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• Re: No activity from starter
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:09:07 -0500
  ...I believe that this means that if the starter brushes, etc. > are bad enough, the solenoid will not activate, with a relay or not...
• Re: Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:58:10 -0700
  JIm, Sounds like it does the same thing as the Ford solenoid -- and a lot cheaper!. I looked it up on BusDepot.com and...
• Re: Dumb Question - Remote Start Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:38:20 -0700
  ...That will trigger the starter solenoid. If you do it that way, put a male spade on one end of 2 pieces of wire...
• Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:31:29 -0500
  ...On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Tom Lambas <twlambas@gmail.com> wrote: > If it is the starter solenoid, you can get...
• Re: Advice please
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:25:32 -0400
  ...then the solenoid ... then clean and re-grease the solenoid. (Need I say .... reassemble in reverse order?) Good luck, Mike '84 GL 7 pass...
• Re: Battery isolator question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:02:22 -0700
  ...On 7/31/14, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > I like an automatic charge controller (ACR) over a simple relay/solenoid. >> On Jul...
• Re: Propane
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gordon
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:08:07 -0500
  ...Install a "Sniffer" and cutoff solenoid in the low pressure side of the regulator. This is a very common practice in boating. The sniffer...
• Re: Intermittent starting problem, part II,
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 16:33:38 -0600 (MDT)
  ...He also doesn't believe in just > replacing the solenoid, so he gave me an estimate to replace the starter: > $542 which includes 12mo...
• Re: Time to hammer the starter/solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:59:42 -0400
  ...Time to hammer the starter/solenoid????> To: > vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > A few whacks with a ball peen hammer used to > do the trick...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:16:03 -0400
  ...On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM, email99@bellsouth.net < email99@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I have a question about starter solenoid wiring...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 11:02:27 -0800
  ...But I still relied on a plain Jane spade connection to the solenoid. > > I'm wondering if I should solder the spade connection on...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 09:33:12 +0000
  ...As soon as I whack the solenoid the van starts right at the time of the whack. I've read several other posts in...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:07:49 -0500
  Screwdriver across the solenoid ignition wire and starter wire. Always hated doing that, though. I'd first suspect grounds. Not sure how things are...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Russ
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 13:57:08 -0500
  ...This is it,turn the key motor dose not turn over, but if I jump out the solenoid it will start so this is...
• Re: Electric Supercharger
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 18:32:30 -0500
  > No, because the fuel solenoid valve shuts off the fuel. ah ^^;;; didn't know they had such things... i'm not a diesel person...
• Re: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:21:05 -0800
  ...replacing that cable from solenoid to starter motor. I'm a little suspecios of that 'repair' myself. that sounds like 'extending the life' of...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:24:27 -0500
  ...The solenoid is an inductive > load and when the power is disconnected there is a huge voltage spike. > That spike can jump over a...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:55:56 -0800
  ...The solenoid is an inductive load >> and when the power is disconnected there is a huge voltage spike. That >> spike >> can jump over a...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:38:17 -0400
  ...You want double break contacts like in those >> solenoid type cans. Not a small lighting relay. >> >> >I can say from experience that a good...
• Re: Bizzare starter problems.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Olsen
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:23:44 +1000
  Terrry, Does the solenoid pull in. Is there a klunk. If not it is going to be the old sticky solenoid problem. Tapping the...
• Re: Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Toomey
  Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:50:45 +0000
  ...If the solenoid is clicking you are telling it to go. It could be the resistance of the solenoid circuit is too high for...
• The spirit of the Type II lives!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 May 1997 14:44:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Well, I was brought back to reality when my Westy would not start, and a few whacks on the solenoid was all it took...
• Stuck Solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:51:17 EDT
  I second Tony's suggestion -- get a hard start relay kit from bus boys. Solved the same problem in my van. Now it turns...
• Re: no start?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:31:26 -0500
  ...The starter consists of two main components, the motor and the solenoid. The solenoid has two functions. When triggered by the ignition switch the...
• Re: Stuck Solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:34:03 -0700
  ...Stuck Solenoid???? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > Steve, > > > > I'm not sure on how your solenoid is wired, but on my > > 81 it is...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning... UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:57:40 -0800
  ...Mike On 2/19/03 11:20 AM, "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: > Vanagon starters sometimes have solenoids that freeze in the barrel...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 18:23:54 -0500 (CDT)
  ...snip> > Short directly across the terminals for the live wire and the solenoid: > nothing? Then it's the solenoid. Replace it. > > Oh, you'll...
• Re: Starter wiring access. 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:36:39 -0400
  David, The wire that actually operates the solenoid is a push on connector. If loose, it is probably corroded away from those NY days...
• Re: One or two? Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:28:49 -0400
  ...Westy campers have the refrigerator control relay tied to the alternator warning light one side with the ground being completed through the solenoid coil...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:04:32 -0600
  ...I have all the other comments, and will pursue the ignition switch, the solenoid, and ghosts and goblins. But, it was raining like a...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:53:52 -0700
  You can purchase the solenoid separate from the starter, it is about $70. If you take the starter out, make sure you do not...
• Re: 87 GL Intermittantly Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 May 2003 18:37:12 -0400
  ...If you have ~10 volts at the solenoid, it should go. If you do, than the starter solenoid is probably bad. It is possible...
