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• Re: Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:42:04 -0700
  ...Starting problem or startER problem > > All, > Has anyone ever used the starter testing at your FLAPS? I realize it's > not the same as...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 19:25:22 +0000
  I did read somewhere that low voltage could ruin starters and I suspected my + cable from the battery. It doesn't look great either...
• Re: No turn over
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sat, 16 Mar 2019 01:35:10 -0700
  ...A swift smack on the side of the starter with a hammer got her cranking. I know, I know, but the starter needed to...
• Re: HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:11:32 -0800
  ...Yes, the starter switch, the solenoid, and the starter are all possibilities. But I usually like to try the easy and inexpensive things first...
• Re: No start questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:40:27 -0700
  Scott, in his original post he mentions push-starting the Vanagon, if I recall. I don't think you'd wanna push start an...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:03:05 -0500
  Bosch WR1 Starter Relay will generally solve such problems. I have had one in my '84 for over 10 years. List vendors should have...
• Re: 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500
  Battery voltage! Controlled by contact on starter solenoid and the "thermal time switch". Very simple circuit but polarity of the two wires on the...
• mpg low, other advice?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 12:33:38 -0400
  here's a plea for some advice on where to start/what to start checking out on my new vehicle: i seem to be...
• Difference in these 2 starter numbers? ( non-USA diesel models)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:41:00 -0500
  I was perusing the Just Kampers catalog, and in the starter listings there are 2 starters listed for the diesel / turbodiesel vans: 068 911...
• Re: Starter trouble?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 6 May 1999 03:14:15 +0200
  Nathaniel Merrill wrote: > <<snip>> So now I am wondering if this starter has had a taste of freedom and will sooner, rather than later...
• FW: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Matt Heydon
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 12:37:15 -0700
  List Members~~ I turn over the key and get a click or moan from the starter motor (BTW it's not the battery). Beyond...
• Re: 82 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:27:37 -0500
  ...82 westy David Higginbotham wrote: > Our 82 westy will not start. Nothing. The battery is fully charged but when > I turn the key I...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:06:06 -0700
  ...See what it is at the alternator and the starting battery .. should be more than half a volt less at the starting battery. If...
• Re: New Info RE: Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't restart...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:07:51 -0700
  ...Bohannan" <david.bohannan@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > Removed wires from starter...no more "short"... > > Will get new starter tomorrow and start troubleshooting the rest of...
• Bad Starter??
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Keefer
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:50:03 -0700
  ...After dinner it would not start again and this time the car jumping me and I had a harder time getting it started. Thie...
• Re: am I troubleshooting my starter correctly?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:15:31 -0400
  ...The starter case is the return, ground, or negative connection to the battery. Manual transmission starters can not be tested uninstalled as they need...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:47:29 -0600
  I would not expect the cable to get very warm with "normal" starting. If just one end or the other got warm, the connection...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Apr 1995 14:49:00 +0600
  >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: Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 08:58:39 -0700
  ...I got tired of using a screwdriver to short the starter terminals when it failed to start, so I replaced the plastic switch in...
• Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:30:55 -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: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:49:56 -0800
  ...It was mounted somewhere between battery and starter, and a light wire from the starter button or key switch used to activate it. For...
• Re: Syncro Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 17 May 1999 12:23:54 -0700
  ...list only one starter. I was told that at some point around '86 they stopped selling two starter #'s and PRESUMABLY began listing one...
• click click
  Historical mailing list - michael.r.robison
  3 Jun 96 10:08:15
  ...I thought the starting troubles were over. The starter turned the engine easily, but it took several minutes to start the engine (it was...
• Vanagon won't start !
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:07:05 -0400
  Hi All I'm sure glad the list is back, the day it went down my Vanagon refused to start for the first time...
• Flooding at warm startup
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 25 Dec 2000 12:31:12 +0000
  ...Hard starting when warm Ken, If an injector(s) is (are) leaking that fuel from the pressure in the system at shutdown would cause...
• starter won't disengage?
  Historical mailing list - r. paul gordon
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:36:22 -0800
  Seems like my starter won't disengage from the flywheel - sounds like it's just whizzing like crazy on start up. Can someone please...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:35:38 -0800
  ...Is there a source for the TDI starter? All that's keeping me from ordering your adapter is that I don't know where...
• diesel starter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:40:57 -0500 (EST)
  Does anyone have or know of the location of a used starter for my 82 diesel? Any chance that a starter from a diesel...
• Re: Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:27:03 -0400
  Over the years I have had a share of bad from the box or fail a short while afterward starters even from Bosch. These...
• Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:45:12 -0700
  Fords had big fender mountain relays aka "solenoids" for their starters on almost every car/truck until the mid-90's. This allowed short...
