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• Re: Anyone have a spare automatic starter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 4 Oct 2011 17:20:40 -0500
  ...It needs a starter. I obviously have no interest in buying a > rebuilt one for this project, as it may end up being a...
• Re: Alternator light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 May 2010 23:47:05 -0400
  ...When I did crank it, the light flashed on and then off again just as the engine started. Been normal since, 5-6 starts...
• 87 Digifant idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:16:46 -0800
  ...Cold start: Somewhat reluctant to idle then fine, then little or no idle after 1 min, then fine. lukewarm start: starts okay, after about...
• Re: <syncro> starter differences
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 26 May 1998 19:29:16 -0400
  Tim Smith wrote: > Syncro starter is same BUT the solenoid is different!! Enough that a 2WD > one WILL NOT FIT! Problem is that Syncro...
• Re: Northern Starter Blues -Mystery # 2
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:35:48 -0600
  ...The third eventually needed the starter rebuilt. Larry A. Chicago 91 GL
• Diesel starting problem epic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:09:51 -0800
  ...after cranking a while, the Bendix just starts spinning as the engine stops) I removed the clutch cover/disc, and used two precisely-sized...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:05:04 -0500
  ...If it fails shorted, you'll have trouble starting the engine cold (it will be too lean.) I suspect that's not the case...
• vanagon bucks, stalls, stays dead
  Historical mailing list - marc milobinski
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:59:23 -0700
  ...Last night it started to really buck...I would push the clutch in, give a little more gas, and it seemed to recover. Finally...
• Re: Dumb Question - Remote Start Switch
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:34:11 -0500
  ...John On 6/21/2014 9:31 PM, mark drillock wrote: > The better way to do this is to install a "hard start relay...
• Re: Vanagon Syncro Delayed Start
  Historical mailing list - Sean O'Corrain
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 22:37:47 -0500
  Scott, Getting to the starter can be hell if you are unprepared (I speak from experience). The Bentley Manual is most helpful, but if...
• 91 Westy Runs Rough Cold/Great Warm
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 22:21:45 -0500
  Volks, 91 Westy has been acting increasingly strange lately on cold startup. It starts right up and then begins to idle rough very quickly...
• Re: Startling Nissan Ad
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:54:04 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:32 PM Subject: Re: Startling Nissan Ad > Hi Jeanne Tom and List bud's.. > > Visit the following...
• Re: Starter Questions?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:00:37 +0000
  ...The problem turned out to be the starter bearing mounted in the engine casing. It had worn away to nothing at one side and...
• dashboard light games
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cote
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 19:53:29 EDT
  ...if the headlights are turned on BEFORE the van is started, all the dash lights/guages work fine. Usually -- they'll still black-out...
• Re: Starter Amplifier Question? 2nd request
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 05:38:12 -0400
  ...by passes the stock wire > harness and starts at the battery. > If the works my starter may be good for awhile longer. > I got...
• No lights/horn/start/nothing.
  Historical mailing list - RP
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:30:09 -0800
  ...No horn, no lights, no start, no nothing. I pulled down the fuse panel, to install the buzzer, and assume I pulled something loose...
• oxy sensor ??
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 13:09:07 -0500
  Hi Everyone, Well its cold and rainy here in VT and the damn bus just started stumbling. Here's the deal it starts right...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:13:51 -0500
  > I've read that I don't want Bosch rebuilt starters, tho' I > know not why. What is the best replacement for a starter...
• FS starter motor from 82 aircooled Auto Tranny: 0 001 212211 212
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:39:37 -0800
  ...All of the numbers on the starter: 150 Bosch Made in Germany 0 001 212211 @ 212 12V 003 911 023 C (this seems to...
• Re: Throttle Stuck Wide Open Leaving Me Stranded in Boise Idaho
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:04:41 -0500
  Mike Collum wrote: > Christopher Gronski wrote: >> I started my van after stopping at the Wal-Mart at W Overland and >> Millwaukee >> in Boise Idaho...
• Looking for cold start injector for Air Cooled Vanagon or Bus
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:24:00 -0400
  I am looking for a cold start injector for an air cooled vanagon or bus. Anyone have one or know where I can get...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:45:22 -0400
  ...Byproduct of adding a hard start relay, which messed with a ground on the warning module via the starter solenoid. Yrs, d
• Trans whine
  Historical mailing list - Dan Winget
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 12:23:59 -0400
  On my way to work this morning my trans started to whine. It is an 87 westy with a manual transmission. I have not...
• Re: Starter swap?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:03:33 -0400
  ...Do it. -Craig On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Don Spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote: > Will the starter from a 2...
• Didn't start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:09:37 -0800
  ...After about 40 minutes the van started and ran fine. Fuel pump relay Main relay Fuel pump ? Any really good ideas? Mike
• idling probalems
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:58:50 -0700
  i'm having some problems with my idle when i start the gan form cold. it drops and sometimes drops too low so that...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:59:07 -0800
  ...It won't keep the engine from starting. Mark
• ISO: an extra set of hands to finish my svx conversion (Maryland)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:36:07 -0400
  Topic, I'm free on weekdays until the 25th when school starts, then free on M, W, F. I would really like to get...
• Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:16:58 -0700
  ...Just how far in over my head am I? (long) > Ever replaced the starter on a Syncro, with a diff-lock? > > Paying for the...
• Re: Broke down last night... engine heat killing the starter?
