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• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage,
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:16:14 -0700
  Wes Have you checked your ignition switch? Do you have spark when it doesn't start? If there is wear in the switch so...
• Re: VANAGON digest 451
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 May 1995 17:38:20 EDT
  ...sometimes I turn the key off and take it out of the ignition, but the car is still trying to start on its own...
• wierd startup problem--a different one
  Historical mailing list - Bette
  Wed, 10 May 2000 04:31:38 -0700
  Our bus--85 Westy--likes to honk when it starts. sometimes this goes on for a while. any ideas? we've had it checked...
• Re: Installing Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:33:11 EDT
  There are two different starters for manual transmission and automatic. If the one you got was from a manual then it won't fit...
• starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:51:37 -0500
  Hello everyone, My starter went out on my 82 vanagon and I was wondering if anyone has one that they would get rid of...
• Re: Mouse Attack!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:34:40 -0500
  Back in the seventies a good friend of mine asked me to help him get his splittie started after sitting all winter. I dropped...
• 2nd try- Starter disassembly question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:05:24 -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: List messages: Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:19:59 -0700
  ...Replacing a > > >>> starter on a Syncro and the starter was = in the way of putting back > the > > >>> vacuum actuator for the diff lock. Got...
• Re: List messages: Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 01:28:57 +0000
  ...Starter for Syncro >>> >>> >>> >>> Is now a good time to ask about tires?? >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On Oct 16, 2020, at 4:48 PM...
• Re: Failure to Start - 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:34:37 -0400
  ...Failure to Start - 91 Carat Parked my Carat two weeks ago - running oh so fine. Nothing has been done to it in the interim...
• Re: Starter Replacment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:16:30 -0400
  ...Starter Replacment >> >> >> I am wondering what th shop time manuals say it is surpose take to >> replace >> the starter on a 1987. When I...
• Re: Van is down - help!
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:16:24 -0400
  ...1- I go to start it this morning: it's cranking and cranking...nothing. I depress the gas pedal, finaly it starts with HEAVY...
• Re: [Syncro] No Juice to ECU -87
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 15:46:40 -0800
  ...Still no start. > > So this morning I started doing most the ECU/Ignition > test in the bently - everything seemed to check out > ok. I...
• New temp blinky light and high rev sitch
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:39:23 -0400
  ...When I was ready to leave, my temperature blinky light started blinking after all the normal startup lights went out. I turned the van...
• Re: alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:55:33 EST
  Bill; The route current takes from the alternator is first to the starter then to the battery and finally the fuse block. The link...
• Re: SMART Keys and kill switches, fuel pump timer
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:24:37 -0700
  ...Thief starts the van with a key or screwdriver, starts driving then 2 minutes later the van just dies due to fuel starvation (Won...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:37:15 -0400
  ...With engine warn went for a short trip on our dirt road accelerated engine it started to miss fire then died! Got it started...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:52:00 +0000
  ...Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution "Also do not step on the accelerator pedal when starting, this causes flooding." I thought the ECU...
• Re: VANAGON FOR SALE? HELP Diagnosis needed STAT!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 03:42:43 -0400
  ...When the wheater is warm, turn the key...and no >>starter. Checked the usual: starter and switch fine. Can start it by >>crawling under...
• Re: Looking for starter bolt for 87, 4 speed tranny
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:38:43 -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...
• Alternator and grounds
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:39:09 -0700
  I thought I’d re start the subject with new heading, mostly so I can keep track of any suggestions. Late yesterday afternoon I...
• Need help with hard start after stop
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:14:55 -0400
  ...My problem is that my 84 Vanagon runs great, but when I stop it just doesn't want to start again. It will eventually...
• Starter Cleanup
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:54:29 -0500
  Now that my transmission is out, and the starter is easily accessible, what maintenance might I do to it and associated parts to ensure...
• Re: black smoke when starting
  Historical mailing list
  12 Jan 95 16:03
  > The 75 Bus makes a big puff of black smoke (almost?) every time I start > it. The smoke dissipates after a few seconds and...
• [f] Re: Remote Starting
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:02:42 -0500 (EST)
  On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, David Preston wrote: > I discovered an easy connection for starting my '72 van from the > engine compartment. In center...
• Re-introducing myself
  Historical mailing list - Nitaino
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:40:11 -0400
  ...I am the frustrated owner of an 85 GL, Blue, Auto, AC, refuses to start normally Vanagon. Well, not that frustrated since it has...
• Re: Heading NORTH on 20w-50
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 09:40:26 -0700
  ...On my aircooled, an engine with larger clearances than waterboxers I'm sure, the battery/starter could barely turn the engine over and when...
• Re: Just a click on turning ignition key
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Lewis
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:18:04 +0100
  There was an article in a VW mag with the title "Dead man's starter" regarding this problem, and according to the mag, it...
• bushings
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:49:58 -0700
  Hi- I have the diesel starter apart on the workbench for my tdi conversion. Was wondering how tightly the armature should fit into the...
• Hard start problem in aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - ed maikranz
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 13:39:12 -0700
  I am having an occasional hard start problem in my 81 aircooled. sometimes after it has been running and then shut off it is...
