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• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning... UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:20:33 -0600
  Vanagon starters sometimes have solenoids that freeze in the barrel of the actuator barrel. The starter normally has hesitations for several weeks or months...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:19:44 -0500
  ...12px">Screwdriver across the solenoid ignition wire and starter wire. Always hated doing that, though. I'd first suspect grounds.<BR><BR>Not sure...
• Failure to Start - 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:28:42 -0500
  ...Didn't need to start it until today - and it won't. I would appreciate some pointers on how to get this baby to...
• Re: OK, I've had it! What now?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:35:45 -0400
  ...Spray Starter fluid in the air cleaner housing and crank engine--Check. Crank starter by itself (minus starting fluid)--FAIL. WTF? I have spark...
• Re: 65 bus won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:34:43 -0500
  > >This morning I went to start my bus and it turned over like every >other morning. But after a few seconds it just died...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:08:27 -0600
  ...6) close throttle 7) Have fire extinguisher handy and ready 8) start engine If it starts and runs for a few seconds, you have...
• Re: Ignition Switch? (Update)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:11:19 -0600
  Have you checked to see if the wire going from ignition switch to the starter solenoid is connected? If connected, disconnect it and ck...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:46:53 -0700
  ...I don't even 'believe in' bad solenoids on bosch starters. I have never actually encountered one, not that making sure the plunger isn...
• Re: starting and engine immobilizer
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:27:57 -0400
  Hi Bernie, That sounds a LOT like the typical "hot-start" problem common to many VW's including my aircooled vans and the cabriolet...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:52:30 -0500
  ...I will check b4 start and after start on both batteries. Michael in San Antonio 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo' 73 Beetle On...
• unstuck starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:27:12 -0500
  ...Reconnected the ignition switch wire and she started right up. Stuck again once after that, but same deal "fixed" it. After reading that "should...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:37:27 -0500
  When I start up the fridge with propane, I first switch on the LED panel. Within a few seconds of the flame starting, the...
• Re: Starting Troubles/Shifting...
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 15:14:42 -0800
  ...Sometimes when I go to start the engine, after > turning the key, nothing happens. Then when I do it again it starts > right up...
• Re: Generic or VW O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:43:35 -0500
  ...This is not the cause of your starting problem. Start with the basics. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA...
• still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:18:00 -0500
  ...The engine isn't starting. I've taken the plugs out, disconnected hoses from the intake air distributor to let it dry out, disabled...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:10:43 -0500
  ...If it is corroded on either end, it could be causing higher resistance (and hence less amps at the starter). A cold engine usually...
• Re: 87 started, then died again
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:11:41 -0700
  The grounds are; from battery to body, from body to transmission (under the car), and the contacts of the starter. Take them off, clean...
• Re: crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:09:13 -0800
  ...So...you said that it starts and runs great in warm weather which would tend to rule out the fuel delivery system...fuel pressure...
• Re: Thumping when start van
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:59:43 -0800
  ...Thumping when start van] > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Thumping when start van > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 05:46:48 -0800 > From: "Greenamyer, William L...
• Re: Won't Start...Again 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - John Erickson
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 08:28:22 -0700
  ...Won't Start...Again 2.1L > You have to determine why it is not starting. When it throws the fit, > try checking for spark...
• Re: Bad fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Skip Laubach
  Tue, 2 Aug 2016 21:46:00 -0500
  ...Hooked up a remote starter and, separately, jumped the ignition switch. Cranked, no start on both fronts. 4. To make sure the engine is...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:33:12 -0600
  ...As a test I threw some >> grease in there, reassembled (I can remove/replace starter in about >> 5 minutes now!) and thought if there...
• Re: Stuck on CA highway 5 near Bakersfield, need a starter for an '87 Vanagon 2.1 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:25:33 -0600
  You can not push start an automatic. Sorry! Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 27, 2017, at 6:37 PM, Fuzzy :philippe <fuzzmeister@GMAIL...
• Re: [f] Does anyone else have this problem?
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 21 Feb 1995 14:49:12 -0500 (EST)
  On Mon, 20 Feb 1995, Eric Oster wrote: > Whenever we get ready to go anywhere, he starts raising a FUSS, and > starts yelling `BUS...
• Re(2): Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:44:38 -0500
  Eric, The engine runs fine right after I start it back up. Then the rough running starts again, with black exhaust. I am going...
• Re: Hot Start Problem in H2O cooled
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 07:31:15 -0700
  ...If I try >to restart the engine after it has been turned off for only a couple of >minutes, it is hard to start.
• Re: slow cranking in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:56:41 EST
  ...If the weatherman starts using the phrases "cold snap" and "teens", its time to start considering letting your battery sleep in the house. Rich
• Re: [T2] help with starter relay? (odd, see pics)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:26:35 -0400
  Chris, While the starter is out, make sure you change the bushing that is pressed into the transmission. The starters I have purchased always...
• Re: Tremclad colour match and useage?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 6 May 2007 21:50:23 -0700
  ...Actually all I need for a starter kit is some brushes and a couple of bushings right? ;) On 5/6/07, Richard A Jones...
• Re: oxygen sensor and alternator lights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:20:58 -0800
  ...sure mine come on at start up, but they go off by themselves, without reving. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Dave C <happycampers@PICUSNET.COM...
