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Re: So stuff even happens to me!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:15:01 +0000
...So thinking just a case of maybe solenoid sticking or excessive voltage drop. So get tool box. Piece of wire. This is a GoWesty...
Re: Runaway starter - 88 GL w/2.1L WBX
Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:17:03 -0400
...Is it possible that the issue is with the starter switch, and not the starter solenoid. One way to test would be to supply...
Another no start problem
Historical mailing list - clark duff
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:34:29 -0400
...After I removed the starter, I found the wire from the solenoid to the starter motor was broken. I installed a new starter, but...
Starter Wire Connection
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:15:14 -0700
...The wire harness feeding the starter solenoid has TWO red wires coming out of it: a thicker gauge one with a black plastic female...
Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:42:02 -0800
...I use those to make a dash- mounted 'hot button' directly to the starter solenoid on some of my vanagons. Or to trigger a...
Re: [WetWesties] Help!!! Won't start
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:11:45 -0400
If the solenoid definitely clicks when you turn the key, the ignition switch and the switch at the shifter are probably OK. The next...
RE: Electric Heaters / isolater
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
...A guy at a >local auto electric shop said solenoids are fine and cost A LOT less!! >I would like to know if there...
Starter not working - problem solved
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:35:46 -0800
...What I ended up doing was removing the starter, taking the solinoid apart and cleaning the solenoid. I also polished the solenoid plunger (I...
Re: <syncro> starter differences
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 26 May 1998 20:54:50 -0700
At 02:05 PM 5/25/98 -0300, Tim Smith wrote: >Hi, > >Syncro starter is same BUT the solenoid is different!! Enough that a...
Re: Starters...
Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
Fri, 23 Jun 1995 19:35:28 -0700 (PDT)
...That's an expensive starter, isn't it? Should I be suspicious of burrs on the ring gear, bad ground, and somehow the solenoid...
Re: Dead (almost) in the garage
Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:29:24 -0500
If it is the starter solenoid, you can get a new starter (w/solenoid) from your FLAPS. with a lifetime warranty. Here in Minneapolis...
Re: Battery cable question
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:04:36 -0500
...the ignition switch to the starter solenoid as well as cleaning the male spade connector on the solenoid, and cleaned the ground strap connectors...
Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:49:18 -0500
...They used the remote solenoid to energize the motor. The rotation of the motor threw out the gear to engage the flywheel. Our use...
Re: Starter won't engage ring gear when sit for a while
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:32:35 -0400
...This prevents the >armature >from being over run and destroyed during the brief moment when the >engine >starts and the solenoid is released. Most...
Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:02:29 -0800
The kits in question are not extra solenoids, just a small relay. If weather conditions are a concern Jay's kit is designed for...
More 1.9l Starter Questions
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:27:24 -0400
...one has a nose, a cover over the solenoid and different connections on the solenoid. Several vendors show different numbers for early and late...
Re: relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 27 May 2003 23:54:14 -0400
...Mike '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL Westy > I recently did the "piggy back relay on the starter solenoid fix" to > cure my starter...
Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
Historical mailing list - Don Spence
Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:38:23 -0700
Early Triumphs (probably MGs too) had a rubber covered push button on the solenoid so it could be operated manually. Helpful when testing compression...
Solenoid/starter problem or ignition switch
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Thu, 6 Dec 2012 22:04:27 -0500
...Something else happended recently that I thought might have been the solenoid/starter popping back out from the flywheel where the starter did not...
alternator charge initiation
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:20:07 -0800
...I do have a solenoid in the circuit for cabin battery charging but the problem persists even if I switch out that solenoid. Did...
Re: '72-'74 carb? anyone with one of these please go look.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 May 1996 17:43:34 -0700
At 10:10 AM 5/16/96, Ed Gould wrote: >there are two solenoids and a plate that says solex on it, all of...
starter
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:48:19 -0600
...This sounds like a dry bushing but could instead be a hanging solenoid. Either way it sounds bad, but what are the most likely...
Re: Electrical/starter problem??
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:02:30 EDT
...I had this problem on my '84 and solved by removing the starter and then opening up the solenoid and cleaning it up with...
Starting problem
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:19:37 -0700
...Ignition switch load reduction relay ('low voltage relay'?) wire betwixt the starter and solenoid solenoid starter starter (lower) bushing in the xmission battery loose...
Re: Solenoid-to-starter wire replacement?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:35:35 -0500
...Everyone should be sure to apply grease or something to protect that short little cable between the solenoid and the starter body; it has...
Re: Re[2]: US License plate fetish
Historical mailing list
Wed, 5 Oct 94 09:09:51 MDT
...The wire that operates the solenoid on the > starter apparently decays and causes this problem of > slow started - I don't see how myself...
Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:09:58 EDT
...Clamp onto the smaller wire on the solenoid, run cables around right side. Sit in driver's seat, turn key on, lean over and...
Re: Dumb Question - Remote Start Switch
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:02:30 -0400
...Basically the spade terminal on the starter solenoid needs +12V to activate the solenoid and starter. The +12v can be found on the large...
Water boxer cooling
Historical mailing list
Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:48:47 -0500
...The number for the solenoid is, BOSCH 0331 303 056-556. I had trouble finding a source, just for the solenoid. FLAPS only listed...
Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:34:42 -0500
Again, a temporary fix is adding the John Muir/Gene Berg styled auxillary Solenoid,especially if a rap with a hammer seems to get...
ignition switch/steering lock housing
Historical mailing list - John Schaper
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:35:24 -0800
...Was able to start car by hot wiring solenoid, so it is not the problem. Also check continuity of wire from ignition switch to...
