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• Follow up on cold start problem.
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:35:29 -0400
  I posted about a week or so ago on a cold start problem... almost all FI components were check, re-check and-or replace...
• That darn tranny ground strap
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sun, 30 May 2010 10:25:01 -0400
  ...I try and start the van. It won't start. He has driven a couple hours now to come see this motor I had...
• Re: Maybe some VC
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:54:39 -0500
  The hall sender is where I always begin for no-starts. Probably unrelated to you're problem, the ignition switch can act up too...
• Re: Still need HELP with hot start problem 84 Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 18:28:07 -0700
  ...It was basically not enough juice getting to the fuel injection system during starter cranking. and the starter was not causing it either. another...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 09:59:34 -0700
  My guess would be that it was for a hot start relay. Are there any other dead end wires there? My friends '85 has...
• Re: Push button switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:22:33 -0800
  I would just go to a FLAPS and buy a generic starter button. wildlyguessing ... it's a 10 amp cirucit at the most. I...
• Moo is leaking Big Time!
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Mon, 02 Dec 1996 20:57:34 -0500
  ...I parked the camper and didn't start her for A week. I started it up last night and after the initial "test" blink...
• Re: Suggestions for car alarm, remote start, keyless entry?
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:25:33 -1000
  I was quoted $200 installed for car alarm, remote start and keyless entry. That from a local car audio dealer... don't recall the...
• Re: starting engine w/out tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:40:52 -0500
  ...As you can imagine, I am itching to start the engine to see how my repairs work out. Question: Will I harm the tranny...
• Start of a trailing arm rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:43:02 -0800
  ...https://shufti.blog/2022/03/10/vanagon-start-of-trailing-arm-rebuild/ Alistair
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:56:20 -0500
  ...put together a quick > motor tutorial that explains some of the features of series field wound > motors typically used for starters. Thanks, Dennis. d >
• Free starter
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:49:05 -0400
  HI ALL, I still have a starter form a 1980 Air cooled vanagon with an automatic tranmission. FREE to anyone who can come and...
• Starter Questions?
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:05:42 -0800
  Greetings, List Members Is there usually any warning when a starter is on it's way out? Does it make any different sounds or...
• Starter disassembly question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:47:56 -0800
  I'm trying to take a starter (for an 86) apart. Any advice on the little snap ring that holds the small bushing (?) on...
• Re: Curious no swas teh same tart issue
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 25 May 2012 18:29:20 -0400
  ...It starts fine now. Is it > >possible it’s the ignition switch again 2 > >years later or is there some “hot starter” > >issue that...
• Re: '56 Kombi update: DMV/clutch
  Historical mailing list - ray landers
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 07:08:50 -0800 (PST)
  ...Coz the clutch > it engaged when you start it, the gears in the tranny are turning and > "dragging" the final drive gears round a...
• Installed new clutch, "used-in-good-condition, recently-rebuilt transmission, and, now, "no start."
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:52:05 -0700
  ...The connections to the starter are as they were in the installation of the previously perfectly operating starter which I transferred from the Westy...
• Re: Looking for starter bolt for 87, 4 speed tranny
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:11:26 -0500
  ...Looking for starter bolt for 87, 4 speed tranny > I am in desparate need for the top bolt that connects the starter > (manual tranny...
• Re: 86 syncro doesnt start
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:21:52 -0700
  ...If I try starting it repeatedly it does start eventually. > I > am thinking dirty connections somewhere but I don't know where to start...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 21:59:57 -0800
  ...and ..a remote starter switch .. when I'm working to get an engine running or working right ..it's just very handy to be...
• Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:17:00 -0700
  You may also check my page (PDF) as well regarding the hot/hard start problems and diagrams at: http://www.oldvolkshome.com/hardstart.pdf...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:20:54 -0400
  ...I can push start the van and drive it. >>>> >>>> I tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver across terminals clank clink clank no spin...
• Re: My First
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 31 May 2001 22:41:41 -0500
  ...It started to lose power at high speed and eventually stopped. Started again only after cooling down; went a mile and stopped again. Finally...
• Re: My '83 lives again
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 22:27:09 -0700
  ...This means what? That theres some sort of >problem starting it when its hot? > Im sure Ill hear from the mechanic later as to...
• Weird stall and then no start
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Sat, 9 May 1998 12:07:42 -0700
  ...Then trying to start her up again, she wouldn't start right away! This was very unusual. Also I have noticed that after long...
• Idiot light troubles
  Historical mailing list - Ian & Niah Venable
  Fri, 14 May 1999 22:21:56 -0500
  88 vanagon weekender was coming home from a fruitful weekend when all of the sudden the water temp idoit light started flashing. We pulled...
• Re: Daily First Start Hard
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Thu, 22 May 2003 07:59:42 -0400
  I just solved a problem in which my engine didn't like to start after sitting for a couple hours. Turned out that the...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help!!! Won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:56:26 -0500
  ...Can't tell you how many cars I got to start by doing this simple thing! Don 't get anything but MAYBE a click...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:38:56 -0400
  ...Does > the Vanagon respond well to the Bay Window starter relay fix, or is it a > better bet to change the starter? Has anyone...
