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• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sun, 2 May 2004 19:39:06 -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...
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:01:12 -0500
  Low battery will turn engine slower and not create enough compression to start. Good battery and big cables to starter / good grounds are first...
• It is starting again! Thanks!!!
  Historical mailing list - Nitaino
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:39:28 -0400
  Well after spending the entire morning playing with it, I finally got it starting like a normal car with the relay. Wanted to thank...
• Re- 1980 starter location
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 12:29:54 +0100
  Don.....I have had my starter on and off my van a dozen times in the past year so I should know were the...
• Non Vanagon - Jetta Turbo Diesel Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Ron Schlamp
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:16:09 -0600
  At the beginning of the winter I could start my Jetta Turbo Diesel in -15C with out having the car plugged in (not easily...
• For Starters
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:34:36 -0800
  ...For Starters On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:19:31 -0800, Christopher <chris@MIRAIUSA.COM> wrote: >Survey: > >(1) What does a rebuilt starter cost...
• Rebuilt it yourself! Was: bosch part number for diesel starter
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand 1
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:10:35 -0400
  Dave Bayer Wrote: > Hi- > After not finding the starter for the diesel vanagon > listed with anything other than VW part numbers (on any > vendor...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:37:50 -0300
  ...Yet another thought about my 2.1 WBX starter. Where the thing is not self-suporting, can I even bench test it … or will...
• Re: This week advice.....
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:25:42 -0400
  ...so the starter WILL turn >but won't give you any start.... just listen if the pump is priming before >start.... that noisy Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
• Re: Re; Help Again
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:40:59 EDT
  ...Now, once in a while, when I go to start the van the starter will start to grind then stop cold. I switch off...
• Re: Blowing Voltage Regulator For Guages
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 10:45:53 -0500
  It's possible they are blowing just after starting when the altenator is charging the most and the voltage regulator is dropping the most...
• No Juice to ECU?
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:04:06 -0800
  Folks, The van wouldn't start out of the blue last Monday, plenty of crank but it seemed like no spark. I order a...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:15:22 -0800
  All fine, ....and.........you don't need the key on to do this test , unless you also want the engine to start. On 12...
• Getting idle Vanagon to start
  Historical mailing list - Doug Bryant
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:20:05 +0000
  ...I tried to jump start it with a VW GTI and had no success. For whatever reason, I decided to try to jump start...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:24:44 -0700
  Ok, it sounds like nothing is still connected to the starting battery except a main cable to the starter and a cable to the...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:12:42 -0800
  ...He makes really nice wiring setups for various Vanagon needs, including for the starter. https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/hard-start-relays/hard...
• Re: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:59:30 -0500
  So I'm hearing that bypassing th safety switch is a smart place to start. To do this I assume I can just physically...
• Re: occasionally won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:48:50 -0400
  ...It turned out to be a bad (undersized, under-crimped and old) splice in the smaller wire leading from the starter. This wire feeds...
• Re: Syncro sporadic starting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:56:09 -0500
  <snip> I'll turn the key, hear the fuel pump being primed, and turn the key to start the engine and nothing. <snip> This...
• Re: Hello again, Brakes, No-Start, Coolant bleeder, 1985 GL
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 08 Jan 1997 20:03:34 -0800
  Lawrence Johnson wrote: > > Lebron,Nathan wrote: > > > > >> Another problem i have been experiencing since purchase about 1.5 > > years ago > > >> is the No-start symptoms...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - It's Back!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:03:32 -0400
  ...Not so! It started perfectly every time for 9 days straight. But today it will not start. It acts a bit like fuel starvation...
• starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:56:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...So we push start it and it starts right up, but with a brief clatter (from the starter I imagine?). I'm feel fairly...
• starter problems-diesel
  Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:00:38 -0800
  Here is a problem that occurred when I added a "slave relay" to my 82 Westy Diesel starter circuit. I've looked in the...
• Re: Not starting
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:59:00 -0800
  Well, first of all, if you are turning the key straight to 'start' you're really not supposed to actually. You are supposed to...
• Re: Starter Woes - '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:21:43 -0700
  that's great John, that you made your starter work much better just with taking it apart, cleaning things up etc, and putting it...
• 80 Starter???
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 13:30:07 -0400
  ...Shortly afterward it wouldn't start...I assumed low battery and have charged it, jumped it and still nothing... After reading a bit I...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:49:39 -0700
  ...Jumping doesn't help. > > Voltage at starter matches battery. > > Turns over slowly with: > > - spark plugs removed. > > - fresh battery jumpered directly to starter. > > - WITH NEW...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:05:22 -0800
  ...And Karls web page specifies that the SR0408X/409X starters are gear reduction types. Does anyone know if GW assembles their reduction starter from...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sun, 2 May 2004 19:01:38 -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...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:02:55 -0800
  ...If it doesn't help, then install a starter relay in the engine compartment. I like the relay setup that Jay sells. http://www...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:35:39 -0400
  Hmm, you see I doubt it's a lack of current because the starter works 99.9% of the time.. however when I drive...
