If he is stranded, just run a wire from the starter directly to the
plus terminal on the battery.  What I did was take an aligator clip
and run it to the big nut on the starter.  Then I ran a jumper
cable to the live terminal of the battery, then with the westy in
park, and the parking brake on, connect the jumper and the solenoid.
The engine will start.  Disconnect the wires and drive to Radio Shack
and buy the 15 amp relay or maybe your battery will get charged enough
to turn the engine over once you drive it for a while.

Once I did this when I was at point reyes, which is about 30 minutes
north of SF, then I simply drove home over the golden gate bridge, to
my house on the peninsula, about an hour away.  When I home, I ended
up replacing a fuse on the relay that I didn't check before.  However,
the point is that I made it home.  :-)

-- Craig

On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Mark Ingalls wrote:

> Or maybe a remote starter tool like folks used to use when they did their
> own tune-ups MAY at least get the Ruskin's  through their trip.
>
> I've never used one but I believe they do the same thing as the hard start
> kit, just the remote starter tool you have to hook up every time you want to
> use it. Which means crawling under the van. But it is something most any
> auto parts store would have on hand. Or they used to..... and it should be
> fairly cheap.
>
> Just be sure to read the instructions so you don't run yourself over!
>
> Mark Ingalls
>
>
>
>
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Craig Oda   craigoda@communitybuilders.info
VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic
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