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• Re: rebuilding starter
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:04:05 -0800
  ...But what about >the ground strap that goes from the solenoid to the starter. I think >mine is in pretty bad shape. From what...
• Re: no start in 81 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:58:12 -0400
  ...After a few minutes of rest, > >>> attempted again to start but nothing whatsoever. No sound at all. After > >>> another few minutes of waiting, I...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help!!! Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 13:01:46 -0700
  ...They rarely fail in the Park position, so you can usually start the car even with a worn switch. Most common failures I've...
• Re: Cold start valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 12:57:48 -0400
  Waterboxers don’t have a cold start valve. That buzzing thing in the center of the idle is the idle control valve. It is...
• Initial start failures
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:00:31 -0400
  Hi All, I'm trying to diagnose a problem with my van dying within 30seconds after a initial start. In the morning when I...
• Re: Diesel starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:51:29 -0800
  That bracket doesn't 'remove' easily, but it can tilt forward enough to slip the starter out from under it. Undo the forward bracket...
• Wacky Warning light
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 1995 21:24:54 -0600
  ...I start driving. When i come to the first stop sign (about 1,500 yds), the water warning light starts flashing and the needle...
• Re: [vanagon] ntermitent no start/turnover 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:36:27 -0800
  ...cdcaston@nni.com (Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne) > >Problem: >Intermitent no start/turnover on 1.9L 85 GL >When key is turned to start engine...
• Re: Starter solenoid current
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:22:00 -0600
  ...On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:03 AM, William Greenamyer <greenamyer@yahoo.com>wrote: > I have had one of those starter relays for...
• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:20:10 -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...
• Electrical Problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Durrant
  Sun, 24 Aug 1997 13:45:56 -0600
  It should be interesting to see the responses from an earlier post another member made on not push starting; on Friday I popped my...
• Re: engine died
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
  ...We waited > an hour, but still wouldn't start. Called AAA. They came out. Still > wouldn't start. They towed us home and unhooked...
• Re: optima the one for starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:23:25 -0600
  ...battery last weekend ($170), & read the instructions, yellow top batteries are listed as deep cycle & starting batteries. If you want to use it for...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:56:15 -0400
  ...I have never actually had the opportunity to find out where the starter is on a Vanagon. It seems odd, I know, as much...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:03:08 -0500
  ...Starts strong Now No Start HMMM Hi all Here is the Poo! 82 Westi with stock motor. 2.0L Air Cooled Been in storage...
• Re: electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:16:51 -0500
  ...Today I went out to run > some errands and the van wouldn't start. Cranked as usual, but no start. > It always starts right...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:41:16 -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: 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: [WetWesties] Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Thu, 6 Aug 2015 18:38:50 -0700
  I'm sorry, I thought my follow up went out to everyone! The next day it would not start still, so I went on...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 23:07:05 -0400
  ...If the starter cranks as well (or poorly) from the key as it does by jumpering the 50 terminal at the starter, then there...
• Re: 87 started, then died again
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:13:00 -0700
  Check connections to starter. If there was really rough idle and/or jerky movement while moving van, something could have come loose. Neil. On...
• Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - clark duff
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:45:29 -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...
• Re: Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:52:55 -0600
  ...Maybe tomorrow! John On Jan 25, 2016 20:14, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Do you have cruise control and a starter relay...
• Re: Oil Pressure Safety Switch???????
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:31:23 -0500
  Unless you have a pre-start lubrication system (very rare in passenger cars), you don't get any oil pressure until the crankshaft starts...
• Re: Syncro starter
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:43:56 -0600
  Per Lindgren wrote: > > The starter in my 88 Caravelle Syncro has given up after 106000 miles. > The car has the normal 2,1 liter...
• Re: Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Jun 2012 12:00:39 -0700
  re : > Does anyone know if activating the start signal causes the ECU to > output injection pulses regardless of the RPM signal? I can't...
• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:55:30 -0500
  ...But the problem did begin with the onset of cold weather last week, which could lead in the direction of the battery starting to...
• Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:59:22 -0500
  Hey all, I have another exasperating cold start/idle problem with my '84 1.9. Cold starts hard, with RPM dropping to very low...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:49:28 -0400
  ...1984 Westfalia � 1.9 liter engine, 356,000 miles - non syncro, Cranks easily but no start. What I have noticed: Pump starts but does...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:45:36 -0700
  ...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: Alternator light mystery
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 May 2010 23:17:41 -0400
  At 11:19 PM 5/24/2010, Dennis Haynes wrote: >On the campers, the ground for the fridge relay is through the starter >solenoid...
• warm start stumble
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:35:06 -0600
  My '81 Syncro Westy starts fine, runs fine--with one problem. If it has been up to normal temp, then sits for 20-60...
