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• Re: help interpreting starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 1 May 2005 16:13:29 -0400
  On my '85 I installed a remote starter switch in the engine bay as I got tired of walking back and forth to the...
• Re: Bizarre starter problems pt.II
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 12:25:14 -0400
  Hi Terry, VW has had starter problems on many vehicles, particularly automatic Golfs/Jettas/Rabbits. The problem is voltage loss to the starter. To...
• need help with starter problem, 1990 Vanagon GL, 4spd 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:10:13 EST
  ...I tried jump starting it off my other car just to make sure the battery wasn't low and the starter wouldn't even...
• Starter Questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:33:19 -0800
  When I got back from camping at Yosemite, van wouldn't start. No engine-turnover, no sound. Checked the electrical wiring connections and measured...
• Re: 91 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:32:07 -0600
  I just went out and tried the suggestion about moving the shift lever while trying to start, and it started. This means probably that...
• Re: Engine still won't START!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 7 May 2002 08:22:29 -0400
  Chris, there are only so many reasons why an engine won't start. An engine needs: Intake Air Compression Spark Fuel Exhaust flow and...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:50:44 -0600
  ...Runaway Starter Saga Continues > > I'm still in pursuit of getting my van running again after the runaway > starter incident. Here is where I...
• starter bush
  Historical mailing list - Dan
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:47:47 -0500
  Duooo, trying to replage the starter in my 87 westy how do I get the old starter bush out of the block? the old...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:43:06 -0400
  The 2 large connectors get power to the starter motor. You need to power the solenoid to move the gear out to drive the...
• Re: Difficulty starting my 86
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:08:57 -0800
  ...About 200 time at least. 'won't start' is not enough information really. I have had a gear reduction starter be difficult about cranking...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:44:54 -0800
  Jeff, I completely agree with you about fixing things correctly, no doubt! However, a proper starter relay does more than mask other problems. It...
• '89 vanagon no start problem...ideas?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:35:14 -0500
  1989 with 2.1..doesn't start. It cranks, but don't hear fuel pump. I cleaned grounds by coil, changed fuel pump relay...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:49:11 -0700
  ...I can push start the van > and drive it. > >> > >> I tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver across terminals clank > clink clank no spin...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Dean G
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:59:35 -0400
  Yes high heat will affect the starter. Its dying man. Does the solenoid engage? It could be your solenoid if it doesn't push...
• Re: Subject: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:53:11 -0500
  ...The last thing I > added was an extra ground from the bottom nut on the starter to the negative > post of the battery and...
• Re: No turn over
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 15 Mar 2019 21:08:11 -0300
  Measure your voltage and (if you can) current at the starter and at the ignition switch. If you bridge the starter (bypass ignition) does...
• Re: 84 Starter/Auto Trans problem?
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 13:41:31 -0800
  > My 84' has developed an intermittent starter failure. After a day of > driving, I'll stop to get gas and when I attempt to...
• Re: Starter Question
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:08:32 -0400
  ...Would the starter on a '90 GL just go out all of the sudden, without any noticeable problems before hand? Story: The starter never...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:50:20 -0800
  ...Vanagon Starter relay kit That is almost true. But if you don't have all of those good things adding a simple starter relay...
• Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:47:52 -0400
  ...Replacing a starter on a Syncro and the starter was = in the way of putting back the vacuum actuator for the diff lock. Got...
• Re: starter Vs hammer!!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:10:39 -0500
  As I recall this means a worn starter bushing at the bottom end of the starter ---- there's a worn spot that it will...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 01:47:18 -0400
  ...That combination eliminates the need for the starter >shaft bushing. The starter itself is very powerful because it starts diesel >engines. And mine cost...
• Re: Starter solenoid current
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:36:57 -0800
  ...If it was excessive........the starter itself comes to mind. I treat the starter.......made up of 3 main parts........the motor, the solenoid...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:18:24 -0500
  ...When you turn your key to the start position ... the coil on the starter solenoid is energized. The plunger then moves and does two...
• Re: Electrical Gurus help needed 88 van.kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 02:03:53 +0200
  ...I install it, and it fires right up.BUT...the solenoid or > starter is still engaged after it starts when i run the relay...
• Re: New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:05:04 -0500
  In your original post you said that the starter, "stopped working." What happens when you turn the key? Does it crank even a little...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:34:42 -0500
  ...Starter doesn't work on long trips > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, you see I doubt it's a lack of current because the > > starter works 99.9...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:27:08 -0700
  ...Be sure consider the starter bushing in the bell housing, if manual trans. I have an old starter armature shaft to check how ovaled...
• Re: A Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Gus Cairo
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:46:39 -0700
  ...Starter turns engine but it won't start. Roll it down hill, engage engine with ignition on - starts every time. It's a mystery...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:16:56 -0700
  Did you replace the brass bushing in the tranny when the new starter went in...an off center starter armature will give this symptom...
• Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 19:17:14 -0700
  So, basically you're against improvement and using a superior, more powerful, faster-cranking starter - one that is likely in stock at every auto...