• Aux Battery system, volts escaping to ground!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:25:58 -0400
  I have reinstalled my aux battery system, with my starting battery as my aux and a new starting battery. However, trouble is on the...
• Re: no start but jump start!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:34:48 -0800
  ...MY WESTIE WON'T START on its own but will start > (with a struggle) w/ a jump. -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909...
• Beeping Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Anderson
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:41:44 -0500
  ...So cold, in fact, that my van is being extremely grumpy and won't crank fast enough to start the engine. I've been...
• 82 won't crank
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:39:17 -0500
  ...http://www.ncdragonfly.com/vw/starter3.jpg http://www.ncdragonfly.com/vw/starter4.jpg The quality is not great as I was holding a...
• Re: VanaGONE in 60 seconds...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:38:11 -0700
  ...And if it doesn't start, leave it in gear and move it with the starter motor. :>) TJ --- Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@TSSGI.COM> wrote...
• Re: High altitude starting problem, aircooled
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:45:14 -0600
  ...Finally started when I was about > ready to give up and hike back to civilization. > Does anyone have advice on starting tricks at high...
• Rich on Start up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:04:47 -0700
  ...At start up the O2 is ignored. Fuel enrichment at start is dependant on the Temp II, and The TempI, air temp sensor in...
• Re: Getting Discouraged
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:28:20 -0500
  ...Then reinstall it and see if the van starts. If it does, you have a current drain on the battery which a test with...
• Re: Dead battery or other problem?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:57:42 -0500
  ...The import FLAPS couldn�t get a solenoid so I replaced the entire starter & solenoid. On my return trip (w/ new starter) it failed...
• Re: Safely Returned from Northern Manitoba
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:42:02 -0400
  ...If you read my original mail - I had a no-start in Winnipeg ( no starter activity at all) and towed it to Continental Car...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 May 2016 17:00:02 -0700
  My experience is with early MGBs with inertial starters. What a dumb idea those were. The ring gear would last about as long as...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:54:08 -0400
  ...But, if the starter is only getting 9volts, there's simply no reason why the car should start. So..... Again, I think the new...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:15:52 -0700
  ...Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change | | After having now gone through the starter R&R one time, I |have learned that if the air...
• Re: Ignition Switch? (Update)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:19:03 -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...
• RE: Cold Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 08 May 1996 14:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Started getting hard to >start late this winter. Tuned it up, new thermostat, new cyl. >head temp sensor. Runs great once started, but still...
• Idle valve and ISCU
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:11:29 -0400
  ...Hum! Hum! (unless i try to start it the day after). Anyway I tried to start the motor and the motor started right on...
• Re: Anyone have a spare automatic starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 09:34:46 -0400
  I've got several offers for starters at good prices. Go on thesamba.com and check the classifieds. There were like 4 listed, I...
• Starter Relay and transmission
  Historical mailing list - Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor)
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:26:48 -0400
  1) I am going to fix my starter relay problem over the weekend. What kind of relay am I looking for? Are there different...
• Re: Help: Engind keeps running after taking key out of ignition
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 17:44:36 -0400
  ...When it happened I tried to shut off the maybeyour starter isnt't disengaging properly when you start the van up. maybe you need...
• Subject: Re: Starting problem with diesel
  Historical mailing list - geofflaw
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:44:34 -0800
  I have a Toyota diesel which starts well now that I have learned its little idiosycrasies... I turn it over, then wait 5 seconds...
• No start..Help
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:43:55 -0500
  ...no start! I get power to the fuel pump etc but the started doesn't do anything at all. I know that the battery...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:24:48 -0700
  ...I have AHU and ALH diesel engines in my possession and don't see any cold start injectors on them. Mark diesel head, multiple...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:27:20 -0800
  pre-wired hard start relay is not that expensive with all protection sleeves on the wires... but if you want to make your own...
• Re: Syncro Starter R&R on vacation? A Poll
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:20 -0700
  Brendan, As Bob Stevens will heartily concur, don't push start the van in any gear lower than 2nd. Serious tranny issues may result...
• Re: Charging Second Battery
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 06:36:05 -0700
  harald.nancy wrote: > > ---------- > In addition, my vanagon is an automatic, which can't be jump-started. > Why can't an automatic be jump started...
• Re: Slow starter when hot
  Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:30:04 EST
  ...to the Chassis. (is this an auto perchance, Ive seen it many times. ) Or get a new starter for that model specific.
• Friday acronyms - CLUB NAMES
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:08:08 -0600
  Just to get you started: VAnagonites NOt Married - VANOM Slowly Over The Hill (Diesel Vanagon club?) - SLOTH Bullis United (with) Leaking Leadership Start Hovering...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:19:47 -0400
  ...Bad/faulty/ + connection at starter.. positive to battery.. Nothing else... also a faulty temp2 wiring.. giving black smoke... Cheers, Ben http://www.benplace.com/
• Re: OT - Crazy or ingenious?... or, getting Friday started early.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 12 May 2005 14:26:50 -0700
  And after they high fived all around on "Where do we hide the master cylinder..." they started working on the windshield washer reservoir.... -- Loren...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:44:05 -0400
  ...Yes they do starters ... NO they DON'T do windings. Mike Houlton, Maine