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• Re: Hot start relay.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 19:21:15 -0400
  > Thanks John( old volks) for the info on the hot start/no > start relay. I was wondering if anyone knows if the vendors > have...
• Re: Starter system woes
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:50:55 -0500
  ...I meant to say "Ignition switch" and not "Starter" switch. Thanks to Jake de Villiers for pointing that out to me. No need to...
• 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...
• Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 12 May 2015 18:50:19 -0400
  Over the last year I have had 3 ignition/starter switch (111 905 865L) failures after not having but 3 failures in the preceding...
• Re: Wacky Warning light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:14:04 -0600
  >My 84 Vanagn GL has a problem. > >When starting the VW up, all the idiot lights go on then off, no problem. >After warming...
• Bad starting
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Mon, 04 Nov 96 23:20:56 -0400
  ...There is only a click in the starter that can be heard from behind (I mean by someone near the starter). After a boosting...
• 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: '90 Van-Cranks but will not start...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 14:36:54 -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: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 May 2015 23:05:05 -0400
  What part of the switches have failed? All the same way? The starter, auxiliary, or ignition part? Melted, didn't turn, didn't turn...
• Re: Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 01:58:28 -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...
• Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - clark duff
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:34:29 -0400
  ...After I removed the starter, I found the wire from the solenoid to the starter motor was broken. I installed a new starter, but...
• '85 Wouldn't start -- suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Sat, 21 Dec 1996 14:23:35 -0800 (PST)
  ...I came out and tried to start it. It turned over just fine, but wouldn't start. It didnt' even try to catch. I...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:41 -0700
  ...Bentley wiring page 97.122 shows the later setup clearly, a single 10.0mm (8awg) wire straight from the alternator to the starter, and...
• Won't start--Dew Point?
  Historical mailing list - john schaper
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 10:04:21 -0400
  ...In the morning with dew on the windshield, the van won't start--starter engages and the engine just grinds. I'm thinking there...
• Initial Start-up After Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:18:14 +0000
  I finished reinstalling my 1.9L after a bit of rebuilding work, late last night and attempted to start it. It turned over but...
• Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 11:24:37 -0500
  ...It starts right up, even on the coldest mornings, but when it has warmed up, it starts to misfire, running too rich, black smoke...
• Turns over/won't start
  Historical mailing list - Sonia Johnson
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 18:18:27 -0700
  ...It turns over fine, but doesn't start. It's acting like it's out of gas, but it's not. This problem started...
• Re: Load Reduction Relay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:51:43 -0500
  ...My understanding of the load reduction relay is that it disconnects all loads not essential during starting so that more current is available to...
• Sealed starting battery for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:55:25 -0700
  Does anyone make a sealed starting battery that will work in a Westy? Todd '88 Westy
• Re: Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:40:11 -0400
  Ken, Did you replace the starter bushing also? Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:42:02 -0800
  ...Most FLAPS sell a nice heavy duty generic starter button. I use those to make a dash- mounted 'hot button' directly to the starter...
• Re: starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:05:06 -0500
  ...The van often fails to start: It will always >> (fingers crossed) eventually start, but it might take a few turns of the >> key. When...
• Help!! Funny Idle, Engine Stops
  Historical mailing list - Craig Bodie
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:49:40 -0400
  ...van starts like nothing was wrong.  I go to a store, go inside, come back out, and the van won't start.&nbsp...
• 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: aux battery + jump starting
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:39:34 -0700
  ...I have intentionally drained my starting battery down to 11.5v which is to low to start, and then jumped successfully. A test with...
• Re: Hard start on a slant?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:59:14 -0800
  ...Hard start on a slant? The other day I parked at a peculiar angle - uphill and sloped to the side (a diagonal parking spot...
• Bizarre starter problems pt.II
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 22:34:11 -0600
  Ron , No, the solenoid does nothing, until I jump the two poles, and then it starts. However there is a new twist to this...
• diesel vanagon don't start
  Historical mailing list - J�r�me Grenon
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 21:41:18 -0400
  ...This morning, nahh!, my west don't wanna start. After a few tests, the facts are: 1) glow plug light is working 2) there...
• Ultimate Starter Fix--
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Mon, 12 May 2003 20:15:05 -0400
  http://www.type2.com/bartnik/relay.htm Ultimate Starter Fix-- Yes you can use a Ford generic relay 6 bucks or use a WR...
