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• Re: Starter/ground mystery-88 GL 4sp
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:40:19 -0500
  ...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: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 Feb 2017 02:23:16 +0000
  ...Spins great! The off shore starter also needed to have material removed to accomodate the lower fastener that replaces the OEM stud. Neil. On...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:43:06 -0400
  The 2 large connectors get power to the starter motor. You need to power the solenoid to move the gear out to drive the...
• 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...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:10:01 -0400
  ...Mo betta, take the starter apart, blow out all the accumulated dust and dirt, wipe out all the old grease, flush it even cleaner...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:01:18 -0500
  ...On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:33 PM, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > Changing out the starter and cannot get the old bushing...
• Re: Dragging Starter
  Historical mailing list - James & Julie Davidson
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:59:53 +0100
  Lets set the scene, I work for a VW dealership as a car driver/cleaner so I know nothing! My starter stuck after only...
• Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:21:53 EST
  ...When I start the van, there is a hesitation after I turn the key and the starter cranks. Many times the starter will spin...
• Re: Differences between auto & manual starters?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 18 May 2005 20:53:47 -0600
  ...jimt On 5/18/05 6:44 PM, "Cary Chiang" <ccc1@VOLNY.CZ> wrote: > Hello Listees: > I know that the starters from an automatic...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:00:21 EDT
  ...does starters or can recommend someone who does. >> Unlikely that a motor shop will let you in the door with a starter. What you...
• price for a starter for an '82 diesel westy
  Historical mailing list - scott jones
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:03:45 PDT
  Is 150 $ normal for a starter or did I get screwed? It's an '82 diesel westy. Let me know, Gordon sj59@email.byu...
• Starter Solenoid Specifications
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:49:04 -0700
  Hello, Can you point me to a web site that shows starter solenoid specifications? I am looking for the electrical information such as control...
• Re: Starter solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:55:26 -0500
  ...Tracey Estevez wrote: > Does anybody know if it is possible to purchase a solenoid seperate from the starter for the 85 Vanagon? > > -T >
• Re: Sourcing this Hitachi starter motor for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 16:55:45 -0700
  ...101 links to http://www.hitorque.com/IMI_Cross_Reference/Volkswagen1.htm and that Denso starter with a custom mod by IMI - Ron Salmon
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning... UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:20:33 -0600
  Vanagon starters sometimes have solenoids that freeze in the barrel of the actuator barrel. The starter normally has hesitations for several weeks or months...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:56:04 -0800
  ...The three basic areas for hard cranking are: - not enough supply current (battery, cables, connections including grounds, starter solenoid contacts, starter internally shorted so...
• Re: Starter sings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:35:26 -0500
  ...that lets the flywheel go > faster than the starter when the engine fires and the starter has not > yet withdrawn. I believe that these...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:09:24 -0700
  ...Starter SR0408X ge-futzd So one day you try to light the fire using the good ol' ignition key and the starter makes strange...
• starter info
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 11:42:28 -0400
  ...My other thought is just change it out and have a new starter. And if it dies on the road I should have a...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:46:55 -0700
  There is no need to use the starter wire for the fridge relay ground just because Westfalia sometimes did, as you say. 80-81...
• starter/solenoid
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Wed, 13 Mar 96 18:56:37 EST
  Hey all, Today I removed the starter/solenoid. What a pain in the ass! On my old bug it was pretty easy, but on...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 23:54:49 -0400
  ...Any others with autozone starter experiences? Dealing > with that particular store has also been frustrating. > > Thanks > Tony > > On Jun 29, 2014, at 7:00...
• Re: '56 Kombi Progress Update
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Apr 1990 14:10:54 -0400
  About thom starter problem I would take the starter off and take it to a good auto electrical shop and have them bench test...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:16:42 -0600
  Your starter may very well be in need of replacement or rebuilding; if so, a local rebuilder may be the best value, depending on...
• Re: Sticking Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:34:38 EST
  ...Buying a rebuilt starter (Bosch) is the best solution. Local part house rebuilds are cheaper, but I have found they aren't worth the...
• starter re-install woe...
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Kiermaier
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:16:58 -0700
  After having my 85 westy parked for nearly a year, I have finally decided to address it's bad starter. After purchasing a generic...
• Re: [VWDIESEL] Slow starter(s)...
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:42:33 -0500
  just a thought david would be to inspect the starter pilot bushing? they do eventually wear ( some don't diesel oil/fuel is slick...