• Re: Slow starting when hot
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 23:47:05 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I don't know if the Vanagons starter > motor is a two part device where you replace the starter and solenoid > separatly or not...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:28:05 -0500
  ...As for starter performance the permanent magnet, gear reduction starters are becoming extremely common due to their light weight and low cost. As for...
• Re: Could hot starting problems be caused by a defective ignition swich?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:07:53 -0500
  ...If it were the most common hot-start problem, the most likely culprit would be the starter (or more specifically the starter solenoid), or...
• Re: Sunforce 60113 For Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:53:09 -0700
  ...Configuration that allows aux battery to be part of the starting circuit Be VERY careful with a setup that allows you to connect the...
• Re: Starter for 1981 automatic: questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:05:16 -0400
  ...If you need to have three contacts for the wiring, and the starter has but two, go to Radio Shack and get a 2...
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:57:01 -0500
  On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:50 PM Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote: > The TDI starter has almost twice the cranking power...
• Re: '89 vanagon no start problem...ideas?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:46:09 -0500
  ...i > swapped > ECU, it started ran then parked it and it wont start again. what is > wrong? > ideas? thanks >
• Slow starting when hot
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 May 1997 21:58:52 -0400 (EDT)
  Howdy Volks, I have had a recent problem where my 85 Westy is sluggish to start when she is warm. Doesn't happen all...
• Re: Vanagon won't start !
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:48:42 EDT
  ...The lights going dim usually means the battery is too low to kick the starter in. I would try either jump starting the van...
• Syncro won't start when hot outside
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:58:05 -0700
  ...Any suggestions on where to look? ------- Three times now the van has not started in hot weather. Two were fresh starts and the engine...
• Re: Time for a new starter?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 09:49:20 -0700
  > I know that sometimes, if your van won't start, (as in nothing at all >happens when you turn the key) you can bang...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Martin Walz
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:55:50 -0700
  > Volks, > > My starter [my new starter I should say] sometimes turns over, hesitates > then continues to work. Turns the engine over quite well. > > Only...
• Re: Roadside Troubles while on Vacationing
  Historical mailing list - Charles Slosberg
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:34:08 EST
  ...Two years ago my 85 westy wouldn't start. Had to push start it for a week while in Mexico. Ran into Keith at...
• Re: Vanagon Won't Start When Warm
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:26:22 -0800
  James Wetzel wrote: > Dear List Members: > > Do I have a whammy here! My 83.5 van will not start when it is warm. Cold...
• Re: Vanagon starter final drive issues?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 06:07:02 -0500
  I agree, The one way clutch for the starter gear is bad. It may have been contaminated with oil. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Re[2]: US License plate fetish
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Oct 94 09:09:51 MDT
  ...The wire that operates the solenoid on the > starter apparently decays and causes this problem of > slow started - I don't see how myself...
• no start, starter motor?, 91
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:06:44 -0600
  ...The tranny is automatic so push starting is out of the question. According to Bentley, these symptoms (slow cranking) suggest bad starter. Can anyone...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 18:58:28 -0400
  ...As for replacing starters the gear reduction starters in general need less current to get the job done. They use permanent magnet motors (no...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:33:20 -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: [T2] Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:20:25 -0800
  ...a rich mixture) to get itself started. There's 3 devices explicitly involved in the "cold start" situation: the thermo-time switch/cold start...
• Re: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:53:42 -0800
  ...to get that cover off, start at a tiny allen screw on the shift 'knob' ... once the console cover is off ...simple matter of...
• Re: Broke down last night... engine heat killing the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:55:08 -0800
  ...As the starters get tired they seem to react more easily to the heat. Consider making a heat shield for the starter as the...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:30:03 -0700
  The starter solenoid is not actuating either because it has a mechanical issue, is sticking, or may not be getting adequate juice from ignition...
• A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:34:26 -0400
  Even after installing a new starter, new starting battery, inspecting and cleaning all connections and grounds my van still cranked slowly when hot, if...
• Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:07:29 -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...
• Re: Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 May 2007 11:28:44 -0400
  ...If he >>never uses the new starter, how much will Mr Squirrel pay for either of >>these starters (not including shipping and local sales...
• Cold Weather starting
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:05:29 -0800
  ...When my starter battery starts to > give up I can jump it from my two 100ah house batteries, but it still > cranks slowly and...
• Re: how to check starter please help
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:10:51 -0600
  Hi Patrick, On my last Vanagon, when I had those symptoms, I would crawl underneath and whack the end of the starter with a...
• Re: need a starter, have some questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:05:51 -0500
  ...Not just on my specific starter > questions, but also on the subject of mechanics . . . > > I need a new starter, I'm at the point...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:26:20 -0600
  If you give the starter a good whack with a hammer, will it crank over? Michael in San Antonio 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L...