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• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:33:49 -0600
  You won't need a tap, I think the bushing presses out after you disassemble the starter. The bushing is in the nose of...
• Re: Just starting
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd Perkins
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 16:51:46 -0500
  I have had the starters rebuilt in both of my vanagons and they work fine. I am sure that there is a shop in...
• Slow starter when warm
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:31:35 -0400
  My starter in my '84 manual transmission westy works fine when the motor is cold, but after extended driving it turns the hot motor...
• Re: '82 Diesel vanagon. Starter isn't turning over.
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 24 Aug 2022 21:05:15 -0400
  ...Does that seem to indicate an issue with the starter, or starter solenoid, or ground connection, or...? You may have seen my earlier email...
• Re: New Starter - Works, but no start
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:35:40 +0000
  I don't know about the rest of you, but I've found that area (around the starter) to be a dark,cramped, neck...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Angrisani
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:29:01 EDT
  ...Lights and all accessories (like there are many on a Vanagon) come on, but no starter action. Cables were all clean. The starter is...
• Re: Starter Trade
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:50:05 -0500
  Bought a starter outright so someone buy this good Automatic Tranny starter, with solenoid for $50.00 Ship from Dallas TX 75220 Weight 19...
• Re: Runaway starter - 88 GL w/2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 23:44:45 -0500
  Just spinning the starter really fast! John On 10/9/2013 9:55 PM, mark drillock wrote: > Is it cranking the engine or just...
• Re: battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Partin
  Tue, 18 May 1999 16:14:51 -0600
  ...Looked like the >starter was shot. The clicking was probably the starter solenoid kicking the starter in. It wasn't getting enough juice, though...
• Diesel starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:31:20 -0700
  Hi all, The clutch slave cylinder bracket is over the flange of the starter motor. Do I need to remove the bracket before I...
• 1980 starter...man vs auto
  Historical mailing list - Don Schmeichel
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:59:44 -0700
  Is there a difference in starters for a 1980 Vanagon manual transmission vs auto transmission. Will a starter off an automatic fit a 1980...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:50:07 -0700
  Really, why would anyone want to replace a 25+ year old ten foot wire run to energize the starter solenoid with a relay? Just...
• Re: Starter solenoid current
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:36:57 -0800
  ...If it was excessive........the starter itself comes to mind. I treat the starter.......made up of 3 main parts........the motor, the solenoid...
• Re: New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
  Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:29:37 -0500
  ...New Starter Stopped Working > > > > > > Hi listees. Questions about starter motors. I just put > > > in a new starter > > > that > > > stopped working after only 6 days...
• Re: FW: Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:10:13 -0500
  > I am considering one of those gear-reduction starters that Go-Westy > sells; he makes a compelling case for them. Anyone had similar probs...
• Pre-starter grind
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:32:14 -0700
  ...Last four 91 Syncro starts have had a nasty grind/buzz for a second just before starter engages. The starter still engages and engine...
• Re: 84 Starter/Auto Trans problem?
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 13:41:31 -0800
  > My 84' has developed an intermittent starter failure. After a day of > driving, I'll stop to get gas and when I attempt to...
• 82 starter & 80 engine compatible?
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:01:25 EST
  ...I heard that pre 81 starters had a longer imput shaft, is this true? I left the 82 starter in and did not use...
• Re: ignition switch or starter?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:00:02 -0800
  ...since the stock starter energizing circuit gets old after enough years, sometimes I add a additional starter energizing circuit - a dedicated , heavy duty 'real...
• Re: Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:17:11 -0700
  ...I tried "jumping" the starter by > shorting the contact and I still get nothing except for the fuel pump. > > Is my "new" starter bad...
• starter question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:52:20 -0800
  Mike, If your starter is over 5 years old I would consider a rebuilt. Many things can go wrong. A bad bearing can cause...
• starter solenoid heads south
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 17 May 2002 09:14:37 -0700
  Alistair, You earn credit for your thrifty and ecological sound efforts but you should consider that perhaps the starter as a whole is defective...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning...
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:07:06 -0700
  I suspect you will need to replace the starter. Normally, when you turn the key, the solonoid on the starter is activated. This engages...
• Re: Starting question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 May 2018 16:27:36 -0400
  FAS in Maine has a TDI starter and adapter plate that not only gives you a new starter (a couple of options), but takes...
• Re: Conversion
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 19 May 2003 11:21:21 -0700
  ...For a starter you need either a waterboxer starter if you are using a gas inline 4 or a special high torque starter in...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 18:54:34 EDT
  ...Your starter bushing is worn out!!I believe it resides in the transmission case.The starter binds up because the pinion shaft is not...
• Re: Main Positive battery Cable now starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:39:54 -0400
  I once had a Vanagon with a finicky starter when hot. I added a 40Amp relay to the engine bay for the starter trigger...
• Re: Vanagon Stranded near Tawas, MI
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:41:32 -0700
  ...it's very useful to energize the starter with a remote starter switch while taping the starter with a hammer. I just give 'em...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 20:25:37 +0000
  ...Is something killing my starters? > > I did read somewhere that low voltage could ruin starters and I suspected > my + cable from the battery. It...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:51:03 -0400
  ...Granted, the WBX prolly doesn’t need the cranking power of the diesel starter and the lower power draw of the GW starter would...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:02:53 -0300
  ...Intermittent failure, but >> tapping the starter would make usually make it work again. >> >> The problem turned out to be not the starter itself, but...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:46:53 -0800
  dear top starter with baked in reduction sauce very interesting stuff on the aircraft version 6 - hundred $$ +++ wow ... and that isnt even part of...
