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• Re: starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:59:13 -0600
  ...If the starter is making noise and turning at all, the relay will not help you. In that case, you either have a mechanical...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Automatic Starter Saga - Now Over!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:39:16 -0500
  Got the starter back today, and just finished reinstalling it. Finally after 2 years, 4 starter removals, plenty of foul expletives, it works. It...
• cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Grenon, Jerome
  Tue, 30 May 2000 08:46:02 -0400
  hi! since 2-3 week, my west is hard to start when the engine is cold. it do that half of the time. sometime...
• Starters for 85GL 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Swanson
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:45:06 -0700
  Someone told me that they think the starter from an aircooled bus engine will work on my 1.9L. Is that true? The bolt...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:35:35 -0400
  ...Tightened it, problem > solved. > > I installed the starter relay some time ago because the starter would > periodically not turn over when I turned the...
• Re: starter solenoid buzzing and overehating?
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:28:39 -0800
  ...Can the solenoid be easily removed from the > starter for testing, without > removing the starter > > NO Can anyone help identify the source of the...
• Re: Starter system woes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:31:39 -0600
  ...I believe that one or more of the vendors sells a "hard start relay" kit. The problem is caused by a marginal design, resistance...
• Re: Wont start in park?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:08:31 -0700
  Safety lockout in the shift linkage so you don't start it up in D. Dunno exactly where, but someone else will point you...
• Re: Strange Electrical Problem - '56 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:55:36 -0600
  ...Will it start right up, when hot, if you short across the terminals on the starter? The Bozobus used to do this. The relay...
• Re: Pokey will not start
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:32:31 -0700
  Sounds like a starter solenoid is not engaging, which is often caused by poor connections at the battery, or at the starter/solenoid, at...
• Re: Brushes? Re: Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:20:12 -0500
  ...For instance the replacing the cable from battery to starter took me from almost never being able to start when hot to almost always...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:15:01 -0400
  ...Went thru two >REBUILT starters fairly quickly. The third one got fried related to a >harness fire. I replaced it with an adapter available...
• hot starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:15:59 -0600
  My '85GL floods out and won't start when the engines warm. I've replaced the O2 sensor ( the lead was broke off), and...
• Re: Driver in Distress! Need Starter Near Taos NM
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:56:57 -0600
  ...I didn't catch the beginning of this thread, but I'm wondering if this is the dreaded "didn't want to start when...
• '90 Van-Cranks but will not start...
  Historical mailing list - LBMelman
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 03:51:11 -0800
  ...Finally, it would crank but not start. After towing the vehicle to the repair shop the engine started right up. Now a week later...
• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..?
  Historical mailing list - Dan
  Sun, 30 May 2004 12:13:10 -0400
  you have bad grounds or your starter needs to be replaced. clean your barrery terminals check the ground strap at the trans mount, check...
• Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:33:35 -0500
  Changing out the starter and cannot get the old bushing out. Is there a method to do this without an official starter bushing puller...
• starter
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wilke
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:44:21 +0000
  Bad starter in Phoenix--and no hills for push starts. Anyone know a good mechanic for a Syncro in the Phoenix area? We had...
• starter probalem
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 17:42:29 EDT
  What does the ground of the starter come off of. Its possible that the tranny ground diconnected would cause starter to not work? would...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:06:58 -0300
  All, The starter is out …. and the underside of the engine is looking almost sparkly after the pre-surgery scrub. I only had to...
• Re: Problem with Latrical starter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:41:17 -0700
  ...it works fine now...the fancy new starter goes right in my spares.. On Sep 8, 2017 12:25 AM, "Karl" <tdiguru@westyventures.com...
• starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:23:50 -0400
  I have a problem w/ my starter on my 86 Westy Automatic where when i turn the key i hear a high pitched squeeling...
• Re: 86 cabrio advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 20:34:10 -0800
  ...Starts right up, > drive it > a little while stop, and it will not start,,,no click, nada. > Battery good, > no shorts, starter new. Sometimes...
• Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:46:42 -0700
  A note for all users of the Diesel starters:(not just rebuilders) The smaller newer gear reduction starter is likely more electrically efficient. It...
• Re: AC & starter question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:49:55 -0500
  My first suspect would be that you've got a starter that is thinking about quitting very soon. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia...
• Re: Electrical/starter problem??
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:45:08 -1000
  ...Electrical/starter problem?? > > >>Having a quirky problem on by '85 Westy. Intermittently, when starting, >>sometimes I turn the ignition key and hear the fuel...
• Re: Won't start in the mornings.....
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 08:49:29 -0600
  Hi Mike, I'd check to make sure the starter gear is lined up with the teeth on the bellhousing correctly. Hopefully, taking the...
• Re: Starting question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 May 2018 16:28:32 -0400
  ...I am still on my original starter. What is your preferences for > a replacement? 1985 automatic with a 2.1 Boston Bob. > Can't...
• fuel filter mystery 85 'gon
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:38:27 -0400
  Hi again, Any help out there for a starting problem for my 85 Vanagon. Symptoms: difficult to start/ eventually engine "died" while running at...
• coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Gallant
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:19:04 -0500
  Hi, Two weeks ago I went to my VW dealer and made them changed my coolant, since then, when I start the rear heater...
• Still won't start when warm
  Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:12:15 -0600
  My van starts fine when cold, but, floods and doesn't start when warm. But if you turn off the fuel pump it starts...
• Starter :bushing support
  Historical mailing list - Mark Whitney
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:46:22 EDT
  I have a 1987 Vanagon 2.1 GL after returning from vacation we find the ol starter dead. Sooo we take a spin down...
• start - won't start - solution
  Historical mailing list - Joe Glisson
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:56:01 -0400
  Thanks to the many who contributed to my search for an answer on the start/won't start problem. At first it appeared to...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:23:58 -0700
  ...Granted, the WBX prolly doesn’t need the cranking power of the diesel starter and the lower power draw of the GW starter would...
• Re: Starter One more time!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 1 May 2011 09:21:47 -0700
  John Muir explained many years ago in his long famous "Idiot's Guide" a procedure to check the starter and solenoid which I feel...
• Re: Need help - will not crank
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:20:15 -0600
  ...takes years, but it means a new ignition switch. > > now, if you mean by 'not start' that the starter spun and spun and the...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:35:09 -0700
  if you're planning on buying a new starter regardless, would suggest a new reduction type and starting with that only. Neil. On 6...
• Re: Slow starting when hot
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 06:03:41 -0400
  ...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: 3-4 needle bearing style pins fall out of starter area when I removed the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:53:26 -0400
  ...I removed the starter and found 3-4 of these trapped on the starter > > "shelf" (the bottom of the starter hole). Any clue as...
• Ignition switch - no start
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:57:18 -0400
  ...1987 - Vanagon Syncro Occasionally when I turn the ignition switch to start up, I get all the dash lights, etc. but no ignition at...
• stumbling/no power after cold start
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:40:37 -0400
  ...The engine (2.1 WBX) started easily, and idled well. However for a minute or two after driving off, there was a lot of...
• Re: VDUB QUESTION
  Historical mailing list - J. Austin
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:16:13 -0800
  ...The wire is connected to the >starter and >> dangles loose near the battery. When it will not start >I have to use >> my"hot...
• Re: Won't start in the mornings.....
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 10:38:27 -0500
  mike and shari wrote: > I converted my syncro to a subie engine and many mornings it won't > start, no click no nuthin. The...
• Random Starting, Starter Probs-Fixed
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 01:16:08 -0500
  Slow or no starter motor turning- Aim the Vanagon on the downhill- Find a coupla friends- strangers to help push- Let your 9 year...
• Re: Starter help- Sunday afternoon
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:23:15 -0400
  Dunno if you got any p-mail answers, but if you have a manual tranny, it's possible that a buggered up starter bushing...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon intermittent no start
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:37:06 -0500
  Hi, you can "jump start" a starter to check this one and to eliminate the ignition switch possibility... are you willing to do so...
• Re: Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:08:39 -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...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:32:51 -0500
  ...Engine Starting Problem 1985 1.9 liter After changing the coolant, I started the engine to get it circulating. I turned off the engine...
• Re: #1(4) VANAGON digest 504
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 22:32:37 -0400
  Well, I had my starter rebuilt today, $125; slightly cheaper than a new, factory rebuilt one. Brownings Alternator Service did the job; they have...
• Re: [vanagon] ntermitent no start/turnover 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Tue, 23 Feb 1999 23:12:22 -1000
  Had the same problem for the last year and a half and finally it just didn't start anymore. I ended up replacing the...
• Re: Stuck in Durango, CO, with Possible Altitude Related Problem
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sun, 8 May 2005 08:33:33 EDT
  ...Also it is very hard to start when cold. It would often start once in the morning but if I let it stall before...
• Re: '84 Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 May 2000 11:21:03 -0400
  At 11:33 5/15/2000, Edward Orlando wrote: >Is this a clear cut case of a bad starter? By no means. You're...
• Re: Starter :bushing support
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:28:46 -0500
  I just recieved a bosch rebuilt starter that came with the bushing also. I plan on bending a coat hanger wire or similar and...
• help interpreting starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Doug Demarest
  Sun, 1 May 2005 12:31:06 -0700
  Hello, so I got a bit flamed on friday for an apparently bone-headed method of checking my old starter in my 86 Vanagon...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:37:54 -0700
  ...It could be the >> starter switch which with age has started to dislike passing the amount of >> current necessary to activate the starter reliably...
• Re: 85' won't start :-( any clues??
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:42:38 -0600
  ...85' won't start :-( any clues?? > > Good Morning everyone, well this week isn't starting off so good, this > morning went to start the...
• Re: No start :-(
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:26:25 -1000
  and incredible effecient and easy way to start on this one.. get a must-have Remote Starter Switch .. connect it to the Trigger Terminal...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:25:53 -0700
  ...Symptoms of a bad starter? So if you run a new cable, you just run it strait from the battery to the starter? Do...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:49:20 -0400
  So if you run a new cable, you just run it strait from the battery to the starter? Do you remove the old one...
• Re: Hard starting hot
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:26:57 -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...