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• Re: New Starter time?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 3 May 2004 15:27:35 -0500
  ...New Starter time? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >My 86 westy starter has been acting up, I did the whack it with a hammer...
• Re: hot starting problem
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:37:08 -0400
  ...hot starting problem > Dear fellow Vanagon Listers, > > I've got an '84 Vanagon GL with 1.9L watercooled engine that starts > reluctantly when hot...
• no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Mathieu Bertrand
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:13:54 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>Hello, my 86 vanagon won't start on cold morning ( -20 celcius). The starter doesn't turn at...
• '87 Syncro Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Sean O'Corrain
  Sun, 8 Jun 97 21:51:36 -0500
  ...The starter needs some work and I am eager to get at it. Just one question: How do you remove the starter? I don...
• Wet weather blues
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:07:45 EDT
  When it rains and my '83 sits overnight, it will not start the next morning. If my wife pushes me with her Chevy van...
• relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
  Tue, 27 May 2003 20:51:22 -0700
  I recently did the "piggy back relay on the starter solenoid fix" to cure my starter delay issue and now my brake warning light...
• Re: Summary: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:21:40 -0800
  starter bushing ? replaced...or ? On 11/29/2012 4:19 PM, Harry Hoffman wrote: > Hi All, > Thanks again for all of the great responses...
• Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:23:20 -0800
  ...My starter in my 87 syncro is shot.. Any tips or must do's to change a syncro starter?? Thank you J Sent from...
• Need diesel Vanagon starter core in Seattle area
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 10:34:12 -0800
  Apparently I had a starter rebuilt that had the wrong Bendix in it. Looking for a diesel vanagon starter core that has a good...
• Re: Stuck starter
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:24:31 -0500
  ...Stuck starter > > Over the weekend the van wouldn't start. Traced it down to a stuck > starter motor. Quick tap with a hammer and...
• Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 21:00:13 -0500
  ...Can the starter or solenoid go out from one start to the next? Do I not have enough cranking power? I found a similar...
• Electrical Gurus help needed 88 van.kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 17:03:55 -0400
  ...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: Starter Bushing Removal
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:41:56 -0800
  While my van was loaned out for a short period it suddenly only would start while cold. It was taken to a tune up...
• '82 Westy start problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:46:06 -0600
  ...Occasionally, when I turn the key to start, it does not turn over. When I turn it to the "ON" position, I hear an...
• Re: Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 04:05:23 -0600
  ...Hard start when warm. When cold starts immediately. I too would like to know what's with that! John On 3/3/2014 9...
• Re: Starter Questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 27 Oct 2003 07:44:24 -0800
  ...FYI, I have the hard start relay and I have a > new starter and new solenoid. Also, new battery and I checked the > slider...
• RE: '87 Syncro Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 97 16:34:45 UT
  ...The starter needs some work and I am eager to get at it. Just one question: How do you remove the starter? I don...
• Re: Electrical/starter problem??
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:24:38 -0700
  ...Electrical/starter problem?? >Having a quirky problem on by '85 Westy. Intermittently, when starting, >sometimes I turn the ignition key and hear the fuel...
• starter
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:48:19 -0600
  On my diesel Westy, the starter has been making a noise. This sounds like a dry bushing but could instead be a hanging solenoid...
• Re: It won't even start.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 1995 17:39:11 -0500
  ...Most relays (rated at 3, 5 or 10 amps) simply cannot carry enough current for a starter application which can draw something like 30...
• Vanagon puzzlier
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:07:48 -0500
  ...When cold, starts normally on battery #1. When hot it will crank, but not start. After a number of tries, the battery runs down...
• 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nienhuis
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:24:44 -0700
  I have an 82 Diesel that just cranks and cranks and cranks, but won't catch and start. This has happened on and off...
• Re: '89 vanagon no start problem...ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:31:39 -0500
  ...i swapped > ECU, it started ran then parked it and it wont start again. what is wrong? > ideas? thanks
• Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 19 May 2007 06:51:30 -0700
  Mr Squirrel wants to buy a spare starter to carry in his 84 auto transmission Volkswagen Vanagon in case the original one fails. If...
• Re: turn key, wait for turn-over
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:26:03 -0400
  Mine started doing that after 22 years. I used a remote starter switch(out of gear hand brake on) and starter worked everytime.I...
• Re: Starter/ground mystery-88 GL 4sp
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:14:26 +0000
  ...parked down by the river), and having some starter issues. Here's the facts: -new battery (12.5 v at rest) -starter rebuilt in...
• Re: using 2nd gear from a standing start
  Historical mailing list - John Olmsted
  Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:16:40 -0500
  ...Rolling starts however are another matter; I do this all the time and it makes for much quicker starts and less shifting. As a...
• Re: "Hitachi" starter in a Vanagon - the real scoop
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:46:44 -0400
  ...Neither my '84 automatic nor my '85 4 speed have ever failed to start in the winter. Both have Bosch starters. The starter in...
