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• Re: For Starters
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:01:25 -0800
  ...it > take that long? dam I am rank amateur all be it a tech geek but that was 2hrs to R&R the starter
• For Starters
  Historical mailing list - Christopher
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:19:31 -0800
  Can I solicit your help? Survey: (1) What does a rebuilt starter cost for an'89 Westy (core traded-in)? (2) What is the...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:27:52 -0900
  What is your time worth to you, and how many times do you want to replace your starter? If the answer is that your...
• Re: Continuous Duty Solenoid vs Starter Solenoid; Visual Difference?
  Historical mailing list - sailingfc dslextreme.com
  Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:44:32 -0400
  ...A starter solenoid is rated for high current, but not necessarily designed for continuous duty. Think about it, the starter only runs for 5...
• Re: 86 running problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:48:47 -0500
  ...It will start and die and then crank without starting > until after it sits for a while. I can hear the fuel pump kicking...
• Re: Another Reason For Hard Starting -- Cracked Bellhousing
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:32:36 -0800
  So is the crack caused by the starter bumping up against the fuel tank while cranking engine? (movement in drivetrain?) Or is a higher...
• my bus still won't start..:(
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Clark
  Sun, 5 Jul 1998 20:05:30 -0400
  ...The only way I could get it started was to push the pedal all the way to the floor and hold it there until...
• Re: Odd ignition issue
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:13:43 EDT
  Is your starter switch going bad perhaps? Sometimes a heavy keyring will wear the ignition switch and cause problems of this nature. In a...
• Re: Automatic Starter Issues
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:15:33 -0700
  ...First, get a remote start switch and keep it in the van. Then you can at least start it from the back. After it...
• Re: Delays: auto transmission and starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:18:51 -0500
  I had a starter that was not engaging properly. It was the nothing syndrome. I cleaned residue from the plunger in the solenoid and...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 04:07:03 -0500
  ...Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help! >>Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:27:45 -0500 >> >>Hi Oliver, >> >>12.3V at the starter should be...
• Re: no start?
  Historical mailing list - Ken
  Mon, 25 Jan 2016 21:12:57 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: [VANAGON] no start? So where would you start? The past couple of times I got in my van and...
• Hidden alarm - short? or disarming engine?
  Historical mailing list - Bassim Dowidar
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 19:21:28 -0700
  ...will yanking it solve my starting problems? 4. is this a short preventing starting or the actual function of the alarm? 5. Is there...
• Fwd: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:17:05 -0500
  ...BZ- Westy is going to the shop today & won't start even tho it is only -9, & started fine yesterday & after not being started...
• 79 Bus with 81 engine - Hot Start issue
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:29:04 -0700
  ...The timing is set right (8.5 btdc) and the engine starts and revs right up when cold. It does rev a bit high...
• Re: turn key, wait for turn-over
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 19:39:01 -0400
  ...I even replaced the female spade connector that's on the wire from the ignition switch to the starter solenoid ... after cleaning the male...
• Wonky temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 2 May 2015 13:44:19 -0500
  ...Last year the temp gauge started pegging immediately upon startup. Not too long after that the red LED refused to stop flashing. Feedback from...
• HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Melissa E. Mourkas
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:21:09 -0500
  ...Further investigation seems to indicate a strong battery, and I can hear the solenoid making noise, but the starter won't crank. Suggestions, insight...
• Re: Intermittent ignition delay when turning key
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:01:11 -0700
  ...in the starting circuit. > > Start with the battery connectors and wires. <snip> Do > > the same thing at the solenoid of the starter. It may...
• Re: '85 Starter Upgrade Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:47:17 EDT
  Just FYI, I have these bigger battery cables (the long one that goes to the starter) new for $75. This cable is an OE...
• Intermittent Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:18:13 -0400
  My 85GL started acting up on me last night. It would hesitate badly with complete loss of power at anything less than 3000RPM. Today...
• Re: Wont start at all now...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:53:03 -0800
  Chris, BTDT> The starter motor heats very quickly-- 30 seconds is enough to melt solder which then is slung out of the one of...
• stsrter
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 01:09:19 -0500
  ...There is also what I think is a part number, it is cast into the starter housing 1005822419.... What does this starter fit ? 19...
• frequent stalling at startup.. hot or cold...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Fri, 13 May 2005 14:32:54 -0700
  Hi, My 87 syncro has been stalling quite often right after it starts.. doesnt seem to matter if the engine is hot or cold...
• Re: High pitched noise
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Tue, 4 Aug 2015 16:35:56 -0700
  The tiny mainshaft needle bearing can sometimes screech for a few moments on start-up. Different than what the OP was talking about, though...
• Re: 2.1 stumbling on startup
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:38:37 -0700
  Good place to start. It's easy enough to change, not an expensive part, and good to have a spare anyway .. When the potential...
• Re: Bosch "premium" rebuilt starter appears to be built from non-Bosch parts!?!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 2 Jul 2017 21:47:17 -0700
  ...I paid really good money for a rebuilt Bosch starter by a local independent speciality shop but foolishly didn't install it for some...
• '85 Westy problems -- already.
  Historical mailing list - C. R. Rowland
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 13:19:55 -0500
  ...The Westy starts fine 90% of the time -- I've only owned it a week. It cold starts 100% of the time. Twice now...
• Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Sun, 9 Jul 2017 15:07:32 -0700
  ...I just went through a no-start situation myself, and am not >>>>> mechanically experienced. The problem was the starter, and this video >>> was >>>>> helpful...
• Re: So stuff even happens to me!
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 5 Apr 2020 21:09:53 -0300
  ...Van wouldn’t start on return. Was a level spur and wife, son, and myself managed to push start. We then drove up onto...
• Re: I wonder why
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 19:22:13 -0800
  ...Hi to all, > > My ‘82 air cooled would not start for a long time if I had it parked for a > long time. > Once...
• Re: Second Battery Success
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:33:50 -0500
  Be sure to use a manly relay for that starter assist. You want something like an older Ford starter relay with double break contacts...
• Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:38:53 -0400
  ...It's a bit of a joke that it takes three times to start on a hot day - but it's not a joke...
• Re: Tough driving(thin air)
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:43:31 -0700
  I frequently get up above 9000 feet (we are surrounded by mountains here) and it still runs OK, with no starting problems. Just the...
• Thumping when start van
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 05:46:48 -0800
  ...When I start it (maybe 40% of the time), I get a single thump and sometimes two thumps. Everything starts fine and the van...
• Re: Calling Sarubu conversions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Cullen
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:45:25 -0800
  The post-1986 vanagon starters have enough torque for the Subaru conversion. I tried my starter ('84) and it worked, but just. I ended...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch (starter button on dash)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:01:28 +0200
  ...How do I easily wire up a starter button on my dash so i can be cool and start my Vanagon like an old...
• Re: 91 Vanagon will not start..?
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 30 May 2004 23:40:34 -0600
  ...91 Vanagon will not start..? > > I have a 91 Vanagon that I can�t seem to get to start with out jumping > it.. > I...
• 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:14:07 -0400
  ...When I try to start it the engine turns over and over and over and I feather the accelerator pedal and finally it starts...
• Re: Sad story
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:51:05 -0600
  ...so in all cases of first starting to use a Remote Starter Switch .. give the starter a very very brief small 'bump' first.. and...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:46:45 -0500
  ...I would be very surprised if the glow plugs operate when the starter is engaged--practically everything is cut off by the ignition switch...
• the little engine that could ...
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:51:21 -0700
  ...it's had to have the starter motor replaced earlier this week. again. 2 or 3 years ago I had the existing starter rebuilt...
• Re: Starter Relay and transmission
  Historical mailing list - Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor)
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:04:20 -0400
  ...Starter Relay and transmission Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor) wrote: > 1) I am going to fix my starter relay problem over the weekend. What kind...
• Help W/ Grounds - Bucking and High Idle
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:19:55 -0700
  Well, She's started bucking again, worse than ever. First time the bucking started it seemed to start right when the alternator was going...
• What a day...Billy kicked my as_
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:45:29 -0600
  Yesterday I pulled the tranny out of ole Billy Bones because I could not get that dam_ed starter bushing out. Once I had...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:31:04 -0500
  ...When I try to start it the engine turns over and over and over and I feather the accelerator pedal and finally it starts...
• Re: 82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:23:44 -0500
  ...82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot. David: The "not starting when hot" problem very frequently is an indication that the...
• Re: 87 started, then died again
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:26:25 -0700
  ...87 started, then died again The grounds are; from battery to body, from body to transmission (under the car), and the contacts of the...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:01:26 -0800
  ...On a recent automatic it took three attempts to get a correct, properly working starter. 1st was a Napa brand. Battery stud was too...
• Aux. battery questions
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:43:44 EDT
  ...However, I still have a couple of questions: (1) By what route have people run the wire from the starting battery to the auxiliary...
• Re: Starting Issue - Ran for 3hrs, shut off engine, lights fully on, interior lights on, but would not start.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 01:03:17 -0400
  The first thing I would do is clean where the push-on (spade type) connector, from the ignition switch, attaches to the starter solenoid...
• Need some help.
  Historical mailing list - gary domestico
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:02:33 -0400
  ...I stopped for about a half hour and it was fine when I started out again. After about a 1/2 hour it started...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:56:35 -0500
  ...If it doesn't start up in 10 or 15 seconds of cranking, than it probably isn't a flooding issue. Mike Hugill Principal...
• Re: <AIRS> 81 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:12:08 -0600
  ...Wouldn't start. May have burned up the starter trying. > Starter has been replaced. Then, while driving noticed a loss of > power. > Backed off...
• Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:18:34 -0400
  ...So, I'm thinking that there's a starter relay somewhere, but when it happened, it was 10 PM, my tools were in my...
• Re: no start no click
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:58:31 -0400
  ...The Amazon starter looks nice and in expensive. my only issue is I have the Gowesty gear reduction starter and it’s been so...
• Re: No start..... rebuilt engine.... over my head...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:35:18 -0700
  ...Are you sure you didn't flood the engine with that 15 second start? If so, all your subsequent attempts at start will only...
• Re: Vanagon starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:55:04 -1000
  ...when trying to start it just cranks and does not fire, when depressing the gas pedal it wants to start but does not "catch...
• Re: Hall sending unit/other electrical??? ('91)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:19:32 EDT
  ...Well......, we replaced the Hall sending unit (new) and now the difficult start is almost a constant problem. It either cranks and starts when...
• new problem re: head replacement
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Tue, 14 May 1996 14:27:27 -0400
  ...But, it always did get started. Could the compression have suddenly gotten worse making it unable to start? I have checked for spark and...