• Re: Vanagon Starter
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 17:03:23 -0700
  ...The stock Bosch starter just wasn't strong enough to reliably turn over the higher compression suby engine. I've got a writeup on...
• Re: Portable Jump Starter
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 18:39:58 +0100
  I keep 3m* long jumpleads in my Westy - this means I can jumpstart the starter battery (on TD in the engine bay) with the...
• Re: The continuing saga, stuck in Tucumcari
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:19:04 -0500
  Take some starter fluid and spray it into the AFM.If it starts, you have a fuel problem. If it dosent start,you have...
• Re: Intermittent starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:22:33 -0400
  ...It'll turn, just not start. I need some places to start. Crank position sensor (it's resistance is reading correctly)? Ignition module (doesn...
• Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 12:43:25 -0400
  I was reading in the Bosch Technical Instruction booklet about Electric Starting Motors and it says, "Blah, blah, blah... Starting systems are designed to...
• [FIXED] Re: Starting problems....
  Historical mailing list - Booker C. Bense
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 07:09:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Before, it > started every time just fine. > > - Anyway, the symptoms are : > > 1. Starts just fine first thing in the morning, runs fine once > started...
• Re: Starters for 85GL 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:26:35 -0600
  if the labels have been wiped off the only real external difference between the earlier and the later starter is the length of the...
• New Starter time?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Mon, 3 May 2004 11:28:23 EDT
  My 86 westy starter has been acting up, I did the whack it with a hammer trick that worked well for a while as...
• Syncro starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:38:20 -0700
  Hi Do I really have to disconnect my innner CV, and move the diff-lock solenoid just to get at the starter on my...
• Starter Removal 2WD and AT
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:42:33 -0500
  Is the top bolt holding the starter in an allen bolt? Anyone know what size? BTW-Picking uo a new starter later and want...
• Didn�t' start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 15:25:46 -0800
  ...And cold start sensor misbehaving and flooding it when hot. Fuel pump check is relatively easy, next time it won't start pull the...
• 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
  ...A new/rebuilt started caused the same > > only-cold starting a few days ago. > > > > The second, long bolt to hold the starter on is...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:37:29 -0700
  Check the grounds...do a voltage drop check on the starter as it may not be seeing the full 12+V...or could be...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:33:49 -0600
  You won't need a tap, I think the bushing presses out after you disassemble the starter. The bushing is in the nose of...
• Re: Vanagon Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Mon, 26 May 1997 01:43:24 -0500
  ...As soon as I shut off the vehicle - same senario. > If I crawled underneath and tickled the starter - works fine until the > next start...
• Re: New behavior from the starter..deisel (gas) inline...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:34:00 -0400
  ...the starter seemed to spin > free for a fraction of a second before engaging...Second start, same spin > up by the motor before it...
• Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:06:43 -0500
  ...It > starts maybe one out of 5 times, and when it starts, it starts right away. > >> The battery is right at 12.0 volts...
• Re: FW: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 13:01:41 -0700
  Pull the starter, remove the solenoid, clean the solenoid shaft which is covered with gummy nasty old grease that ain't greasy no more...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:32:08 -1000
  why not just undo the starter trigger wire at the starter solenoid ( so there's no way voltage can continue getting to that terminal...
• Re: Van not starting, auto tranny, gear selector position dependent
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:53:23 -0700
  ...Van not starting, auto tranny, gear selector position dependent Hi all, My van just started being finicky about starting, but it's not a...
• Re: Hard starting hot
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:16:44 -0500
  ...If you let it cool down it starts fine. When trying to start hot it cranks forever. once in a while it would start...
• Re: starter help needed
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 04 Apr 1996 20:30:20 -0800
  ...He bought a rebuilt >Bosch starter to cure his non-starting blues (turn key, lights dim but >nothing happens out back). He put in...
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:16:36 -0400
  ...Even with a boost she doesn't start. Have heard a > single injector can prevent starting. The PO said, and the evidence supports, > it...
• starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Seastoner
  Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:16:42 +0000
  Hi, My 85 Westie would not start after a three-four hour drive on the interstate...this had happened before around town but was...
• Hard start problem and diagnosing bad starter
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:16:58 -0400
  ...Lately, my van has been getting progressively harder to start. It's worst when cold. I have to try and start it twice, pump...
• Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:29:18 -0800
  ...Starting with mid 86 models they ran a thicker wire straight from the alternator to the starter motor. In yours they 2 used smaller...
• Re: Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sat, 1 Dec 2012 09:36:02 -0800
  ...After sitting a while, it started. Another time, same day, I pushed > and pulled on connections, and the van started, but I do not...
• Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:31:16 -0700
  ...A new/rebuilt started caused the same > only-cold starting a few days ago. > > The second, long bolt to hold the starter on is...
• Re: Starter sings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:40:20 -0700
  ...Starter works very >> well in starting. No dragging or any thing like that . Starts the engine >> on the first try every time. With cold...