• Starting issues
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:51:06 +0000
  ...My current issue is starting.I have only driven the van a couple of times since I got it back.Those times it started...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:26:25 -0700
  ...Recently (over the last 6 months) I have > noticed a small hesitation when starting (felt like a weak starter)but > worked every time. I...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:35 -0800
  ...I think it is most related to starter peculiarities also the one from the cyl. head to the body. Both a source of starter...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:18:14 EST
  ...I think it is most related to starter peculiarities also the one from the cyl. head to the body. Both a source of starter...
• Re: Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:11:09 -0500
  ...I kept thinking battery, coil, ground or starter solenoid; but the starter motor (windings) was shorting out once the engine was warm. A rebuilt...
• Re: Please Help! Starting problems 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:50:37 -0400
  try checking the 1/4" spade terminal on the starter solenoid. i have had problems with that connection on several vans. often with that...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:21:21 PST
  >| >I was planning such a swap, but I discovered that the Diesel starter and >| >the Syncro gastank had clearance problems. Going with a KEP...
• Re: It's not the way to do it ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 03:06:20 +0000
  So you eliminated the TTS completely? Get the engine good and warm and then try to start it. Especially in warm weather. Once it...
• Re: Rust repair? and starter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:31:30 -0400
  ...Both because of no start conditions. That was 4-5 years ago. Recently I had a few no starts in a row. Deciding that...
• Re: Electrical Gurus help needed 88 van.kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 17:17:46 -0500
  ...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: Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jan 2018 17:30:02 -0500
  ...As I was getting ready to remove the old starter I note that the stud on the starter solenoid is loose. Ah Ha I...
• Re: No start, no codes ... usual stuff doesn't help.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:39:42 -0700
  ...there IS a 'starter swtich' code that the ECU can have...... but it's not about the starter cirucit or starter operation - it's...
• Starters...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 09:32:43 -0400
  I have been plagued with problems with my '82 Diesel Vanagon's starter; today I will have to put on my third in two...
• Ignition Switch Installed - still no start
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:30:47 -0700
  ...New starter, new ignition switch. Battery is charged. still no start. anyone have any other advice? This is killing me. jeff __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:57:33 -0300
  ...Starter related question. > > Dennis: > > The GoWesty starter is nice, but almost $500 CAD by the time it gets here. I can get a Bosch...
• Ottawa - '85 Vanagon - Intermittent starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Jon Whittington
  Thu, 18 May 2000 10:39:51 -0400
  Good day to all! The following is a plea for help :) I have been struggling with an intermittent starting problem for the past 6...
• Re: TDI Starter info was:Bosch "premium" rebuilt starter appears to be built from non-Bosch parts!?!
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 13:47:23 -0700
  ...I’m more interested in best long term quality then lowest price on the TDI starter. But If Karl is using this that speaks...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:49:21 -0500
  ...Put the same make of starter back in. > > The "grinding" sound is like when you hit the starter and it is already > running. It...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:19:12 -0500
  Since the GoWesty starter does not require any modifications of the bell housing or engine if it was to fail, what is to stop...
• Re: Starter Wire Connection
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 06:41:10 -0700
  ...Bentley page 97.204 shows the starter wiring for 1990, with only ONE wire to terminal 50. Bentley page 97.220 shows the starter...
• rough starts
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:06:07 -0600
  The newest problem my 84 has is starting rough: Up untill a week ago, it would always start, but for the first 5 minutes...
• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:53:51 -0500
  ...No start. I moved it over to my '85. No start. I got the eBay seller to replace it and the replacement works fine...
• Re: [A] FI problem, [Q] where to get a starter
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jul 1995 01:14:04 -0400
  In a message dated 95-07-14 17:43:55 EDT, Jesse writes: >Second, it seems that our starter is approaching the end of...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sun, 2 May 2004 19:19:24 -0400
  ...The starter was working but the motor didn`t want to fire. After many tries when the battery starting to died, I succeeded to...
• sputtering on start up..?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:42:29 -0700
  Suddenly my Digifant FI VW motor started misbehaving on start-up. Where do I start looking tomorrow AM? Temp II sender? O2 sensor? Both...
• Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:18:12 -0500
  I'm starting a new thread on this because I am desperate to get the van running... wife doesn't have a car without...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:19:03 -0800
  ...how old is the starter ? I find really ancient looking starters thatare weak and due .. I find newish cheap ones that are weak.. and...
• Re: no start
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:01:19 -0500
  I also have had problems starting my '86 Vanagon recently. Although this is a rather long note and Berry Kercheval will recognize it as...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:57:48 -0400
  ...Trouble starting > > The 2 large connectors get power to the starter motor. You need to power > the solenoid to move the gear out to...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:53:52 -0700
  You can purchase the solenoid separate from the starter, it is about $70. If you take the starter out, make sure you do not...
• Re: '84 won't start after used for awhile
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 02:09:29 -0700
  ...I have a consistent engine warm no start issue. Drive down the hill (2 KM's at most). Engine temp needle registers 1/4...
• Re: A/C cold start valve
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:55:35 -0600
  >>"Cold start valve??? >>Mine is not functional and does not start easily. If I manually actiate it >>- the van starts immediately. > > >how do you...