• '85 Starter/Alt. Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:32:17 -0400
  I decided to upgrade the starter and alternator on my '85 1.9l due to slow cranking worries. Pep Boys came through with re...
• Re: GoWesty Starter Install Questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron 96
  Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:57:57 -0400
  ...I went with the more modern gear reduction starter and Karl M’s adaptor. Also has a secure wire connector. I hope this one...
• Starter wire question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Jan 2023 15:19:22 -0500
  ...I’m hoping for some help as I have a starter issue. My starter is working just a bit slow to get going. But...
• Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:35:55 -0500
  My 91 starter not turning. I here the fuel pump come on, there is 12v at the main starter lead and less than 4...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:06:31 -0400
  ...The 'Bus Depot' and 'Rocky Mountain / Van Cafe' adaptor plates using the 'gear reduction aka TDI starter are of my production, I supply all...
• Subject: Starting problems...
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:01:00 -0600
  Todd I had the same problem a couple of summers ago, occasionally the starter would not engage even though the battery was charged. I...
• Re: [T2] help with starter relay? (odd, see pics)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:52:57 -0700
  ...it looks like this may have been my starter problem, and nothing to do with the starter itself. now to see if I can...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:34:42 -0500
  ...Starter doesn't work on long trips > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, you see I doubt it's a lack of current because the > > starter works 99.9...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:26:32 -0600
  When I installed my starter I had rebuilt for me, I noticed they replaced the solenoid. Then it wouldn't do anything or just...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:22:37 -0500
  ...I bridged the starter and > solenoid posts with a screw driver and got a little spark, but nothing at > all from the starter motor...
• Re: Vanagon DEAD- Starter relay- Manually Jump??? Help!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:53:28 EST
  ...This tells you if you have a starter problem or a ignition switch problem. If you have juice to the solenoid wire then your...
• Re: Starter Wires 91 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:23:12 -0400
  ...Starter Wires 91 Automatic I am in the middle of replacing a Starter on a 91 Vanagon - Automatic - Westy. The starter I removed has...
• starter Question interchange
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:32:15 -0400
  ...I know the std trans starter uses the support bushing and the auto trans doesnt (Self Supporting). will the Auto starter work in the...
• Re: New Starter - Works, but no start
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:43:43 -0500
  ...John On 10/22/2013 6:21 AM, mark drillock wrote: > If this happened right when the starter was changed then he probably > left...
• Re: Battery/Starter/Wiring issue 1985 Westy w/ 2.1L & 4sp
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:29:01 -0400
  ...The starter was recently rebuilt, the > engine normally turns easily. I have NOT replaced the starter ground > connection, and have not inspected that wire...
• Re: delayed start
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 18:50:25 EST
  Have you tried tapping on the starter while someone holds the key? My starter sticks when it gets hot, and I get the fuel...
• Re: Starter Relay on Syncro 86
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:28:33 -0700
  ...Starter Relay on Syncro 86 > > Why do you think you have one? > The key operates the starter solenoid directly unless someone added a > relay...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:39:15 -0700
  Ken, that reads as a blanket statement that a Chinese starter is totally inferior to the Bosch remans. Bosch starters that have been rebuilt...
• Thanks to all who responded to Turn Key - nada
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Tue, 28 May 2002 22:38:24 -0400
  What would I do without you? Thanks to all of you who responded to my questions about my starter. It was the starter! You...
• Re: Starter Help
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:02:44 -0700
  Even though you have power showing at ends of wires to starter, it may not be getting through to starter itself. Make sure connections...
• Re: Help--Stuck in Mammoth Lakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:51:57 -0500
  ...It's a spiral gear which causes the starter gear to engage with the flywheel when the starter spins up. On Vanagon starters, the...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:01:38 +0000
  Well I took the starter out last night and it's definitely not responding to voltage at all. I think I'm going to...
• Re: Starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:01:27 -0600
  ...I get the starter motor and no engaging the >flywheel. Checked the old starter off another battery and sure enough, >everything still works. Got...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:45:34 -0500
  ...If the starter operates at that point you've found the problem. People have successfully taken these starters apart and cleaned them up inside...
• Re: '82 Diesel vanagon. Starter isn't turning over.
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:10:28 -0700
  First try a remote starter (or jumper wire ) between positive battery and the solenoid. This will narrow it down to either a starter/solenoid...
• Re: Starters...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 19:35:28 -0700 (PDT)
  On Fri, 23 Jun 1995 DocTaylor@aol.com wrote: > I have been plagued with problems with my '82 Diesel Vanagon's starter; today > I...
• Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:12:45 -0700
  Recently I was experiencing progressively more sluggish starting on my 88 until finally the starter wouldn't budge without a tap from a hammer...
• Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:38:35 -0400
  ...For those running stock set ups though there is no real reason for a more powerful starter. You just needs one that works. Starters...