Walter,

I've had several vw's that had solenoid problems and on the last one I
determined the outter coil in the solenoid shrank or swelled up whichever
and caused the metal plunger to bind. I put the plunger in my lath and
polished the surface and the starter is still good. It's in a 91 jetta
diesel with 280k miles on it.

Good luck with the screws.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "walter bahm" <wbahm@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:20 AM
Subject: starters and solenoids

> Some time ago mention was made of replacing the
> solenoid of the vanagon start using a Ford solenoid
> ($7 item i believe).
>
> recently became obsessed with the starter on a 5-cyl
> quantum.  with the starter dismounted from the engine
> the electric motor can be made to spin by hot wiring
> it, however, the solenoid is unable to thrust the
> drive gear.  i've tried to remove the mounting screws
> to pull the solenoid but only succeeded to warp the
> philip screw head.
>
> so what is the trick here ?   are these units
> rebuildable ?
>
> if so, where best to get replacement solenoids ?
>
> thanks
>
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