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• New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:22:06 -0700
  Noel, I may be off base here but I think you need 12 volts to the starter. If we can get some input from...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:37:27 -0700
  ...so ..when the starter won't crank from the igntion key.. one very effective , fast, and easy test is operate the starter indpenedent of...
• Re: Hard start, added a ground wire
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 21:32:44 -0600
  ...I was cheap and used that small VW starter on the > Subaru 2.2 > > To make it a bit easier to start I took...
• Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:34:51 -0700
  Hello, My '85 WBX starter cranks slowly even with a fully charged battery. Does the Vanagon respond well to the Bay Window starter relay...
• Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Sat, 3 May 2003 09:42:05 -0400
  ...I have the delay....sometimes not starter kick-in on my 87 Westy. Are you guys saying it is not a starter issue, but...
• Sourcing this Hitachi starter motor for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:11:15 -0700
  Hi Guys Dead boche started will take a few days to get the induction motor from http://gowesty.com/starter_story.htm any know...
• Starter question
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:18:38 -0500
  I have a weak starter on a 91 GL AT. I have already cleaned all the contacts, grounds, and the battery is strong. I...
• slow starter?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:33:10 -0500
  How fast should the engine turn over in a Vanagon? My starter sounds rather labored and slow, though it does start up with no...
• Re: [Syncro] The Syncro project arrives...(won't start)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 24 May 2001 07:10:53 EDT
  ...I went through the ritual of checking everything associated with the starter without finding anything wrong. Finally, the intermittent no start became permanent and...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:32:59 -0600
  ...It would start up just fine, but as soon as we turned it off again, it wouldn't start again. It would turn and...
• Re:Just Starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Dower
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 13:41:39 -0500 (EST)
  My 85 westy starter is on its way out. It starts with a little coaxing, ie. a hammer. It is hard to turn the...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:14:44 -0700
  ...Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution? I've read that I don't want Bosch rebuilt starters, tho' I know not why. What...
• am I troubleshooting my starter correctly?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Demarest
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:46:27 -0700
  With a new battery, my van wouldn't start today. I can hear the fuel pump, but no noise from the starter. I pulled...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:33:15 -0500
  I'll just bet they can order heavier field coils for your starter .............. say like might go in the starter for a Diesel. Stan...
• Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:57:34 -0600
  ...A new/rebuilt started caused the same > > only-cold starting a few days ago. > > > > The second, long bolt to hold the starter on is...
• starter / solenoid
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Oct 1995 16:51:39 -0400 (EDT)
  Last night my van refused to start when I turned the key. No click, no grind, no nothing! Lights and other accesories worked fine...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:39:12 -0700
  ...Engine started, disconnected wire. Engine ran, but starter did not disengage. Tried it again. Starter did not disengage when I disconnected the starter wire...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:52:11 -0400
  I had a hot start problem at one time too in my air cooled van. I installed a WR-1 relay from Bus Dpot...
• Re: Trouble on the road: starter motor and charging relay have common problem?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:35:47 -0300
  When was the last time you cleaned all your grounds … particularly the big ones on/near the starter. > On 21-Aug-2017, at 21...
• Re: Starter sings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:53:26 -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...
• Re: Vanagon DEAD- Starter relay- Manually Jump??? Help!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:53:28 EST
  ...A totally dead battery or one with a bad cell won't work even with a jump start. The second thing to try if...
• Re: Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sat, 19 May 2007 10:50:32 -0400
  ...In your example #1, if you order the rebuilt Bosch starter, you would be charged $164 + $60 + cost of shipping the starter to you...
• Re: Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:43:46 -0800
  ...if it's not cranking on the starter ... I always operate the starter with a Remote Starter Swtich .. That reduces the connections and wires...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 16:17:38 -0400
  Hello All, Which positive post at the starter would you attached the positive lead of the voltmeter? The small spade connector or the larger...
• [Fwd: Re: help interpreting starter problem]
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 1 May 2005 16:18:40 -0400
  ...Mike On my '85 I installed a remote starter switch in the engine bay as I got tired of walking back and forth to...
• Re: Starter question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:08:47 -0800
  ...I'm just > throwing it out there BEFORE I climb underneath and start pulling the > starter. > Now don't start a digest war over...
• Re: flooded engine?
  Historical mailing list - Kendra Calhoun
  Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:39:44 -0600
  ...Got the van started the other day by waiting an hour and holding the gas down while starting. 800 miles later it just stopped...
• Re: Starter Help
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:02:44 -0700
  Even though you have power showing at ends of wires to starter, it may not be getting through to starter itself. Make sure connections...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
  Derek Drew writes: > > I was reading in the Bosch Technical Instruction booklet about Electric > Starting Motors and it says, "Blah, blah, blah... Starting systems...
• RE: starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 26 Mar 97 14:31:26 EST
  > > > Well Rick welcome to the starter club! > > I had the exact problem with my 85. One way to get it started is to go...
• Re: My Westy abandoned me for the second time this year :(
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:50:40 -0400
  Check the voltage AT THE BATTERY while the starter is turning. Once when I had a weak battery the starter would turn the engine...
