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• Re: Van won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:30:18 -0400
  ...I had cleaned up the battery end of the cables previously, and will clean the starter ends before putting new starter in tomorrow night...
• Re: Broken scrunchy or what do you call this cable protector?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:33:58 -0700
  ...the starter and above my transmission are two cables > each with a plastic scrunchy like thing on them. they let the cable go in...
• Re: vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:03:41 -0500
  ...There can always be ground straps, corroded battery cables and such that cause the starter to draw too much current and overheat. However if...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:15:01 +0100
  ...in the cable. By the way, as far as I know the glow plugs stay on some time after engaging the starter. So for...
• Upgrading second battery system
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:54:16 +0000
  ...I plan to run the cable that currently goes from the charger to the starter battery to one side of the ACR and then...
• Re: amber verse cleard relays
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 01:29:04 EST
  ...There is already a 1/2" (approx) diameter cable between the battery and starter, so adding an additional 8ga wire here wouldn't add...
• Re: Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:25:10 -0800
  ...I used them on my inline (diesel bellhousing) starter 'plug in the wire" spade. I also use them to get my speedo cable itnto...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 15:30:42 -0300
  ...How to tell? <snip> >It's no big deal to replace the starter solenoid with a new or rebuilt >one. Really. Took me 1...
• Re: HELP! Loss of Voltage.. Am I thinking right?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:37:10 EDT
  ...I have a later model Vanagon starter cable if you need one (for when the battery is under the passenger seat) for $60 and...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 19:40:05 -0700
  ...You keep the VW starter in the stock position on the > tranny passenger side and then have a second starter in the Ford > position...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:18:21 -0700
  ...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: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 14:36:30 -0700
  ...But not touched the starter to battery cable except for cleaning terminals Alistair > On Apr 9, 2020, at 1:57 PM, vw_van_fan...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:46:44 -0500
  ...All I'd need then is one PowerPole to plug my modded jumper cables into. Since most jumper cables are 6GA wire, I'm...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:51:15 -0400
  The sympton you describe can also be caused by a lack of current available to the starter. Maybe that ground wire is bad. On...
• '81 Vanagon: 12V source in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:58:49 -0700
  ...of the engine air seal down to the starter and connect positive to the battery cable terminal and negative to the transmission. Is there...
• Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:45:12 -0700
  ...This allowed short power cables from battery to starter and small wires to ignition/starter switches. You can get them cheap from any FLAPS...
• Re: starter problems / i'm a novice
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 09:09:47 -0800
  ...replaced transmission to chassis ground cable > * replaced the battery > * replaced the starter > * replaced the ground to battery cable > * replaced plug wires > * installed new plugs...
• Re: Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Jul 2023 20:00:13 +0000
  ...onto the junction of big red cable at starter (I presume big red cable goes directly to starter battery) and charge battery that way?
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Battery to starter cable
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:37:27 +0000
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• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:27:04 -0500
  What is the dificulty rating on getting the starter out? Got the van on ramps right now. Per Bentley, doesn't seem to bad...
• hard starting Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:27:39 -0500
  ...the alternator's cable coming from the battery. It cranks very fast, starts right up. Been planing to pull the starter for a while...
• Having Vanagon electrical problems?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:18:57 EDT
  ...At first, I thought it was the starter. I removed it, and saw that the 4 gauge battery cable end connector was rusted. Rusted...
• Re: Can't start
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:13:15 -0600
  ...I tested the starter out of the engine with the jumper cable and the solenoid clicked and the motor ran. I had it in...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Apr 95 08:14:00 MST
  ...Actually, the starter is designed to run on about 8-10 volts. At the high starting currents, voltage is dropped across the cables, and...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay-Another thought!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:45:14 -0500
  ...Slow turning starters are usually a sign of a bad battery, cables, or the starter itself. For an upgrade ask for 87 and later...
• Re: Syncro Starter R&R on vacation? A Poll
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:50 -0700
  ...pay attention to just how the old starter tilts and rotates to come out and reverse this. Be sure to disconnect the negative cable...
• Re: What Specific Model Optima Auxiliary Battery Should I Buy? Any Comments on the Hella Kit?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:02:32 -0700
  ...about 4 1/2 feet.... (from a Battery/Starter wire cable sold at the FLAPS BTW) Bill
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:54:06 -0700
  just connect a remote starter switch to the starter first, and try it in place, first. this takes the ignition switch and neutral safety...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:04:02 -0500
  ...If you hot wire at the starter, you will bypass all the wiring from the key to the starter(except the large starter cable...
• Re: starter dead? 88 GL Auto
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:25:22 -0500
  ...My 90 Carat starter acted up on me a few days ago. It would not do a thing. It is old so I assumed...
