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• Re: [Syncro] The Syncro project arrives...(won't start)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 23 May 2001 17:51:05 -0400
  ...the no start, no click, no dim, no dead battery syncro saga... It started happening to me this winter too - 5 times since December...
• Re: Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 19 May 2014 10:03:01 -0700
  ...When the no start occurs, bypassing fuel pump relay always allows the engine to start normally. I now wonder if it's simply an...
• Re: starter turns except when the battery is disconnected but does not turn engine-solenoid problem?
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:06:45 -0500
  ...I wanted a bit of feedback before buying the part listed on the Samba (solenoid and starter together that is either new or most...
• Re: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:35:46 -0500
  ...At the starter with someone holding the key in the start position check for voltage at the solenoid terminal connection. Tyr twice with the...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:58:35 -0800
  I know that most here already know this stuff but I found the GW starter article enlightening http://www.gowesty.com/tech-article-details...
• Water in starter housing?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:37:47 -0700
  Hello all, Part way through our 3 week trip, the starter in our '88 Westy started acting up - just an intermittent click every so...
• Re: Starting question
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Sat, 26 May 2018 11:42:03 -0700
  There is no need for a relay on the TDI starter adaptation. The 'Gowesty' / IMI starter failures are what led me to develop the...
• Re: DELAYED STARTING!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:41:45 -0700
  ...I found when it wouldn't start >> I could whack on the starter with a 19 mm wrench hammer and it would then >> start...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:36:25 -0600
  Sorry Marc but " it wouldn't start again. " could mean > When I turn the Key > Nothing Happens > I only Hear a Click > I Hear...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:42:55 -0500
  ...I did jumper a fresh battery > directly to the starter. >>> > Symptoms: >>> > Turns over very slowly, sometimes stopping (or catching?) >>> > Runs fine when started. >>> > Battery...
• Re: Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:50:39 -0500
  ...Hot start problem I have heard that installing a 'hard start relay' fixes the problem, it reduces the load across the ignition switch. I...
• Testing the starter question
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 11:55:04 -0700
  Still have starting concerns for my '87westy. A lot of recommendations to do a voltage drop test, between solenoid and positive terminal. How??? Is...
• Cold Starting tricks
  Historical mailing list - Phillip M. Kenney
  Sun, 12 Jan 1997 10:08:18 -0700
  Since it decided to hit -12 here in Denver over the weekend and since my 83 van has a problem with the starter solonid...
• Re: 85 will not start
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 29 May 2001 21:17:09 -0400
  ...85 will not start > OK, I have a dumb question, but here it goes. My vanagon will not start. Its > not the battery, not...
• Re: HELP! van broke on I80 trAveling East
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:04:30 -0600
  ... and because of the nature of those two shops in SLC, they'll know within a few minutes if it IS hot start, and...
• poor cold start 80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:42:22 +0200
  Just after returning from a 3-nites camp trip (Murphy was a pessimist) we got a cold start problem. Required endless cranking before firing...
• Starter Sometimes Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:09:03 -0400
  Dear Volks, oops, uh, Folks, Sometimes, unpredictably, the starter won't crank. The engine gets up to normal operating temperature, I'll make a...
• Re: 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:42:49 -0400
  Maybe remove the air box and spray some starting fluid into the afm, and see if it starts.If it starts with fluid , you...
• Re: Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:20:12 -0500
  Today my Vanagon didn’t want to start. Nothing at all when I turned the key. I thought it might be the starter relay...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:12:34 -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: Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:12:58 -0400
  I should have checked the bushing before I put the new starter in (I usually do) but I was in a rush. I am...
• Re: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 7 Apr 2013 08:03:10 -0400
  For me, it turned out that I did indeed have a bummer starter from a local FLAPS that was a year and half old...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:21:21 -0500
  How does the typical FLAPS test a MT vanagon starter? Do they have a fixture to support the end of the shaft like the...
• Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?/Bentley question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:32:45 -0700
  ...If I keep the key turned, it sounds like the starter motor starts to slow down gradually, and after a couple seconds engages the...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:47:09 -0600
  ...It's a poor design; a relay kit may help. > If your starter engaged but was not able to turn the engine well, Your...
• Re: Auto back up switch
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:26:48 -0800
  ...Neither had back up lights and wouldn't start in neutral either. Soon they wouldn't have started at all. Stuart -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:33:43 -0400
  ...I can push start the van > and drive it. > > I tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver across terminals clank > clink clank no spin...
• Re: starter won't disengage?
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 01:35:27 -0500
  ...starter won't disengage? > > > Seems like my starter won't disengage from the flywheel - > sounds like > it's just whizzing like crazy on start...
• Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:49:18 -0500
  Keep in mind those starters where a different design than ours. They used the remote solenoid to energize the motor. The rotation of the...
• Re: Problem with Latrical starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 00:16:10 -0700
  It might be worthwhile pulling the starter to have a look at the gear and the gear's shaft. If dust and/or oil...