• Re: '71 Hard Start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:26:21 -0300
  ...About the hard start?? Heat sometimes affects the starters performance, and the engine is tight due to thermal expansion. Not enough details on start...
• Just a click on turning ignition key
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:55:20 -0400
  I tried starting my van last week and all I got was a click and a hum from the back end, tried 20 times...
• Re: Gowesty starter problems
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Mon, 5 Sep 2016 16:28:10 -0700
  FWIW, coming from someone using his (strong) OG starter, opinion in general is VERY HIGH for the tdi starters with rmw's adapter. It...
• Re: starter woe...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:37:44 -0700
  [2002-11-07 07:33 -0500] Roger VanTill (Rvantill@AOL.COM) wrote: > Those are symptoms of the starter going out, BTDT. The colder it...
• Starter removal???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 14:54:18 -0500
  For several years now, occasionally my starter on my 91 2.1 automatic would not start. A light tap with a hammer and all...
• No start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 13:10:42 EDT
  ...Battery is new and good as well as the alternator and starter. It has the original point/condenser distributor and cpu. Ti will start...
• Re: diesel starter
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 16:36:19 -0500 (EST)
  On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Robert Cronin wrote: > Does anyone have or know of the location of a used starter for my 82 > diesel...
• will not start
  Historical mailing list - Darrel
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 06:27:05 -0500
  ...My vanagon started fine this morning ran real rough. Started to get her moving and then she cut off. It ran fine yesterday as...
• Won't start..
  Historical mailing list - stu schwartz
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:20:09 -0400
  Thanks to all that responded...my westy wouldn't start but it wasn't the battery...it was a loose connection near the starter...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:01:38 +0000
  Well I took the starter out last night and it's definitely not responding to voltage at all. I think I'm going to...
• Re: 86 syncro doesn't start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:31:06 -0700
  ...86 syncro doesn't start > > >> can you describe how one would make a Remote Starter Switch? I have a >> new/rebuilt starter in my...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:25:17 -0500
  ...starter Refresh my memory, guys, but isn't the diesel starter self-bushed, as in the end of the starter shaft is not free...
• Intermittent no start - fuel pump/relay?
  Historical mailing list - Beutler, Art (AZ75)
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:19:43 -0700
  My 1986 vanagon has developed an interesting problem over the weekend - it either is very hard to start requiring alot of cranking or quits...
• Re: !!!URGENT!!!-NEED HELP/ADVICE!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:44:18 -0400
  Concerning the starter problem.... I keep a camp axe in my van and when I had that problem I would reach in through the...
• Feedback on bad starting suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:21:13 -0700
  A few months ago I asked for help on this list with a sporadic starting problem. The problem only occurred every several days, or...
• air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:22 -0800
  ...I am thinking: > > a) intermittent fuel pump...hmmmm its mechanical so I doubt it. > b) fuel filter......but it runs fine when started, up...
• air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:40 -0800
  ...Van warm Automatic Choke flaps open Turn the starter, Van starts and runs for 20 seconds or so. Van dies and does not start...
• air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:14:58 -0800
  ...Van warm Automatic Choke flaps open Turn the starter, Van starts and runs for 20 seconds or so. Van dies and does not start...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 08:29:19 -0600
  Hi, My first guess would be the positive cable from the battery to the starter. If there is corrosion or deterioriation of the wiring...
• How to test starter off the van?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:48:17 -0500
  ...So I got out the Bentley and followed the logic map for the starter troubleshooting and came to the conclusion that the starter motor...
• Trouble on the road: starter motor and charging relay have common problem?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:33:55 -0400
  ...Our starter gave out on us twice. First time we roll started down a hill and after that it worked again for a day...
• Re: starter woe...
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:15:18 -0700
  ...But, how > come the > starter doesn't turn? It seems like if the solenoid is stuck, the > starter > would simply turn with a retracted...
• Re: intermittent starting problem
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:29:48 -0500
  ...intermittent starting problem > A little advice if you would, > > my 85 westy has an intermittent starting problem where the starter will not > turn. I...
• Starting problems with 88 Vanagon (Wolfberg Ed) with 90,000 ml
  Historical mailing list - khgo50
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:25:24 -0400
  I've been having problems with starting, where if I don't hear the humming (after turning the key) before cranking, it will not...
• $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 01:32:31 +0000
  Dear Vanagon List Members, I am offering a $100 Reward for the solution to my starter problem. Please read all of this carefully before...
• Bosch "premium" rebuilt starter appears to be built from non-Bosch parts!?!
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 00:27:50 +0000
  Having had bad experience with some aftermarket SR28X starters, I bought a "Bosch Premium" branded rebuild. My old starters have Bosch markings stamped in...
• Re: Subagon starter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:35:14 -0800
  You really need a gear reduction starter for the Subaru engine. GW sells one, and you can also use the VW TDI starter with...
• [F] Re: Time for a new starter?
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 00:16:20 -0400 (EDT)
  On Thu, 20 Apr 1995, Richard wrote: > I know that sometimes, if your van won't start, (as in nothing at all > happens when...
• Starter for '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sage Green
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:49:43 +0000
  ...How do I identify a starter for a '87 manual trans Vanagon?? I grabbed a starter that was laying in the passenger compartment of...