Tim,
I don't know much about the auto trans. It may be worth checking to see
if your battery cables and earths(grounds )are good for the starter
problem -especially if you have aftermarket battery cables-I recently
found that mine had steel, not copper ends. I know

that stainless steel has 1/50 th the conductivity of pure copper, I
wouldn't think that plain steel would be any better
Or, you can look at the starter solenoid to see that it activates.
Robert Keezer
1982 Westfalia
Seattle

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:38:16 +0100 Timothy Lee Harrison
<tim@HARRISONLAND.CO.UK> writes:
> A few days ago, there was a post from M. Burha about the automatic
> transmission
> hesitating before taking up drive.
>
> There doesn't seem to have been much response, but I was wondering
> if any listees have had any experience of this and what could be
> causing it.
>
> In particular,  on a cold start the engine  starts and runs OK, but
> movement in either
> forward or reverse drive is ever soooooo slow! I only recently
> changed
> transmission
> fluid, but the trans works pervectly once it's been "revved" for
> about 30
> secs or so.
>
> Is this a problem that is likely to get worse (I've not had my bus
> for
> long) or will it just
> sit there and be one of those little idiosyncracies that I'll get
> used to?
>
> On another  topic, my starter motor does something similar: on a
> cold day,
> I turn the key
> and .... nothing. Lights come on, but no response whatsoever. Then,
> out of
> the blue,
> the darned thing turns the engine and starts. Starts every time,
> without
> fail (or at least it
> has up to now!), but there's often quite a delay between turning the
> key
> and the starter
> jumping into action.
>
> Again, is this likely to get worse, or just another idiosyncracy?
> Anyone
> know what causes
> behaviour?
>
> Tim (H) from the  sunny UK
>
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