• Start problem fixed, thanks list!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:11:03 -0700
  ...I knew that was the first thing I should have checked, but after installing the new starter on the syncro, I was still suffering...
• Re: while on the idle topic
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:59:01 -0400
  ...while on the idle topic If I start my 84 westy cold. It will idle fine for about 1-2 minutes, start to sputter...
• Re: Starter Bolts 91 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:17:56 -0700
  ...terminal of the battery is disconnected first when working near the starter! -Paul >I am trying to replace a bad starter on a 91...
• Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:39:51 -0400
  ...Syncro > starter is shorter? That's been common knowledge forever. > BTW, if you had some of my adaptors and new SR0425N starters you wouldn...
• Re: diesel vanagon owners - cold start knob -
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Mar 2017 13:26:28 -0500
  ...the knob isnt the typical green gas heater knob that says "temp" it looks like a cold start knob.. that's why i was...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:51:52 -0800
  ...It means it is the starter signal 50. Why they felt the need to mention the Auto Trans Selector is a mystery other than...
• 2 Deep cycle batterys & move starter to rear right engine compartment ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 07:02:35 -0800
  Has anybody moved a starter battery to that area in the right rear of the engine compartment just in front of the tail lights...
• Bleed the coolant system...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:36:12 -0800
  ...It starts to talk about bleeding the coolant system and stops in half way when starts mentioning another way to do it. Now I...
• starter nut question
  Historical mailing list - Graham Mingst
  Wed, 28 May 2003 09:07:08 -0400
  Can anyone tell me what the size and pitch of the nut on the starter solenoid is for an 85 Westy w/MT. I...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:32:51 -0600
  >>> >>> On 24 Apr , 2017, at 8:01 PM, Marc Perdue wrote: >>> >>>> " it wouldn't start again. " >>> >>> That is Insufficient Info to Diagnos from ~ >>> >>> ORR...
• Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:19:21 -0500
  Hello All, Has anyone made your own starter relay kit? If so does anyone have the schematics or instructions to make one? Thanks, T.
• Re: Today's PUZZLER... SLWR-VAN won't start
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:53:35 MDT
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• Re: Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:33:39 -0500
  Maybe try a new starter motor bushing that goes in the transmisison.Use a tap to remove the old bushing.Costs about $2 at...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A=20Update=20on=20starter?=
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?C=20Snyder=20?=
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:08:31 -0400
  ...Update on starter Chris, not sure what the ring gear on the torque converter has to do with the starter turning over slow. More...
• Cold Start/haltech Update
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:36:06 -0500
  ...This, coupled with a posting I found somewhere on the net that said the older Haltechs that exhibit cold start troubles but roll start...
• Re: Hard starting when warm
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 24 Dec 2000 18:18:59 +0000
  ...When the key is to the run position before a start, the fuel pump pressurizes the system but the injectors don't pulse. The...
• Re: Mystery starting issue 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 24 Dec 2023 11:21:44 -0700
  ...And, I tried to start the van once it was safe in the garage. >> >> And… >> >> No start. It starts, but rather then idling it...
• Another Reason For Hard Starting -- Cracked Bellhousing
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:32:26 -0500
  ...I am not trying to start a new conversation about these pictures, but putting this in here for the archives. The one at the...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Flooding
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:00:30 -0700
  ...It is starting when cold at high altitudes. I'm attaching something I wrote about it a while back. I have never had trouble...
• Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:16:52 -0700
  --snip-- As it turns out, the "rebuilt" starter we'd most recently had installed turned out to be a half@ssed partially rebuilt starter...
• Re: Starter issue, Redmond, WA
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:47:25 -0500
  ...Hurley wrote: > I think I'm having a little starter issue as the van won't start on it's > own, even with a...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Feb 2008 to 14 Feb 2008 - Special issue (#2008-199)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:48:54 -0800
  ...I go from the aux battery(pos) to the 1315 to the starter post and then beef up the alternator to starter with some...
• Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 2 Feb 2017 17:06:45 -0800
  ...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: Won't start cold
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:02:02 -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: Cold start stalling
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 02:26:06 -0400
  ...When starting > first thing in the day the idle keeps dropping off unless you rev the > engine. After about 5 to 6 starts you...
• Bentley Starter?!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:20:03 -0700
  I am looking at the starter in the Bentley and it does not resembles the one the Vanagon is using. Especially where the starter...
• Re: Loud knock when starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Schiesser
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:41:08 -0700
  ...SOmetimes I let up on the gearshift pressure before the engine catches, and subsequently the car doesn't start. SO then I go ahead...
• Re: Won't Start...Again 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:02:06 -0400
  ...BUT, I do not believe the starter can turn the engine over at 1k rpm. Have you checked the fuel pressure? I permanenty installed...