• Re: Starters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:50:15 -0800
  ...Starters Just reached up on my shelf for what I thought was my later model vanagon starter. Ooops! it is a syncro starter. Before...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:55:23 -0600
  Oh yeah, forgot to ask - is this a geared or non-geared starter? Alan Felder On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:53 AM...
• Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:39:02 -0600
  Hi all, My starter was dragging and I pulled it. I noticed that the shaft collar was beaten up. It had been hitting the...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:37:09 -0800
  ...The starter is engaged with the engine and is turning the engine over. Except that if the engine were actually turning over there wouldn...
• Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:38:25 -1000
  ...and should be inspected for wear anytime the starter is out. I keep an old starter armature shaft as a test-fit measuring device...
• Re: '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine late morning
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:31:46 -0500
  ...If nothing happens, the starter and/or solenoid is bad. The solenoid is the obvious suspect, but since its ground is thru the starter...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay failure points
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:16:08 -0600
  ...A potentially dangerous one. >> I have installed a new Starter and properly restored the wiring to >> stock. A slow turning starter condition still exists...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:59:35 -0700
  ...high resistance in the starter motor > >>main current path, or weak starter battery. > >> > >>I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:58:35 -0400
  ...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: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 1 May 2010 13:54:32 -0700
  ...Now if I had my x-ray vision glasses I could...avoid lowering the transmission to get the starter out to have a look...
• Just a click on turning ignition key
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:55:20 -0400
  ...This problem is intermittent and as I have a new starter doesn't seem to be related to the starter. Have I just forked...
• Which starter is this?
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 10:35:12 +0100
  Hello! I just found a starter in a heap of junk. VW part number is 055 911 023 B: Could someone tell me which...
• 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...
• SPAM - AT starter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:44:12 -0700
  While cleaning out the '84 parter for its final trip to that great VW shop in the sky I came across an AT starter...
• Re: Delayed starter action
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:58:39 EDT
  ...Seemed to lose the delay after cleaning connections and re-connecting wires to the starter. I seem to remember a few threads on this...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:49:19 -0800
  ...You just push on the bottom of a solenoid device that's in the battery cable, not on the starter, and the starter energizes...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 07:18:51 +0200
  >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: [Re: Uncooperative Starter]
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:25:20 -0230
  ...You can run a ground from your battery directly to the starter using wire from a set of old booster cables. The solenoid contacts...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:02:05 -0500
  ...If it is a original starter, (never rebuilt before) chances are good that all you need is the brush set, and you can get...
• 85 Vanagon - Ignition electrical switch
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:01:11 -0500
  My daily driver does not crank anymore? No 12V from ignition switch when tested at the starter relay. Relay/starter cranks when you apply...
• Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:35:59 -0500
  ...I know nothing about the GW reduction starter but am wondering if that warning applies to all gear reduction starters or just the Gowesty...
• Re: Problem with Latrical starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 21:51:21 -0400
  On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 09:53:12 -0700, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >I installed the Latrical starter with Karl's adapter...
• Shorted battery (was FW:)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:06:17 -0700
  ...Check the large wire from the battery to the starter for any breaks or loose connections. Also check the smaller wire from the starter...
• 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: 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...
• 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: Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Sean O'Corrain
  Wed, 25 Jun 97 13:56:47 -0500
  ...Locally (in Nebraska) the only rebuilt Bosch starters available were $215.00 so I had ours rebuilt. The starter was in pretty good shape...
• sizing fuse for 2nd battery set-up
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:01:02 -0800
  ...Nor do I see a fuse between the alternator and the starter battery. So why would I need a fuse between the starter battery...
• Re: Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:34:13 +0000
  Aled, rather than dicking around with whacking the starter or other kludges, you ought to take the bugger out and have it looked at...
• Maybe the Starter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:09:00 -0700
  ...In order to move it around in my yard, I drove around by the starter. Naturally not a bright thing to do...but hey...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 21:01:43 -0500
  ...low voltage, starter running > intermittently, but alternator is okay?) > > >> The end of this just happened 5 minutes ago. My replacement starter had >> been bad...
• Re: Why my Starter Motor Failed PICS
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:36:31 -0800
  ...Why my Starter Motor Failed PICS Now you have me feeling kinda stupid!� I had the exact same situation with my DoKa starter.� That...
• List messages: Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 20:10:48 -0400
  ...Replacing a >> starter on a Syncro and the starter was = in the way of putting back the >> vacuum actuator for the diff lock. Got...