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:54:41 -0500
  ...If you have the coin, replace the starter. If not, carry a hammer and bang on the solenoid while someone else turns the key...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 12 May 2015 17:44:11 -0700
  ...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: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:27:17 -0500
  ...Van started > >> when cold, ran rough when hot (intermittently), would not start when hot > >> (most times). > >> After replacing the sensor, van ran great again...
• Re: First trip with to be named Vanagon - some "excitement"
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:49:17 -0700
  ...and she started up again (slow turn over, > but started). > > Any suggestions on the slow starting after 45 min to an hour on the...
• 93 Eurovan engine electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Carl Scheider
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:10:53 -0600
  ...Was wondering if any of you had encountered it and had some wisdom! I've owned 5 of these, starting in 1974, so I...
• 86 Syncro Engine cut out
  Historical mailing list - Drew Jenkins
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:06:01 -0500
  ...I drove to the tow company, started it and it fired right up. I went to pick up my wife and our children and...
• Re: Continuous Duty Solenoid vs Starter Solenoid; Visual Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:24:00 -0700
  ...http://saginawwings.com/monty-answerman/relay.htm this excerpt shed some more light: "The intermittent [solenoid] contacts are made to break large starter motor...
• Re: Stranded... Still... One problem to another
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:37:35 -0400
  Hi Andrew, Can you bump start it? Not possible with an automatic but it's easy if your bus is a manual. Push it...
• Re: Initial start failures
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:26:48 -0500
  ...When you start the car, the ECU runs it for thirty seconds in "open loop" mode and than hands it over to the sensors...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:42:25 -0400
  ...The engine starts and runs just fine and may be OK several days. Then after you've turned it off and come back to...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:20:28 -0500
  ...Throttle Switch and Failure to Start. After 5 days of torrential rain, I went to start my 2.1L WBX and it was no...
• Re: '56 Kombi update: DMV/clutch
  Historical mailing list
  4 Nov 94 11:47
  ...I always put the clutch down when I start the FIAT to give it a little more chance of starting. Lee. L.S.Griffiths...
• Stumblin' and misfiren'
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jul 94 18:38:53 PDT
  ...I _never_ have the problem when I first start driving, although it will usually start within 30 seconds or minute of driving. Cold weather...
• I'm back
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:54:16 -0500
  ...The starter has refused to start. I will have to pull it this weekend. Any one have any tips on starter removal on an...
• '86 Accumulating Electrical Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:49:42 -0400
  It started with the classic stumbling problem so I cleaned up the AFM and installed a 22�F, 25v capacitor. No more stumbling at...
• Re: Update, My vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 23:20:38 -0400
  I found several years ago that my '86 Vanagon with a weak battery would not start (although the engine would turn over just fine...
• Re: while on the idle topic
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 18:49:54 -0400
  ...while on the idle topic > If I start my 84 westy cold. It will idle fine for about 1-2 minutes, > start to sputter...
• '87 2.1 Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 05:16:05 -0800
  My daughters' van has an intermittant starting problem. It will turn over and start, but will not idle. She can't take her foot...
• Re: screech upon starting
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:23:09 -0700
  ...screech upon starting > My 85 westy screeches when starting for about 5 seconds and then never > makes the sound again. Is this waterpump-----I...
• Help - Part 2
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Sat, 3 May 2014 09:35:29 -0500
  ...Went to start it up this morning starter turned a quarter turn and then died out. Now when I turn the key, I get...
• Re: Hello
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:51:29 -0800
  ...starter thoughts - Perhaps a cheap rebuilt starter was put in. I only use Bosch rebuilds myself. the 86 and up manual trans starter for...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:30:30 -0700
  ...Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change > After having now gone through the starter R&R one time, I have learned > that if the air...
• Re: Van died on me!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:49:54 -0800
  'usually' when there is a sound with stalling or not starting..... you think of the engine. the very first thing you do if you...
• Re: Recommended battery booster works great
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:39:51 -0800
  ...Whether a given > battery will start a given vehicle on a given occasion is a different question. > The device might start 8 small, low...
• Re: Castrol, QT, 5W50 vs. Amsoil - cold no-start
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:45:23 -0500
  ...Amsoil - cold no-start Even at 10 degrees, the 20w-50 should not keep it from starting. The issue is what happens after starting...
• '81 air-cooled--Timing slipping and jumping around, now it won't start!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:07:47 -0500
  ...This problem started in June on a long trip to the Northeast. The car stalled and took several minutes to restart. I reset the...
• No cold start and the shaft from the shop (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Gregory
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:59:04 EST
  My Boston bob 1.9l engine is having some starting issues. No cold start and hard warm start. Once running it works real fine...
• Re: Hi-torque starter installation
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:33:09 +0000
  ...The alternator to battery wire >actually joins at the starter. > >Mike > > >joe trussell wrote: >>I'm installing a GoWesty IMI starter, I'm not...
• Re: '85 Engine hesitation help
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:12:55 -0400
  ...The starter cranks the engine just fine > when I turn the key in the ignition lock. Battery power is good, > starter seems good. It...
• blower fan and wipers not working after aux. battery installation
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:37:37 -0600
  ...A couple of times (once on that trip) I have had it have a hard time starting when starting after several hours of driving...
• Re: Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:32:18 -0800
  ...so when it won't start hot .. I can tell if it's a fuel pressure issue or not. my hunch is fuel pressure...