• Re: Batt is 100% - no crank/starter doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:11:23 -0500
  ...Maybe there is corrosion here.Could be juice in in the battery , but cant get out in enough quanity to turn the starter motor...
• Re: Too cold, no start at Bus Brr
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:25:06 -0500
  more than once I have had the red push on wire from the front to the starter fall off at the starter Bob ----- Original...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:13:00 -0400
  ...Incidentally, how do I acquire one of your adapters and a new TDI starter? I'm thinking of just keeping that on hand till...
• Pocket Power Jump Starter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:58:02 -0700
  ...I was getting ready to jump start a completely dead turbo diesel Doka when my local Snap-On guy showed up and told me...
• Re: Short in the starter circuit somewhere.
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:38:25 -0700
  ...I have a rebuilt starter, the 'hot start' relay fix, a dedicated ground cable to the starter body and a cable from the alternator...
• Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 13:30:26 -0800
  ...and would not start a tow truck driver fiddlled with the air flow meter and was able to get it started again the following...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:04:47 -0800
  ...starter > > > Bad starter in Phoenix--and no hills for push starts. Anyone know a > > good mechanic for a Syncro in the Phoenix area? We...
• Re: Starting question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 May 2018 09:54:45 -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...
• '84 Westy call on Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:53:14 -0700
  A lady from Minnesota called with a starter problem.� The brothers advised that she keep her existing bat in the car to whack the...
• Re: 84 Starter/Auto Trans problem?
  Historical mailing list - george gibbons
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 18:05:39 -0500
  ...Install a relay on the starter solenoid. disconnect wire on the solenoid and connect to terminal 86 of a bosch relay no 85 to...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Nov 1999
  Historical mailing list - Pierce
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 09:30:36 -0500
  Should a 91 Carat Vani increase engine idle at cold start? Remember older Jetta engine had a separate cold start injector. This starts cold...
• Are syncro starters any different than 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:26:55 -0400
  My transmission is getting pulled shortly and I am considering replacing the starter at the same time due to the unprecidented access. Are syncro...
• Hi-Tork Starter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 31 May 2006 05:25:01 -0600
  I've gone through another Bosch starter on my TIICO in just over 2 years. Does anyone here have a source for reduction gear...
• Re: Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:08:10 +0000
  Adding a relay to a starter circuit that travels 15 feet to a weak switch through a small wire is not exactly heresy. If...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:27:45 -0500
  Hi Oliver, 12.3V at the starter should be sufficient, but was that measured at the thick wire to the battery or at the...
• Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:10:16 -0700
  On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:16:52 -0700, you wrote: >--snip-- >As it turns out, the "rebuilt" starter we'd most recently had...
• Re: 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:37:44 -0700
  ...The van should start without any movement of the accelerator pedal. Using the pedal may PREVENT it from starting. "Pumping" of the pedal only...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - James Foust
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:10:50 -0500
  ...I assumed it was a bad starter. After repeatedly turning the key the engine finally "catches," starts and I'm on my way. Sometimes...
• Re: Subagon starter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:55:52 -0800
  ...Subagon starter I have Tdi starter in my 2.2 Syncro. Just make sure your engine is well tuned , that things spins like NOW...
• Wiring Problem Finally Solved (knock on wood)....
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:55:55 -0400
  Greetings, It all started about 5 weeks ago. My wife and I were heading in my 87 Westy to Lime Rock for the SCCA...
• Re: 91 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:14:54 -0500
  ...It's been taking a number of tries >>> to start, but now it doesn't want to at all. It's an automatic so...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:34:17 EDT
  ...Running the tri-plugs, I started to have the infamous "hot starter" problem. I would run the engine and the starter failed to start...
• What not to do when rebuilting a starter.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:38:41 -0700
  ...Measure the voltage over the starter itself while cranking, ie from the positive iput terminal on the starter to the starter housing. If it...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:35:42 -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: Kinda Stumped
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 May 1995 13:25:30 -0700
  ...My friend that owns >a VW repair shop says that changing this is a pain, so he gives me >another starter (used but looks...
• Re: Fridge Propane Mode No Start
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:27:55 -0700
  Well, As I understand it running it on 12 volt or 120 volts first starts the air flow... in the intake and out the...
• Re: 3 questions: starter/ignition switch/temp warning light
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:29:53 -0700
  ...It > seems I have to turn the key ALL > the way to start. Problem seems worse w/ new > starter. Hmmmm... > 3. Temp warning light...
• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:59:13 -0500
  I put a remote starter button in the engine bay which makes checking for things like injector spray patterns and spark a breeze. It...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:43:00 -0400
  ...The > van > usually starts right up, though occasionally, especially with hot engine, > the motor will drag. Starter motor was rebuilt last year, BTW. > > > > Is...