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• cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Mark Whitney
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 21:08:01 EDT
  I have a 1987 Vanagon It has started to cut out after about three to five min after starting. What really has me stumped...
• Intermittent starting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:48:51 -0800
  Vanners, My 87 syncro exhibited the symptom of turning over without starting, Then when I banged on the fuel pump and waited a while...
• Re: Starter Power Question
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:49:12 -0600
  I'm assuming that, "The solenoid clicks with the ignition switch" means that you hear the Bendix Actuate, but then "no starter crank", meaning...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:22:50 -0800
  all right ! I call that 'very hard cranking' ... ( cranking on the starter for the full term ) . I have seen cases where there was a...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:26:58 -0800
  ...Monday, November 12, 2007 9:36 PM > > > Subject: [VANAGON] (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > I had a little starting trouble today...
• Re: Cold Start Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 06:59:33 -0500
  Mine just started doing that a few weeks ago. Once I couldn't get it to kick over, but luckily I was on a...
• Re: Starter Behavior
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:47:18 -0800
  ...Starter Behavior Mellow Yellow's starter behavior is a bit odd -- I think. When the engine (1.9L) is cold, by which I mean...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:18:45 -0500
  ...Monday, November 12, 2007 9:36 PM Subject: [VANAGON] (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start > Hi everyone, > > I had a little starting trouble today...
• Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:53:37 -0500
  The solenoid on the starter performs exactly that function plus engaging the starter gear. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Hard start, added a ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 19:48:18 -0700
  My second Subaru conversion was an '84 with the small VW starter that came with the 1.9. I was cheap and used that...
• Re: no start :(
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:42:40 -0800
  I'm having starting problems also. I believe they are just battery related since when it is charged, it starts no problem. The alternator...
• Starter Ground Strap?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:31:54 -0400
  ...Is this the best place? Will this do any good? The starter always cranks, but it seems slow. I know the pre-'86 starters...
• First Really Cold Day - Starter Dead
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:42:53 -0600
  ...No prior indications of starter difficulty. Just dead this morning. Could this really be the starter, or a sneak attack by the ignition switch...
• Re: '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine late morning
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:54:48 -0800
  http://www.autozone.com/test-scan-and-specialty-tools/remote-starter-switch
• Re: Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 18:10:14 +0000
  I bought a hard start relay setup.  Never installed.  Went forward with TDI adapter plate and Bosch starter motor, I've been very happily...
• Re: Please Help! Starting problems 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:53:50 -0700
  A good upgrade but in a Westy it can cause major damage to the starter and flywheel real fast. The installation instructions don't...
• Re: starter Vs hammer!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:26:39 -0500
  There was a time when I had to carry a broomstick to poke the starter solenoid (through the wheelwell) while someone turned the key...
• Re: Syncro Starters
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:05:26 -0500
  > Has anyone noticed that the Syncro VS non-Syncro > starters are not the same length! I figured I would try > out a starter that...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:30:59 -0400
  Karl, my point was not that all Chinese starters are bad. I didn't say anything like that. What I am saying is just...
• Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:13:01 -0800
  ...I hit the starter several times with a hammer, but NOT while a helper held the key in the "start" position. I ran out...
• 1.9 or 2.1 starter for a 2.1 in an 85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:41:09 -0700
  ...Since it apperas to be very due for a starter anyway ...( it looks orignal ...195K miles on van ) and given that 85's have...
• lazy starter
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 17:44:21 -0400
  Hi, Some people tell me I have a lazy starter in our 86 Westfalia since it cranks over slowly (always starts though). When I...
• Starting problem?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Calhoun
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:01:14 -0400
  Hi, My 84 Westy 1.9 has a starting when the engine is warm. The engine cranks over but will not start. If you...
• Re: flooded engine?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:41:19 -0500
  if it's a manual, why not just bump start it? Thats a good way to establish if there is a starter problem. If...
• Starter sings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:25:57 -0500
  Well, this is not new on my daily driver - an '88 GL- It started a while back, just now getting attention, ie - getting louder...
• Re: Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:23:56 -0300
  > went ahead & put in a new starter too. > > there was clearly power but the starter did absolutely nothing - > I've had this with bad...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 12:43:00 -0400
  If the ground is poor from the starter thru the engine to the frame to the negative terminal of the battery, you could still...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:41:17 -0600
  Refresh my memory, guys, but isn't the diesel starter self-bushed, as in the end of the starter shaft is not free like...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 04:28:28 +0000
  Many thanks for the starter advice. I installed a new gear reduction starter with the Westy Ventures adapter today and couldn't be happier...
• Re: Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:00:59 -0400
  I have a starter from LActical … the starter itself is made by World Power Systems (model 1755N ) … on my WBX … so far it works...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 14:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Assuming the resistance of a starter is constant, the power used by the starter is proportional to the square of the voltage across it...
• Re: starter/ignition weird
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:13:36 -0800
  ...starter/ignition weird >I have a weird problem that the Van just started going. The first time you >try to start the engine, you...
• DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:19:12 -0800
  Felder wrote: >> My question is, what's the starting procedure using the "knob," or more properly, does use of the "knob" contribute to the...
• Re: Help--Stuck in Mammoth Lakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:51:57 -0500
  ...It's a spiral gear which causes the starter gear to engage with the flywheel when the starter spins up. On Vanagon starters, the...
• 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:21:23 -0700
  ...When I go to start the Westy, the voltage is consistently at 12.2V. The van usually starts right up, though occasionally, especially with...
• Re: '81 Westy Cold Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - RRR RRR
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:47:52 -0800
  thanks for the responses, according to the bently manual the cold start valve injects fuel only during the actual starting of the vehicle (while...
• Re: 71 Westy that won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 1995 08:01:45 -0500
  My 71 Westy wouldnt start a couple of weeks ago. I tried everything ( tune up, points, rotor, cap, plugs, cables, etc.) and nothing worked...
• Starter brushes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brown
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:12:12 -0500
  Anyone know of a place to get brushes for a starter motor (85 van AT) and for that matter altenator brushes as well? I...
• Re: Hot Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:18:24 -0500
  My '88 GL started that very same scenario. It was the starter. Replaced it, it starts fine now. John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker...
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:03:03 -0800
  ...no cold start/hard start relay kit I really think that the problem comes from somewhere in the wiring. When I turn the key...
• Re: Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sat, 19 May 2007 10:29:03 -0400
  Michael Elliott wrote: > Mr Squirrel wants to buy a spare starter to carry in his 84 auto > transmission Volkswagen Vanagon in case the original...
• Re: Starter Sometimes Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:16:45 -0500
  ...When I go to start in the morning, all the pwoer comes one, lights, fuels pump, everything. Turn the switch to start position........NOTHING...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:34:06 -0700
  ...Starter hesitation Since buying it earlier this year, the starter on my 87 Westy hesitates when I turn turn the ignition to start. There...
• Re: Slow starter
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:52:41 -0800
  ...Had a Cessna 182 with same symptoms--new starter solved problem. > 2. Had a old Chevette with same symptoms--new starter solved problem. > 3...
• 81 aircooled won't start when cold
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:37 -0800
  ...This winter when arount 20 degrees F, It takes 2 to 3 times to start (about 10 seconds each try), but it starts, and...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:55:23 -0400
  The 1.9l vans are plagued with an undersized cable from the battery to the starter and to make things worse these are now...
• Re: '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine late morning
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:19:12 -1000
  hard for me to understand why many people do not, in a case like this, immediately connect a Remote Starter Switch to the solenoid...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:52:22 -0800
  the practical thing is to have a starter trigger wire rigged in the engine compartment. Very useful... for self-rescue, for determining that the...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:53:20 -0800
  I've been running the GW reduction gear starter for two years now and am very happy. That said, I may not have had...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:41:26 -0800
  ...My son's '87 had a kludged one installed and the starter was still intermittent, so it now has a GW gear reduction starter...
• Re: need help with starter problem, 1990 Vanagon GL, 4spd 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:14:25 -0800
  ...I tried jump > starting it > off my other car just to make sure the battery wasn't low and the > starter > wouldn't even...
• Rough running after rain
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:01:11 +0000
  A few months ago, after a few days of rain, the van started up but then started running rougher and rougher until it just...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:04:35 -0600
  Tony What is your VoltReading During a StartAttempt ORR ~ DeanB On 29 Jun , 2014, at 1:21 PM, TCollins wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm...
• Re: Cold Start Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 1996 14:58:33 -0500
  ...Started getting hard to >start late this winter. Tuned it up, new thermostat, new cyl. >head temp sensor. Runs great once started, but still...
• starting problems fixed!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Aug 96 22:18:51 EDT
  ...he checked out my starting problem. symptoms: wouldn't start, all power would go out, no idiot lights, no headlights, then would start after...
• Re: New Starter time?
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Mon, 3 May 2004 13:14:44 -0000
  ...New Starter time? > My 86 westy starter has been acting up, I did the whack it with a hammer > trick that worked well for...
• Re: Ignition switch - no start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Olson
  Tue, 5 Jul 2005 23:48:41 -0600
  ...connection at the starter, . . . body grounds at > battery and tranny. I'll certainly do that, thanks! > > . . . Does it always start when cold, but get...
• starter amps?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:01:48 -0800
  Volks, Can anyone tell me about how many amps the starter draws from the main battery during engine start-up? Thanks Bill 90 Westy...
• starter/solenoid: final chapter
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Thu, 14 Mar 96 15:31:29 EST
  Hey all, Well, went today to pick up my rebuilt starter from Pep Boys. Paid the other 50% of the price and took it...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:26:32 -0600
  When I installed my starter I had rebuilt for me, I noticed they replaced the solenoid. Then it wouldn't do anything or just...