• Re: St. Muir Solenoid Trick
  Historical mailing list - Bob R. Kenyon
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 10:28:44 -0700 (PDT)
  On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Thom Fitzpatrick wrote: > >>Quick question: > >> > >> Does the solenoid rely on contact with the body for its ground, or > >>is...
• Starter Interchange
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 02:30:25 -0400
  ...they look to be the same other than the vanagon starters have a longer stud on the solenoid. can anyone comment on this? specifically...
• Re: battery cable contact problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Wed, 19 May 1999 22:51:46 -0230
  Darie, The problem with my vanagon starter turned out to be bad contacts in the solenoid. The ground wire fix didn't solve this...
• Re: Subject: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:45:06 -0800
  ...I here the fuel pump come on, there is 12v > at the > main starter lead and less than 4 at the solenoid when turning...
• 82 won't crank was 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:18:21 -0400
  ...I had this problem last winter and was able to take a long 1x2 and bang the solenoid and it cranked after that. Now...
• Re: Won't start in the mornings.....
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 08:49:29 -0600
  ...A solenoid/motor that isn't moving is basically a short circuit... -jeff mike and shari wrote: > > I converted my syncro to a subie...
• Intermittent starting problem, part II,
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 05 Mar 1996 15:53:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I called the dealer with the list suggestion for replacing the solenoid and he came back with an estimate for $372. He also doesn...
• Re: Can I buy just a solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:26:50 -0700
  >"I've purchased a solenoid only from the dealer, so I'd expect the online >vendors could similarly supply one." I haven't checked...
• Bosch rebuilt starters
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:02:42 -0700
  These come with a replacement nut to tighten down the wire connections to the solenoid. For some reason this is a half-width nut...
• Re: help interpreting starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 1 May 2005 16:13:29 -0400
  ...Upon turning > the key and i can hear the fuel pump and a click of > the solenoid but no cranking at all. > > My battery...
• '72 Bus Starter Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:19:18 -0700 (MST)
  ...Any ideas? I did a cursory examination of the starter/solenoid, and didn't notice anything out-of-the-ordinary. The solenoid was replaced...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:09:24 -0700
  ...Starters have a magnetic switch often called a solenoid but really just a big relay with an iron core activator that works like a...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Dean G
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:59:35 -0400
  ...Does the solenoid engage? It could be your solenoid if it doesn't push out the starter gear. I don't know if these...
• Re: Deep cycle battery problem...95 eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 27 May 1998 02:56:11 EDT
  ...If it does click, replace the solenoid. If the solenoid is passing the 13.5 to 14.0 volts, then check the two INLINE...
• Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:31:48 -0700
  ...Here's a document on the solenoids for those who are interested: www.venselenterprises.com/...files/solenoidrebuildingarticle.pdf I had an extra used solenoid...
• Re: starter solenoid heads south
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 May 2002 14:11:55 -0400
  ...The contacts in the >solenoid are pretty well taking as much as the battery can give! Plus the >contacts close when solenoid is tested...
• RE: '71 Ignition Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:28:18 -0400
  ...short across the solenoid >> (the two big connections) to see if the starter spins, then short the > >Either take the starter out before doing...
• Re: Air-cooled fuel pump ...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:56:23 -0700
  ...Also it looks like power comes from 30 on starter solenoid. The FP relay has two solenoids. One is activated from the ign. switch...
• Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:38:02 -0700
  ...Solenoid and starter can be separated at the solenoid end. Take off the solenoid. (To prevent binding wipe off any dirt or corrosion on...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:37:54 -0700
  You can always pull the ignition wire from the solenoid and, with the key on, jump 12V to the solenoid from the alternator + post...
• Re: ntermitent no start/turnover 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:46:38 -0600
  ...I crawled under the bug and stuck a screwdriver between the battery terminal and ignition switch terminal on the solenoid (dumb solution, but I...
• starter/solenoid: final chapter
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Thu, 14 Mar 96 15:31:29 EST
  ...Get under car and check the fuel pump connection on the solenoid. Looks OK to me. Try again. Same thing. So I sit on...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem and warm Surging--let me know if I'm confusing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:47:51 -0600
  ...There is a place for 2 solenoids on the upper right engine bay, you may have 2 solenoids, one or none. Depending if you...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 12:12:35 -1000
  ...but it's not via a small red wire at the solenoid terminal. My 86 has that small wire too. I'm just leaving...
• Re: Trouble coming my way? Starter delay
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:19:49 -0800
  ...Usually caused by the ignition switch > circuit not supplying enough current to activate the solenoid. > The starter itself is usually OK. A *hard start...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 22 May 2015 01:04:04 -0400
  ...Does anyone know how much current the 2002 TDI gear drive starter solenoid draws? My present switch is failing in the starter solenoid circuit...
• Re: Van broken down in Paso Robles 5/27/2014 10 AM - Any recommendations for mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P Gilleran
  Tue, 27 May 2014 10:42:49 -0700
  ...I am hoping that it is a simple matter of the solenoid, starter and or battery. We have had the van 3 years and...
• Re[2]: US License plate fetish
  Historical mailing list
  5 Oct 94 24:43
  ...The wire that operates the solenoid on the starter apparently decays and causes this problem of slow started - I don't see how myself...