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• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:45:40 -0700
  ...The motor keeps on spinning because the act of pounding the gear into the flywheel teeth also makes the contact for the starter and...
• Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:46:10 -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: 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 - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:07:56 -0800
  ...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: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 12:18:14 -0800
  Almost every ignition switch I've replaced was due to it not delivering power to the FI, the starter always cranked just fine, but...
• Re: no start
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:40:31 -0800
  put an ohm meter on the battery and start taking fuses out one at a time. Once the dvm drops to zero you know...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:51:36 -0500
  ...Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny What do you think the amperage would be, to trigger the starter solenoid? It was just going...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:32:42 -0600
  ...This is the same problem I had posted about previously about her just not starting and then a day later it started and acted...
• Fun with the FI (another happy roadtrip story)
  Historical mailing list - Randy
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 21:41:31 -0400
  If you remember, I was the guy whose bus ('76 FI 2000cc) started running on 3 cylinders a few days before I was planning...
• Re: Ongoing "Honk" as diesel style starter engages
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 16:33:03 -0600
  ...Been running this > motor and starter now for a few years as my daily driver, work van and > camper. Every since I have owned...
• Been There Done That Starter Removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:53:42 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia -------------------------- Remove the starter motor: Disconnect the cables from the starter motor, if possible. The starter is secured by...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:43:50 -0400
  ...This problem >began with hard starting, but the van would run fine once >started......that is until it would randomly just die on the...
• Re: Van Not Starting - 88 Automatic with New Starter and Alternerator
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 23:00:51 -0700
  ...a safety switch that allows starter to turn over only when in "park"? Neil. (who has never driven a Vanagon Automatic). -- Please send me...
• Re: Ignition Switch? (Update)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:10:55 -0700
  ...Did you swap in a new switch? If so, I'd check/clean connections at starter, battery, and ground strap from tranny to frame...
• [A] FI problem, [Q] where to get a starter
  Historical mailing list - Jesse L Reynolds
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:42:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...As you may recall, the van periodically would not start, and was apparently flooding. It turned out to be a faulty temperature sensor, the...
• STARTER FIXES
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:00:19 -0400
  WELL THERE IS A FORD STYLE REMOTE STARTER SWITCH THAT MOUNTS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT(MANY of us are familiar with) but there is a...
• Re: Uncooperative Starter, could it be?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Stoppkotte
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 18:41:01 CDT
  I too have had numerous problems with my "84 camper not starting. I thought it was just her personality. But could it be the...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:13:07 -0600
  ...The TDI starter > doesn't need this added complexity. I Strongly Disagree with this ~ Anything that can be done to Lighten the Load on...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:03:02 -0600
  ...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: trouble installing new starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 May 2012 13:25:37 -0700
  what model is it ? maybe it's a diesel ..they don't have a starter bushing in the bell housing. maybe it's a...
• Re: Failure to Start - 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:43:55 -0700
  ...Try starting but keep hand on key. with some slight twisting force. Not enough to engage the starter again, but enough to cock or...
• Re: Won't start cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:10:57 -0400
  ...At higher temperatures it starts fine, and doesn't have any > other running issues at all. I'm thinking cold start valve or fifth...
• Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:45:30 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van ... The radio in Grover has started turning...
• Re: unstuck starter
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:03:56 -0800
  ...Austin A40's (and of course all cars that used them, including MG's) had a problem with starters sticking. So what did the...
• Sticking Starter
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:03:11 EST
  ...My starter (more correctly, the solenoid) sticks when the van is hot, like after a long drive. I have perfected the routine of grabbing...
• Symptoms--84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:52:22 EDT
  ...If I drive for a short distance, turn it off and come back after a few minutes, it is also very hard to start...
• Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:02:30 -0500
  I want to permanently wire up my starter for remote switch operations so it's more convenient by having a couple of leads tucked...
• Starter Grinding
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:20:31 -0500
  Hello, Why on earth would my starter make a grinding noise when the temp is below 20 deg? It is a starter for an...
• Fw: finding discussions about gear reduction starters
  Historical mailing list - Richard Thorpe
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 14:41:44 +0000
  ...finding discussions about gear reduction starters "90 syncro westy with ej25 conversion. I'm looking for starter options. Seem to remember a thread but...
• Remote starter button how to hook-up vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 14:36:09 -0600
  Still another question, I need to me able to turn the motor over using the a starter button on the vanagon. Working along need...
• Re: unusual problem
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 09:28:13 -0500
  Replace the started before it chews up your flywheel! Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McLean" <jaymac@INTERNETCDS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - KK AL
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:19:30 -0800
  ...The dash lights up, the fuel pump spins, but not even a click from the starter. We replaced the battery, starter and ignition switch...
• Re: 87 started, then died again
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:28:19 -0700
  I think, one of the grounds is not connecting well and the starter is not getting enough juice. Probably the solenoid is clicking in...
