty slowly and then the starter it self stops...
Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:06 -0700
...the chubby starter cable, and a red wire which feeds the fuse panel, etc., in the dash. The "TO BATTERY" wire connects someplace, but...
Re: Hot start problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:50:39 -0500
...It will not help a starter that turns but turns too slowly. This is usually a cable or battery issue. Over advanced ignition timing...
Re: Dielectric grease
Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
Thu, 6 Mar 2014 00:14:00 -0800
...A little while ago I was looking for such a product to improve my Land Rover starter cable connections and voltage for the cold...
Re: [Syncro] The Syncro project arrives...(won't start)
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Thu, 24 May 2001 07:10:53 EDT
...Guess what, the new starter did not work. Checked everything again: low resistance in the ground path, low resistance in the power cable and...
Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:07:29 -0800
...sound like a suddenly dead starter to me. Did you eyeball and wiggle/twist on the battery cable clamps at the battery ? ( though if...
Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:49:18 -0500
...This allowed short power cables from battery to starter and small wires to ignition/starter switches. You can get them cheap from any FLAPS...
Re: SURE POWER 1315
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:09:31 -0500
...a tray and a strap? How did you route >the cable to the starter battery? Gauge # of the wire? > >Charger is under the back...
Re: $100 Reward Results
Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
Wed, 16 Jul 2014 01:40:54 -0400
...One thing I did was run a new heavy cable from the Pos. post on the Battery to the starter and new Grounds as...
Re: Something wrong ...
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 2 Sep 2012 14:25:21 -0700
...At the battery end the charging wire is the large battery cable from the starter to the battery. The large cable is the starting...
Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:10:45 -0700
One is aware that to follow the stock battery cable route, one would have to remove the gas tank on a 2WD vanagon , right...
hot start relay didn't work - now what?
Historical mailing list - John S. Cronin
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:54:06 -0400
...Then I crawled under the car, pulled the various connectors from the starter and cleaned them up and inspected the cables, pulled the groundstrap...
Re: '84 Westy call on Car Talk
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:12:22 -0700
...That juice sure works great for displacing moisture in long throttle cable tubes. along with some cleaning and compressed air blowing out of course...
Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:48:09 -0700
...motion) > > Tried the same here (though cable bracket won't move very much due to the > starter), and tried to lubricate the throttle shaft...
Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:44:43 -0400
...Moving the wire back to the starter (a TDI starter for my Subaru conversion) fixed it. Thanks again, Ed On Wed, 1 Jun 2016...
Re: Starter: it's one or another
Historical mailing list - Rob
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:19:55 -0700
...high resistance in the starter motor >>main current path, or weak starter battery. >> >>I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:11:32 -0600
...they are called upon to Crank the Starter ~ So >> do a Good Clean of the Cable Ends & >>> >>> Batt' Posts > Get a Jump Start from...
Hot start relay
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:03:21 -0500
...starter with a screw driver! Ok, so the 88 works, the red 86 works, the brown 84 must have bad spark plug cables. 84...
Re: no STArt!!
Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 00:15:54 +0100
...the big fat RED cable on the starter itself) via an inline fuse and relay (search the archives for "ford solenoid") and use the...
AW: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:42:55 -0700
...starter that's bad. Careful, it has a lot of torque and can easily jump away from you while testing it with jumper cables...
91 Vanagon Auto Trans Repair Part 2
Historical mailing list
Sun, 1 Jun 1997 22:01:41 -0500 (CDT)
...With the torque convertor on this way the distance from the starter ring gear and the starter mounting boss in the bellhousing is 1...
no start, starter motor?, 91
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:06:44 -0600
...After warming up engine (warm to the touch), I installed my house-warmed battery, hooked up jumper cables to good battery, and attempted to...
Re: Engine Won't Start...
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:07:32 -0700
...the cables and such reminded me. I pulled > the wires off the starter and cleaned them up really well and pulled the > starter and...