• Re: Start problems need help on the road
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:28:25 EDT
  ...I had a similar problem for a bit and to get around it, I just attached a remote starter switch to the starter, ran...
• Re: Unknown Battery drain!!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:02:10 -0700
  ...Don't know > where to start to find this phantom draw. > Here is how I'd approach the problem. Disconnect the starting battery and...
• Re: 2nd Battery setup questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:12:40 -0800
  ...Grounding the coil through the starter solenoid ensures that it'll ALSO wait until after the starter motor is no longer drawing from the...
• '56 Kombi Progress Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 16 Oct 1994 19:44:56 -0700 (PDT)
  Ok, I went and traded my battery in on warranty this afternoon, and then yanked the engine to replace the starter bushing. The starter...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:33:25 -0600
  I always have my starters, alternators, generators rebuilt locally and I've had excellent long term service on everything from Allis Chalmers, Hyster, Towmotor...
• Re: Starter Wire Connection
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:00:01 -0600
  The other wire goes up to either the double relay or the start relay up in the engine bay.(depending on year of van...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:01:04 -0500
  ...As I said, the button will turn the starter, and thus the engine, but it will not start (no fire to the ignition) with...
• Re: Schematic needed, starter issue, Old school stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:56:00 -0500
  At 01:24 PM 1/10/2013, TJ Hemrick wrote: >the schematic for how to wire the "Starter assist" or what ever name he...
• Hard start
  Historical mailing list - Corey Deahl
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:22:29 -0500
  ...Why would that make it difficult to start? In the case that's not the hard start problem, how to do I fix it...
• Warm starts in '82 van
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:21:30 -0000
  ...Also when starting from hot, ie a few seconds or a couple of minutes after stopping, start up is instantaneous, again with no throttle...
• Re: Dragging Starter
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:38:29 -0800
  > Wally, the 84 Westy (150K) has a draggy starter, especially when hot. I did not see it in any other response yet, so I...
• Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Aled
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:06:58 +0100
  I've an '86 1.6D HighTop Transporter (UK) and today the starter won't turn on the first twist of the key, following...
• Temp 2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:16:30 -0700
  ...When I first start it, and I guess even after it's warmed up, if it stalls (due to my trying to get comfortable...
• Bug not starting
  Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:19:45 -0600
  ...We towed it back to the house and let it sit for a day and then tried to start it up again. It started...
• Re: ok.. last time for 84 auto trans into an 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:30:27 -0500
  ...Yes the starter has a different part > number but both > >will work interchangeably. Don't buy another starter, > support your > >local electrical repair shop...
• How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:16:12 -0700
  ...road does it take to replenish the energy used to start the Vanagon? BTW, this assumes easy starting, a healthy engine/FI/electrical system.
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 5 May 2016 11:41:02 -0500
  Look for a local place that rebuilds starters/alternators. Had mine done for $60 bucks. If they replace solenoid an addition of a starter...
• Re: Intermittant starting problem with 1986 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 11:55:44 -0500
  ...Stinson" wrote: > > We have a 1986 Vanagon GL that ususally starts but commonly > (once/twice per week) doesn't start. > > The only pattern I...
• Re: New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:26:10 -0700
  ...New Starter Stopped Working > > > > Hi listees. Questions about starter motors. I just put > > in a new starter > > that > > stopped working after only 6 days...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:48:45 -0800
  ...And ....that 'start signal'to the ECU does not 'energize the ecu' .. it's a signal to let the ecu know we're in...
• Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:46:23 -0400
  ...I tried to jump start but nothing. The starter makes no sound whatsoever. If I crawl underneath and connect to 2 large connections together...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Tue, 4 May 2004 21:55:59 -0400
  I have tried to start my West this night and he started like a charm. I drove it for about 20 minutes and stopped...
• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 15:24:22 -0700
  ...Van started when cold, ran rough when hot (intermittently), would not start when hot (most times). After replacing the sensor, van ran great again...
• No Start/Start - rough running 86
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:22:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...On Saturday, which was dry, it started just fine. Sunday when it had been raining a little overnight and the temp was about 30...
• Re: Do I need a new starter???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 08:14:29 -0700
  ...I ended up starting it by getting it rolling and popping the clutch. > I got home and obviously it wouldn't start. > I do...
• Re: starting issue with '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Dec 2014 20:55:04 -0500
  ...Cold starting is assisted with the cold start injector which is operated by a simple thermal time switch. What may be happening is that...
• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:38:20 -0800
  Thanks for answering Alfred, Well, I got it started and went to the gas station. Wouldn't start there so I cleaned the contacts...
• Re: '90 Syncro starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:22:21 -0400
  ...After the initial start, too rich a mixture may allow it to run but will be too rich for a restart. Dennis ----- Original Message...
• Re: [T2] help with starter relay? (odd, see pics)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:16:05 -0700
  ...That is great news, all I need to do is replace the relay, install the new starter and I should be starter happy for...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:47:36 -0500
  ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > while you're in there, > consider installiong a starter trigger cheater wire to hide in the > engine...