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• what did i do? tempII sender
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:26:46 -0500
  ...maybe i should not have, but i then proceeded to start the van without sender connected. it started up but idle rpm shot up...
• hard starting - cylinder cutting out -87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:06:06 -0500
  Greetings - I am having a very difficult time starting my 87 westy this last week. It seems only one or two cylinders are firing...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:27:39 -0600
  ...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: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:51:13 -0400
  ...If the voltage was greater than 10.50 volts while the starter was turning the engine would crank. The starter would turn over the...
• Re: Starter Motor Bushing Lube. Quick Answer? Daylight Abating!
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:43:48 -0500
  ...an answer. > > Moly grease ok for starter motor bushings and bushing in engine block? > (for end of starter when it turns) > > Thanks! > > Neil. > > -- > Neil...
• temp sensors?
  Historical mailing list - jonathan waters
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 07:08:00 -0700
  Hi, I have a 2.1, and it started to run kind of funny? It starts good, and has been running real good. until...
• Re: Blinking Temp Light.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 11:17:42 EDT
  > blinks for a short time after starting up. > I don't know why it does it or what its supposed to tell the > driver...
• Re: It won't even start.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 1995 09:11:01 -0800
  ...I'd start by checking it >first. >Jim Davis >87 Syncro >88 Wolfsburg
• Hall sending unit???
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:55:04 -0800
  ...When turning the key to start the engine, maybe one out of 10-15 times, the engine will crank about twice as long as...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:36:15 -0800
  ...Here in the wilds of NE Oregon, Vanagon starters are NOT common. NAPA was the only local option and they wanted around $200 for...
• Turn the key, click, but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:01:57 -0700
  ...The starter seems to be clean and nice black color. Looks like a rebuilt one or new. It did not start after if was...
• I Need to buy Carb
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:30:09 -0600
  I'm about to start building an engine stand to run in new engines. I need a carburetor setup for type IV Vanagon Engines...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - Joe Glisson
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 09:53:31 -0400
  Eric - I'm the guy who had the start won't start problem and fixed it by replacing the temp II sensor. This sensor...
• Re: Magical cast iron suspension?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:29:59 -0700
  ...I have not compared alignment specs between > the > two, but I'd start there. ..............
• Looking for some more air cooled cold start injectors
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 1 Nov 2018 11:49:16 -0400
  Hi guys and gals, I am in need of at least one cold start injector for an air cooled Vanagon or Bus. Anyone have...
• No start, (no crank actually)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:42:01 -0600
  Turned the key, idiot lights on, fuel pump whines, no starter. Hold and nada. Tried several times with the same result. I'm thinking...
• Re: Vanagon U-Joints (Ad in VW Mag)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 01:07:44 -0400
  ...Wonder how many unsuspecting 2wd vanagon owners will start looking for their u-joints? :) Plus, they started the add by spelling vanagon as vanagan...
• Still looking for help with tranny!
  Historical mailing list - Jonny Miner
  Sat, 29 Apr 1995 23:41:09 -0700 (PDT)
  My tranny has started popping out of 1st gear when I start from a dead stop. This is the only gear that this happens...
• WTB: Starter for '84 Wasserboxer (MT)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 12:18:45 -0700
  ...Anyone got a good starter for an '84 Wasserboxer MT in their stash that they are willing to part with? Jim Arnott Union, OR...
• starting
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:13:40 -0400
  Has anyone had this problem?? turn it over and nothing hold the pedal down about 1/2 way and it starts fine! now the...
• Trouble starting fridge on AC.
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Wilma Quan
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 22:19:39 -0700
  Getting the van dialed in for an upcoming road trip and am not having any luck getting it started using AC. Wondering if there...
• Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?/Bentley question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 16:26:39 -0400
  I just had the same problem with a newly rebuilt starter. After three visits back to the rebuilder they finally replaced the final drive...
• Re: How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 11:41:07 -0700
  ...This has worked well for me - the original battery lasted 10 years before I replaced it last year. (it still would start, but I...
• Re: Buying my first VW
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:19:57 -0500
  ...That problem has been solved and the starter is sitting > with my > toolbox waiting to go. Now I've got some detail questions > hopefully...
• starter + relay
  Historical mailing list - Brian brian
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:15:26 -0700
  ...for my starter, someone suggested checking for twelve volts being supplied to it, and I will, but with the way using the hammer to...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:42:32 -0400
  ...It also has the job of operating the starter gear. But is a relay for the starter motor itself. This larger relay coil also...
• 87 GL: One Problem Solved - and a New One
  Historical mailing list - Larry
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:53:50 -0500
  ...Flooding out a few seconds after a cold start - starts right up in the "clear" mode. Thanks, Larry Hensley 88 GL Canton, OH
• Re: Starter or battery?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:02:26 -0400
  If a jump starts a car, and the negative cable from the 2nd car, battery is attached to the frame of the 1st car...
• Re: Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:55:08 -0600
  ...Geza Polony wrote: >Hey all, > >I have another exasperating cold start/idle problem with my '84 1.9. Cold >starts hard, with RPM dropping...
• Re: Ignition switch recommendations.