Re: Starter problems
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 12:50:11 -0800
...The solenoid also closes the contacts that energize the starter armature, so a bad or sticky solenoid will just click or nothing. Check all...
Re: Starter One more time!!
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sun, 1 May 2011 09:21:47 -0700
John Muir explained many years ago in his long famous "Idiot's Guide" a procedure to check the starter and solenoid which I feel...
Re: Slow starting when hot
Historical mailing list
Wed, 21 May 1997 06:03:41 -0400
...I don't know if the Vanagons starter motor is a two part device where you replace the starter and solenoid separatly or not...
RE: Starter Woes
Historical mailing list - Sean O'Corrain
Wed, 25 Jun 97 13:56:47 -0500
...The starter was in pretty good shape, but the solenoid was shot. Cost was 85.00 including 15.00 overnight shipping to get a...
Solenoid Fix (was: How to turn the van over from the back)
Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 07:56:11 -0700
...At the time he mentioned that there was a Solenoid Fix available to avoid this problem but he didn't elaborate. Anyone know about...
Re: Adding Battery Relay
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Mon, 29 May 2006 08:29:57 -0700
...blue wire triggers "alternator working" relay, which supplies 12v to coil of solenoid-type aux battery relay. The solenoid coil grounds through the NC...
Re: Printing w HP1020 off a Deep Cycle Battery
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:39:55 -0700
For purposes of this discussion, the solenoid IS a relay. In auto parts speak, a distinction is often made that does not exist. Don...
RE: please help -- starting problem
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:05:00 -0400 (EDT)
...Turn key, fuel pump hums, idiot lights light, no solenoid click or starter crank. I replaced my starter and no problems now. My no...
Re: So stuff even happens to me!
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Sat, 4 Apr 2020 08:36:56 -0400
...Being an automatic I know that > voltage drops to the solenoid can be a problem although the GW starters > usually aren’t that fussy...
Re: Re-occuring problem
Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:15:35 -0700
...the starter solenoid which, over the years, increase resistance to the point they won't carry enough current to the solenoid to activate the...
Re: no start :(
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:42:40 -0800
...Don Geiger writes: >A while back I had the hot starter/no start problem and did the second >solenoid thing, and that seemed to...
Re: 85 will not start
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Tue, 29 May 2001 21:17:09 -0400
LeeAnn The second solenoid is put on when the first one needs extra help and is not stock. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "LeeAnn Medlock...
Re: Starter related question.
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:01:21 -0400
Check the short cable between the solenoid carefully. If it is faulty, it might be the reason that your solenoid actvates but not the...
Re: electric mirror trouble...
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sun, 29 May 2005 21:42:10 -0800
...When you press up or down, the switch energizes the solenoids so the motors "switch gears" to move the mirrors up-down. My guess...
Re: 84 Vanagon Starter problem
Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
Wed, 11 Sep 2002 17:27:52 -0600
Since you're hearing nothing at all, the solenoid is not working. That's either because electricity's not making it there, or because...
Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Sep 1995 13:58:28 -0500
...What I eventually did was >have an aftermarket Ford solenoid put on IN ADDITION to the VW one that is >in there. The advantage...
Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Sep 1995 13:58:29 -0500
...What I eventually did was >have an aftermarket Ford solenoid put on IN ADDITION to the VW one that is >in there. The advantage...
Re: 88 4sp starter trouble
Historical mailing list - Mike
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:20:21 -0400
...It does sound like the solenoid internal contacts are burnt, and not relaying 12V to the motor during engagement. As a side note; if...
Re: Some potentially stupid actions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 6 Nov 2010 23:29:48 -0400
At 07:22 PM 11/6/2010 -0600, miguel pacheco wrote: >How about a solenoid operated, normally open, SDV (shut down valve.) >The coil...
Stuck Solenoid????
Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:35:31 -0700
...My mechanic is suggesting a stuck Solenoid and swapping out a starter will fix it, can I get your thoughts? Symptoms: often there is...
Re: Sluggish starter fix
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:06:38 -0800
...which is about a 50th of the current it used to have to deliver to the solenoid. AND... if the solenoid is getting fired...
Re: need help with starter problem, 1990 Vanagon GL, 4spd 2.1L
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:14:25 -0800
...Its been raining heavy here, could the > starter wires > have gotten wet, come off or the starter or solenoid froze up? Any > way to...
Dead battery or other problem?
Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:54:21 -0800
...The import FLAPS couldn�t get a solenoid so I replaced the entire starter & solenoid. On my return trip (w/ new starter) it failed...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:28:18 -0700
...The solenoid was wired to connect when the engine was running. My setup started off pretty simple, then it got silly. Rather than put...
Re: no start no click
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:07:15 -0500
Before you do anything else check that the spade connector to the back of the solenoid is solidly connected. Jim Sent from my iPhone...
Re: Didn�t' start
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:04:20 -0800
...maybe a search in the archives for > solenoid might help out. good luck > > > ===== > Scott Wilson > 85 GL Westfalia > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus...
Another no start problem
Historical mailing list - clark duff
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:45:29 -0400
...After I removed the starter, I found the wire from the solenoid to the starter motor was broken. I installed a new starter, but...
Re: No spark, help
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:18:57 -0400
...I checked for spark > from solenoid, no spark. Exchanged solenoids, still no spark. Cleaned > groundwires still no luck. Van ran great just yesterday. > > Can...
Won't start..
Historical mailing list - stu schwartz
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:20:09 -0400
...to all that responded...my westy wouldn't start but it wasn't the battery...it was a loose connection near the starter/solenoid...