• Re: alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:16:19 -0700
  ...alternator upgrade >Bill; >All you need is another cable between the alternator and starter. About >18 inches and the same size as the existing...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - James Foust
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:10:50 -0500
  ...After replacing the starter, alternator, battery, cables and fuses, I finally tried one more simple thing. (long pause for dramatic effect) I ran all...
• Been There Done That Starter Removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:53:42 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia -------------------------- Remove the starter motor: Disconnect the cables from the starter motor, if possible. The starter is secured by...
• Re: Battery Woes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:30:43 -0600
  ...Is this a symptom of the starter going bad or > is there something else I can check? Mark, Check/clean the battery cables, both...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:17:31 -0400
  ...high resistance in the starter motor > main current path, or weak starter battery. > > I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:36:06 -0700
  ...On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > starter current draw exceeds 60 amps for sure. > 150ish...
• Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:37:41 -0700
  ...solenoid to make the contact between the megajoule hugemongous starter cable and the starter motor itself. So if one disconnects the activating current that...
• Re: Easier battery jumping?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:31:10 -0700
  ...of the Vanagon (you'd have to run the cables to connect to the starter terminal). Then just plug them together when you need...
• Re: rust breaker?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 06:26:29 PST
  ...Drop the starter (two bolts) and work on it on the ground. If you do not have enough slack disconnect the cables at the...
• Re: Not starting
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:59:00 -0800
  ...Hit the starter, and all is dark - go rght to the battery cable clamps. Clean and tigten those. You goal is to get up...
• Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:12:00 -0600
  ...motion) Tried the same here (though cable bracket won't move very much due to the starter), and tried to lubricate the throttle shaft...
• Re: Starter One more time!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 1 May 2011 09:21:47 -0700
  ...Just get a set of jumper cables and bypass that big wire and put the red wire directly on the starter post that the...
• Re: non-starting vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:59:35 -0800
  ...Maybe they sold you a starter with a short post in which case it won't fit. Mark dgk1 wrote: > > ---Thanks to all for...
• Odd intermittent charging light problem (82 diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 16 May 2000 09:33:43 -0700
  ...12) The connection of the positive cable to the starter solenoid comes quite close to the body of the solenoid/transmission itself, and is...
• Re: Loose wire behind right rear spring
  Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 22:28:44 EDT
  ...out to be the OLD starter wire. I looked into the battery compartment and found the old battery cable shoved down and off to...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:43:38 -0800
  ...You just push on the bottom of a solenoid device that's in the battery cable, not on the starter, and the starter energizes...
• Re: dragging starter
  Historical mailing list - Web Design
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:21:04 -0500
  ...I've checked every ground (even installed a separate steel cable from the negative terminal on the starter to the chassis) but she just...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 09:14:52 -1000
  ...On 06/01/2016 05:52 AM, email99@bellsouth.net wrote: > I have a question about starter solenoid wiring on an '86 AT full...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:31:10 -0600
  ...starter rebuilt last year due to slow rpm and heavy amp draw making the cable get really hot!! My question is the starter relay...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 20:55:34 -0600
  ...You keep the VW starter in the stock position on the > > tranny passenger side and then have a second starter in the Ford > > position...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:55:36 -0800
  it was asked how much current a starter draws. up to 150 amps I'd say. and up to 100 easily, as a wild...
• Starter Relay and transmission
  Historical mailing list - Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor)
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:26:48 -0400
  1) I am going to fix my starter relay problem over the weekend. What kind of relay am I looking for? Are there different...
• Re: Positive Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 3 May 2012 09:40:12 -0700
  ...Positive Cable End My positive cable at at the starter end is showing corrosion and I have hard starting. �I'm thinking trying to...
• Re: [Having difficulty with the archives...but..my westy won't start...]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:36:22 MDT
  ...Check connection to starter motor solenoid (starter is above tranny, should be a red cable coming to it from the top). Wiggle it and...
• Re: was no start-my problem is intermittant sluggish starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:35:37 -0500
  ...If the voltage goes below that the amp reading will tell you if the starter is drawing too much current or the battery-cables...
• What's it worth?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:24:36 -0500
  ...New diesel starter conversion (sick of the old starters), good tires (General Altimax heavy duty 205x14- recommended by Dennis Haynes) Dennis Haynes Heavy Duty...
• Re: delayed start
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 17:50:44 -0500
  ...The starter prob. could either be stiff grease in the starter relay (on top of the starter) slowing the movement of the electrical points...
• Re: Broken scrunchy or what do you call this cable protector?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:25:56 -0400
  ...the starter and above my transmission are two cables >> each with a plastic scrunchy like thing on them. they let the cable go in...
• Re: Engine out, now in: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:27:42 -0400
  ...On mine the main heavy ground cable was not making a good enough connection. I was fooled by my volt meter because I had...
• Re: Upgrading second battery system
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:20:55 -0700
  ...I plan to run the cable that currently goes from the > charger to the starter battery to one side of the ACR and then...