• Re: '84 won't start after used for awhile
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:42:25 -0400
  ...http://www.africansafariwildlifepark.com/ I blocked the gate for 10 minutes before it would start again. Always worked with a push start however!!! Now...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:58:56 -0500
  ...yes I know you said you replaced the starter.... new one is bad. Eric Oliver Balson wrote: >I am new to this list but...
• funky electric
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:21:45 -0500
  ...After a few days and some flawless starting, it slowly progressed to louder clickings and rougher starts to sometimes no starter activity at all...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:08:49 -0400
  ...COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...... me again...good, am gonna burn that 84... he he he... Recapitulation: 84, rebuilt head job... Problem: no start...
• Re Start/no start 86 - Upper screen repair
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:45:59 -0400 (EDT)
  First, an apology to Sean, Joel and John for their help in trying to diagnose my start no start problem. I misidentified the whirr...
• Re: my van keeps dying..... Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:53:23 -0700
  I'd start by checking the fuel pump relay. I've had similar 'interesting' problems on my '86. Once was the fuel pump relay...
• Re: 86 Syncro Starting Woes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:19:19 -0800
  ...87 goes to the starter's trigger terminal and 30 goes to a voltage source (the M8 stud on the starter for example). If...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:14:51 -0500
  I had an issue with my van not starting one time. tracked it down to the main power wire coming off the alternator. the...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:38:28 -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: Heat Related Ignition Failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:23:45 -0700
  ...Put it > together, tried to start - grind, grind, grind - no start. not even a > spit. > > Engine was hot, and the fuel pump would run...
• Re: '85 Vanagon woes...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 7 Aug 1996 07:41:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Check the battery, the cables, the connections, the starter switch, the starter and all the cables and relays in between those components. Make sure...
• Re: relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 28 May 2003 00:34:34 -0400
  ...Unfortunately this is the same wire that gets unhooked from the starter and used instead to trigger the new starting relay. The resistance of...
• Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:22:45 -0800
  ...Does anyone know of an easy way to jump start a Vanagon without > opening up the battery compartment? Has anyone added external battery > connections...
• Re: Suddenly nothing
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:41:22 -0700
  I think the point Dennis was making is that during starting the starter gear engages with gear teeth that are on the flex plate...
• hot-not-start
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:13:46 -0700
  ...Instead, sometimes the '84 Westy 1.9 wbx won't start if I turn it off (or kill it by stalling) when hot, then...
• Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 07:04:40 -0700
  A nagging problem I have had with my 81 Westy through several engine replacements (see 81 Westfalia Blues, posting) has been the sticking starter...
• Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:53:12 -0500
  ...Why no alternator light if not charging , grounds.? It starts hard on cold morning, sometimes no start. . Alternator new with battery in July 99...
• Re: Mystery starting issue 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:17:45 -0500
  ...And, I tried to start the van once it was safe in the garage. >> >> And… >> >> No start. It starts, but rather then idling it...
• Re: Was: dead cat kills van- What About Bad Gas
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:22:22 -0400
  This Cat Story got me thinking! My brother's '85 with a 2.2 GoWesty in it won't start after sitting in his...
• Re: Starter relay with automatic and cruise, was: Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:22:11 -0500
  ...This > falsely triggers the added starter relay. If you use a more substantial > starter relay device, like a starter solenoid relay, that small voltage...
• Fw: Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 11:07:09 -0500
  ...Westy stalled/wont start > Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 4:18 PM > > > > If you have not already, remove the air filter box and check...
• Re: Remote starter switch
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:54:18 EDT
  ...Perhaps you should let him start driving it a bit, just pulling it out of the drive and such. Starting them early makes the...
• alt light stays on after a cold start
  Historical mailing list - ScotiaWesty
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:48:12 -0700
  ...When I start the van cold, the battery light (alt. light) comes on with ignition and stays on after start. It stays on until...
• No Start - Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 17:11:25 -0700
  Has anyone else had a problem of an intermitent no start on a 1.9 Wasserboxer Vanagon? Usually happens with a warm engine. No...
• Re: Hot Start Problem in H2O cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:35:40 -0300
  A new Temp II sensor cured my similar hot start problem. Relatively cheap fix. Good luck JGS 84 1.9L Westfalia Bleu Schtroumpf > Hey...
• Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:10:18 -0500
  I always have to move the automatic shift handle before my vanagon will start. It appears to be a dirty connection where the trans...
• Re: AFM symptom? Won't Start After Being Off for +1 min.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:02:42 -0500
  If the vehicle starts and runs, the AFM is working. Tom Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Re: Storing the Vanagon for two months
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:29:21 -0600
  Entity Joy Hecht spoke thus: > smelly Cairo from mid-June through mid-August Sounds like fun! > Beyond starting it from time to time to...