• Re: Difference in these 2 starter numbers? ( non-USA diesel models)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:54:06 -0500
  ...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: [Having difficulty with the archives...but..my westy won't start...]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:36:22 MDT
  stu schwartz <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM> wrote: > 91 Westy... > > New battery... > > Ran fine, started several times today...then nada... > > All the electrical stuff works fine...
• Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 29 May 2005 18:44:24 -0400
  ...Whenever the engine stopped with the starter lined up on the dead teeth, the engine would NOT turn over, the starter would just spin...
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Mathieu Bertrand
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:29:43 +0000
  ...no cold start/hard start relay kit >Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:57:37 -0600 > >I have seen similar relays at Radio Shack...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:23:29 -0700
  Craig, I believe that starter no-disengage issue was on vans equipped with the refrigerator relay under the driver's seat. I believe it...
• Battery Charge Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 1 May 2006 14:23:18 -0700
  ...Come back and it won't start. Removing the battery cover and doing a self-jump (from the house battery to the starting battery...
• Re: Engine out, now in: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:11:41 -0700
  ...Use a remote starter switch to be sure you have a working starter, and then check the wire from the solenoid to the ignition...
• Re: '84 won't start after used for awhile
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:48:44 -0700
  ...I have unplugged the O2 sensor also. > The thing is, that it starts eventually and then it works fine until it > won't start...
• booster/relay for 1981 auto-westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:22:20 -0400
  Hi, I'm trying to get a new starter in my van. BUT there's a mess of wiring rigged up to a button...
• Re: battery going?
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:28:41 -0700
  Wouldn't a failed Temp II make it almost impossible to start... but only after the engine was hot (this is happening one minute...
• Clunking noise when start....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Aug 1997 00:53:13 -0400
  ...a question....When I go to start the van.....I turn the key...and just as it starts it gives this click....but you...
• Re: FI questions on 84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:47:18 -0800
  ...The one with the square connector. (2 wires?) Jim Owen Brand wrote: > From no warm/hot start it has > progressed to only starting cold...
• Re: "Ford style" starter soloniod - good for battery relay?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:21:12 -0400
  >Would one of those "universal Ford style" starter soloniods work? They are >made to work at heafty battery currents, but not for long periods...
• Re: Odd no start condition
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 11:33:35 -0400
  ...Check at "Starter" junction, remove that 13mm bolt on starter where the Alternator and Batterie meet and clean everything there, make sure it's...
• Old gas
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sat, 10 May 2008 14:33:28 -0700
  ...I was trying to start up one of my old projects but it does not start with its own gas. Got fuel pressure, spark...
• Re: '91 Starting Issues
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:22:19 -0700
  ...I have replaced the switch and also tried my new hi-torque starter for another Vanagon project. I decided to add the typical hot...
• Re: Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:14:28 -0500
  Do you have cruise control and a starter relay? If so you may have a back feed problem where if you energize the starter...
• Re: no start?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 02:37:16 +0000
  ...Then I used the breaker bar to whack the starter several times. This produced a change in behavior. It tried to start but didn...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Daniel J. Hein
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:37:29 -0500
  What the heck is it with these Volkswagen starters? I have had the hot start problem recur with new Bosch starters (back in the...
• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:23:17 -0800
  ...my '84 1.9 WBX won't start. Yesterday it ran well once > started. It always used to cold-start perfectly, like one revolution...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:05:56 -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...
• Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Berry
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:46:32 -0500
  My 82 diesel Vanagon starts quickly when it is cold, like after sitting all night. It will also start quickly if restarted immediately after...
• stall
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 00:40:04 -0700
  ...I turned it over it starts but stalled the again it started idle for about 10 sec at 500 rpm then stalled .then on...
• Motor cranking but do not start
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Wed, 19 May 2004 23:30:10 -0400
  Hi Somebody could tell me if the RPM should move when the starter is cranking the motor? I suspect my hall sender is defective...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:43:02 -0800
  On 11/12/2007 6:36 PM Blake Heinlein wrote: > The only other problems are when I start the van cold and on the...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:30:27 -0800
  ...Simply >> unplug that 2 wire connector and try the starter. The engine won't actually >> start up of course since the other wire of...
• Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:44:54 -0300
  ...2) Is there an improvement that can be made over the OEM starter? {i.e. something like a starter from a mk2 jetta i4...
• 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...
• VERY high idle when starting
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:23:42 EST
  Upon starting a friends 91 Vanagon the the engine revs REALY HIGH. As soon as it is started it sounds like the gas pedal...
• Re: starting engine w/out tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:52:16 -0000
  ...My72 starts better this way. Hartmut ----- Original Message ----- From: Jake Beaulieu <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, March 19...