• Re: starter removal 1986 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:18:29 -0400
  ...Mike Shawn Luft wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am having trouble removing the top bolt on the starter of my 1986 2.1L. > > After reading the...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:12:16 -0800
  ...Rebuilt Starters (and alternators) I've posted this info before and I'll post it again. Quite some years ago (but still valid) I...
• Re: cold start problems??
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:18:59 -0600
  ...My brother-in-law in upper Michigan is starting to >> experience problems starting in the morning when it gets down to 32 or >> below...
• Re: 81 Vanagon: temperamental start
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:46:14 -0600
  ...nothing happens) ---snip--- > > Tom, > and anyone else: > > Is this indeed a common thing? > It has just started happening to me. > > It would turn over...
• Re: Stuck Solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:05:47 -0500
  ...If your starter misbehaves again consider cleaning the solenoid, cleaning the dust from the interior of your starter and putting a little general purpose...
• Re: '85 Engine hesitation help
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Kitts
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:07:16 -0700
  ...That fact that yours started easily by push starting it > points to this. Just a clarification to add: The starter cranks the engine just...
• Re: Curious no swas teh same tart issue
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 May 2012 18:23:47 -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...
• Ignition Switch Help!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:37:49 -0700
  Hi, I recently replaced the starter in my 87 syncro. She had to sit for a while I waited for a new CV joint...
• vanagon o2 story
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 12:21:07 -0400 (EDT)
  ...hmmm the starter had to crank it 6 times before it ran (usually it starts after 1 to 2 cranks). Hey its running nicely...
• Re: Hi humidity--won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:38:40 -0500
  The O2 sensor has absolutely nothing to do with starting. In addition to the wire, cap and rotor, make sure the top of the...
• starter
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Mon, 13 May 2002 22:11:35 -0700
  I wired my starter with an extra 30amp relay so that the solenoid is drawing current straight from the battery. I have an inline...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:25:57 -0800
  I drove the van home, stoped and it wouldn't start again. I just did some more troubleshooting on the van. I used the...
• Wet starting problem update
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:37:47 -0500
  Howdy list, Recently my van wouldn't start when wet. After a few days of rain the van would turn over but not start...
• Re: So stuff even happens to me!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 18:35:09 -0700
  ...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: 82 won't crank
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:57:16 -0500
  I believe you are talking about the bolt that holds the starter inplace. It has a special head on it to keep it from...
• Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:36:58 -0700
  ...Funny thing is, > this morning, it > started perfectly, but then immediately started running really rough like > before. And now it > won't start (no...
• WAS guy broken down in N. California - now running again
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:43:49 -0700
  ...After the engine starts the 12 volt current flows the other way, from the alternator to the starter and then to the battery to...
• Re: Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:38:06 -0500
  Michael, On a '91 I would expect the main cable from the battery to the starter to be of adequate diameter. VW upgraded it...
• Temp light on for no apparent reason (90 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:43:26 -0800
  ...Start back up and go a few miles, temp guage just starting to rise, and the light starts blinking again. I stop for a...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:53:01 -0500
  ...If you don't know, well...what can I say?>> I do know that any automotive starter can be rebuilt, and rewound by a...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 12 May 2015 23:21:52 +0000
  ...Does the gear drive TDI Jetta Bosch starter draw more > current for solenoid activation than the original late Vanagon starter? > > Maybe I have just...
• Re: '80 Westy-- Best way to go on a new starter
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:07:36 -0500
  . What should I do other than just going to the local supplier get one. ---------------------- Clip -------------------------- Buy my brand new GENUINE BOSCH starter that I...
• Re: Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 10:06:49 -0800
  ...It starts right up, even on the coldest > > mornings, but when it has warmed up, it starts to misfire, running too rich, > > black smoke...
• Re: Sears battery for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 13:55:58 -0700
  ...parking lights left on). >Interestingly, my Toyota battery which I attempted to jump start it with >was *just* able to turn over the starter...
• Re: Fridge Propane Mode No Start
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:47:20 -1000
  ...I am not able to locate >archival postings outlining the cause of the no-start condition in propane >mode. > >Does anyone understand the cause...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:37:52 -0800
  ...81 won't start in Colorado Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:03:30 -0600 >Hey folks. This is my cry for help. > >I...
• Re: fuel pump doesn't pump - FIXED.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 3 May 2004 21:41:04 -0500
  ...The front buzzer would go when turning the key and the starter would turn but the other wire on the starter was loose. Thanks...
• stumbling and fumbling '88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Elliot Kane
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:11:41 -0700
  ...If I try to keep it at 2k, it gets to 1800 or so and a poltergeist starts ramping it up like crazy almost...
• Re: Under Floor Battery Tray
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Wed, 9 Jun 2021 16:03:17 -0700
  Lifeline told me it wouldn't be a problem using them as starting batteries, so they were combined as one, with no starting battery...
• Re: Troubleshooting Blinking LED
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Wed, 30 Apr 2014 22:30:54 -0400
  Tom, Is the van parked in an incline a starts? Maybe the sensor is not fully covered? Hth T. On Apr 30, 2014, at...