• Re: 88 GL - Idle Stabilizer System - Was Distributor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Fri, 3 Jan 2014 08:39:55 -0500
  ...If I leave the idle stabilizer valve (which > hums as it should) disconnected, the engine starts and after a warmup - > idles delightfully around 800...
• 91 Carat - Auto Tranny - 2.1L WBX - RPM Hunting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:49:34 -0500
  ...Today, I disconnected the O2 sensor, started the engine. On a cold start, engine started rough, but did run, but it would hunt wildly...
• (Fwd) Re Start/no start 86 - Upper screen repair
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:26:50 -0800
  ...Re Start/no start 86 - Upper screen repair Reply-to: VWNut@smus.bc.ca Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:26:26 -0800 > Now...
• dying wires
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynn
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 05:28:36 -0800
  My wife tried to jump start our 85 Westy and probably shorted between the battery post and the frame---the cables heated and the...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 13:04:38 -0700
  ...steve Ken Korn wrote: > When I start up the fridge with propane, I first switch on the LED panel. > Within a few seconds of...
• Re: Just a click on turning ignition key
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:55:35 EDT
  In a message dated 8/28/00 10:52:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mprice@acmex.com writes: << I tried starting my van last...
• Re: digijet woes
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:06:26 -0400
  ...Pumping the gas actually opens the throttle body and lets in more air during startup, which corrects for the over-rich condition created by...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:48:22 -0700
  ...no..a 'cold start valve' is a '5th injector' .. used on fuel injection systems prior to Digijet and Digifant. CIS fuel injection cars use...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:26:52 -0700
  ...when the car runs rough enough for long enough, > it starts running so rich that it spits unburnt gas out the exhaust. > If you...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:28:56 -0500
  At 04:12 PM 12/14/2013, Steve Cotsford wrote: >What do you think the amperage would be, to trigger the starter >solenoid? It...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area...
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:12:05 -0400
  ...I had it towed, the shop there disconnected one to the leads from the starter and it worked for a week, I had it...
• Re: 87 no start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 15 May 2007 09:02:54 -0700
  ...We've tried tapping the starter with no luck. I just need the thing to start ... and I don't need a real "fix...
• Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:50:08 -0700
  I just learned that there is a "hot start relay" fix that is supposed to address certain issues (typically, the van will turn over...
• Re: A newbie needing hard starting help
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:37:43 -0700
  ...With the new starter, came no > change. It's still as hard to start as before. ..... > > The other little things we're having a...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:42:36 -0400
  ...There's a red wire with female spade lug connector that connects to the starter. It was disconnected. Duh... It was so loose, that...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:16:30 -0000
  ...DIESEL starting and other general questions > Hello, > > My question is, what's the starting procedure using the "knob," or more > properly, does use of...
• Re: No start..... rebuilt engine.... over my head...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:33:07 -0700
  ...The slow cranking starter is also not good. Either get a charge on the battery or get a starter booster. Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 13:46:40 -1000
  ...if they hear 'just drive it on the starter' ...can't begin to figure out what that means or how to do it. I...
• Re: Hesitation, Running Rich, Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:06:49 -0700
  maybe that new airflow meter just took a while to start working?....just an idea... >From: James V <tornadored@EARTHLINK.NET> >Reply-To: James...
• Re: battery going?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:18:02 -0600
  ...Then it cranks but doesn't start. :::Then :::>after a couple of minutes it starts okay. When it is about to die, the :::>battery...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:55:11 -0800
  ...as starting battery? > > Hi All, > > Here is a question I asked Optima Batteries (www.optimabatteries.com) > about their D750 deep cycle battery. I was...
• Re: Van died on me!
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:37:57 -0800
  ...I started it and then it > stalled. I started it again and started going up the over pass and it > stalled again before I...
• Re: To test a Thermo time switch, air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:32:22 +0000
  TTS sense air temp below the plenum to have the cold start valve function on start-up for more fuel when the engine ic...
• Re: I could use a little help
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:49:41 -0700
  ...But big or high compression engines are going to be hard to start with the jumper packs. And the connections become critical. If the...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:59:27 -0500
  ...If I keep my foot on the throttle and keek the key turned to start the engine almost, but doesn't quite, start. When...
• '86 Caravelle sluggish cranking
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:06:12 +0100
  ...When I turn the key, the starter very hesitantly turns the engine 'till it starts. When the battery is newly charged and the engine...
• 82 diesel clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:31:01 -0800
  ...This afternoon I started it, noticed no noise and thought WAHOO, the vw gremlins have already fixed the problem for me. I started to...
• Re: '87 2.1 Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 13:09:10 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL driver Tom Salicos wrote: >My daughters' van has an intermittant starting problem. It will turn over and start, but will...
• Re: Looking for starter bolt for 87, 4 speed tranny
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:25:35 -0500
  ...Laurence Smith wrote: > I am in desparate need for the top bolt that connects the starter > (manual tranny) to the bell housing. It is...
• Do Westfalia's Hate the Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:00:04 -0400
  ...It just doesn't like starting in the cold. I have replaced batteries and coil. The DPO had recently replaced the starter trying to...
• Clutch Need Adjust?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:11:36 -0700
  ...I assume you "do not start your van in gear" but you start the van out of gear or clutch disengaged. So does the...