Daryl,

That's exactly how the starter on my 90 Vanagon TD went a couple of months ago. Except I had parked on a ferry ramp, to buy some
french fries with mayonnaise (remember Pulp Fiction?) at a roadside snack stand. I put in a junkyard rebuild and it's been going
fine ever since.

Robin
90 Vanagon Atlantic TD
Holland

Daryl Densford wrote:

> Help!
>
> Question:  Would the starter on a '90 GL just go out all of the sudden,
> without any noticeable problems before hand?
>
> Story:  The starter never failed to start my Vanagon until one night I
> turned it off while in my local Krispy Kreme drive-thru (to cut down on
> noise--exhaust problems, another story!).  When I went to start it back up,
> I didn't even get a click!  I heard the fuel pump prime (?) when I turned
> the switch, but nothing else happened.
>
> I pop-started it to get it home, and crawled under it to find a wire going
> to the starter that had blown out from corrosion.  Assuming this was the
> only problem I took it to my local shop, (non-VW, since it was only a wire
> replacement that I couldn't get to), and he repalced the wire, cleaned all
> the connecitons, etc., then said that the starter was bad.
>
> Does this sound right?  Would it go out all of the sudden without gradually
> indicating a problem coming?
>
> Thanks for your help!!
>
> Daryl
> Blue '90 GL in NY (still FS!)

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