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:30:13 -0700
  ...occasionally > I'll go to start my van and the starter won't immediately turn over or > won't turn over at all. If...
• Re: Van not starting??
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:03:40 -0700
  ...Could > this be an O2 sensor problem or possible fuel filter? When trying to start > her she is trying really hard to start, very...
• Re: HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 19:41:51 -0700
  ...I've had starter problems 4 different times over the last 3 years, all different reasons. 1. Battery - In December I had to replace...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:35:24 -0800
  At 06:55 PM 01/26/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Hi Listees, > >starter? loose wire or cable? Please help me folks...this is my...
• Strange problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric O'Dell
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:13:14 -0700
  ...This has been most noticeable when starting and stopping the engine. It has also been getting longer and louder. Yesterday, it was much more...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:10:48 -0800
  ...I bought the battery because I had had some strange starting >problems three previous times in the Spring and Summer-had a new starter...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 15:37:59 -0400
  ...Definitely it's a problem with a spurious signal to the starter. Something to do with terminal 50 and 15 and their associated wires...
• Re: No "Flicker", what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 May 2018 11:57:09 -0700
  ...24.6 in Bentley? Maybe the cold start valve timer has failed? If it was me, I'd clean the 50 connection at starter...
• Re: '81 Westy, fuel pump won't work.... why do I bother...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 26 May 1999 07:32:46 -0700
  ...The vehicle will start for a second or > so, then die. I suspect it is runnning on the cold start valve only. When you...
• Re: Bad fuel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:18:48 -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: cranky when wet
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:53:29 -0700
  ...cranky when wet Howdy List, I've got an 83 air cooled vanagon that runs great but occasionally starts roughly when wet. If it...
• Re: Rough running after rain
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:45:52 +0000
  ...A few months ago, after a few days of rain, the van started up but then started running rougher and rougher until it just...
• Re: '85 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:04:08 EDT
  ...To start it we would fully depress the accelerator and then start cranking it. The last repair I remember doing, before the problem stopped...
• Re: Starting question
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Fri, 25 May 2018 23:08:26 -0400
  ...Possible you have a weak battery or high draw on the starter. Jason Uberbus On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 11:01 PM, thewestyman...
• Re: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:14:10 -0800
  ...The switch that powers things to make the fuel pump run is a different switch than the one that makes the starter motor crank...
• Vanagon starter - will it a Beetle?
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:31:25 -0500
  ...I have no idea whether a Vanagon manual-trans starter will fit a T1 properly, but if so my adaptor should work. Anyone know...
• Re: 12 v plug & re-wire
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:06:17 -0700
  ...nothing that is used when camped is on my start batt. jimt > My Westy is over at GoWesty for a new starter....while > we...
• Re: black smoke when starting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 16:42:01 PST
  > Sami is 'smokin'; > The 75 Bus makes a big puff of black smoke (almost?) every time I start > it. The smoke dissipates after a...
• (Thanks for the) HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:31:05 -0500
  Thanks to all the listmembers who responded with advice and offers of assistance when my van had starting troubles late last week. A quick...
• Re: relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
  Wed, 28 May 2003 00:18:01 -0400
  ...In a nutshell, the ignition switch hot lead is connected to the relay which switches constant power (taken off the starter) to the solenoid...
• Re: Starting woes again
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:08:18 -0700
  ...Battery is absolutely fine (had is tested) and >> the starter is only 6mo old, alternator is strong. I turn the key and either >> it...
• Re: Starter Motor Installation
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 05:47:29 -0700
  ...Your > help is much appreciated. > > The old starter motor froze-up as my wife and kids were leaving Kaiser in > Oakland. A good portion...
• Re: Use air cooled Bosch reman. starter on 1.9 WBX? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:25:42 -0800
  On Nov 12, 2007 9:41 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > Will a Bosch rebuilt starter from a 1981 air...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:28:16 -0700
  Well, if it won’t turn 360 with the starter off it’s time to pull the tranny. It’s something in the bell...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:40:40 -0700
  Harold, There's been a recent/current thread, "New Starter Stopped Working", which I'm surprised you missed. In it you may find some...
• it's cold in MT and my van won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Edwards
  Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:37:59 -0600
  I tried to start up my '85 weekender this morning (19 degrees F in Bozeman) and she turned over fine and ran for a...
• Re: coolant sensor and starting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:56:29 -0400
  At 01:04 AM 7/22/2010 Thursday, David White wrote: >My 87 vanagon won't start once the engine is warm. But if...
• Maybe some VC
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:46:14 -0800
  ...However, since then, it has had the ability to only intermintetly start. That is, it will start and run fine. You turn it off...
• Gremlins update
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:44:40 -0800
  Hello Folks! My saga continues with a myriad of little misfires and no starts. To date I've had more help from this list...
• Re: Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 5 Mar 2000 17:59:57 EST
  ...WHat minimum voltage does ignition >require. > >Why no alternator light if not charging , grounds.? It starts hard on >cold morning, sometimes no start. . >Alternator...
• '85 GL won't start. Again.
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:16:27 -0700
  ...I drove it about two miles, parked, then ten minutes later, no start. The starter turns the motor over but nothing else happens. Tach...