Re: Starter: it's one or another
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:41:25 -0700
...high resistance in the starter motor > main current path, or weak starter battery. > > I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
Re: battery cable contact problem
Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
Wed, 19 May 1999 22:51:46 -0230
Darie, The problem with my vanagon starter turned out to be bad contacts in the solenoid. The ground wire fix didn't solve this...
Re: Battery Problems- Slow Cranking
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Wed, 12 May 2010 12:54:28 -0400
...net> wrote: > Try tightening the nut that holds the power cables to the starter motor, if > the nut is even still there. The symptom...
Re: Interstate Battery + and - poll
Historical mailing list - John
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:53:40 -0400
...My second battery is not the Westy Aux set up but a separate battery with its own positive cable to the starter that can...
Re: Too cold, no start at Bus Brr
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:25:06 -0500
more than once I have had the red push on wire from the front to the starter fall off at the starter Bob ----- Original...
Re: starter wiring
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:42:19 -0700
...a connection between the large (+) cable on the > solenoid to the spade connector should activate the solenoid and > starter. > You might consider a relay...
Re: Starter: it's one or another
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:44:17 -0700
...high resistance in the starter motor > main current path, or weak starter battery. > > I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
Re: [Fwd: starter/ignition weird]
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:21:02 -0600
...starter, battery, cables, ign switch and grounds. On my 82 > > Westy I installed the relay out of habit but noticed that the starter/ign...
Apologies, yellow h/l, batteries, meltdown, and tents
Historical mailing list
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 11:02 -0600 (MDT)
...Fourth- Following a concise telephone explanation of Sunday's alternator-to-starter cable meltdown follwed by a drive-by look-see, the local dealer...
Re: Van won't start
Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:47:32 -0400
...Rather than buying a new rebuilt starter, if that's the problem, you could prolly bring your starter to the local starter and alternator...
Diesel starting problem epic
Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:09:51 -0800
...The solenoid was wired to engage the gear, but the battery cable I left off, so it only engages; doesn't crank. When the...
Re: No heat from my 84
Historical mailing list - James Ruch
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 05:09:57 PDT
Hi John When I bought my '85 a few years back, the cable that you're dealing with had been cut from the lever...
Re: How I got home from work (broken clutch cable)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 11:21:44 -0600
...a non-working starter motor, a malfunctioning idle-stop solenoid and then to add to my frustration the clutch cable broke. the only problems...
Re: starting from aux battery
Historical mailing list - Mike South
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:32:42 -0500
...safe to start it by hooking jumper cables across from the aux >> battery >> to the starter, or will that fry the system that is...
Re: Main Positive battery Cable
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:46 -0400
At 07:59 PM 8/24/2010, john wrote: >I would like to know what you guys have been using as replacement cable and...
Re: Wont start
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:57:09 -0500
...The three basic areas for hard cranking are: - not enough supply current (battery, cables, connections including grounds, starter solenoid contacts, starter internally shorted so...
What fuse would you use for this application?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:37:27 -0500
...battery cables. I took the negative from the diesel exhaust bracket, like the vehicle ground, and took the positive off of the starter post...
Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:49:06 +0000
...and goes directly to the ground and starter hot pole. Buy yourself a pair of jumper cables, cut off one end and mount a...
How to PROOF your Battery
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:19:44 -0700
Verify grounds and cables. Test static battery volts. If low, trickle charge at slow rate overnight. If not yet at 12.6 volts, charge...
Re: What's it worth?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:28:36 -0400
...No radio, but everything else works. > New diesel starter conversion (sick of the old starters), good tires > (General Altimax heavy duty 205x14- recommended by...
AW: Electrical/starter problem??
Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:14:34 +0200
Try to refasten your battery poles (i hope thats the right word) and your ground cable from engine to body. they are often corroded...
Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l gas - starter type ?
Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:17:50 -0600
...corrosion at cable connections, ground connections, etc. If the battery and charging system check good with no parasitic draws, install your starter booster relay...