John,

I saw mention of using a relay to fix starter problems in a recent
search of the archives.  What wasn't clear to me was how or where to
install it.  I saw one vague sentence about installing it somewhere
along the wiring route front to back.  Maybe my searches missed some
post that had the details.

Also the writer of most of those posts on this indicated that in 3 of  4
vans where he did this, and got improved starting results, he still had
to have the starter rebuilt sometime later.

Any clarity on installing this relay would be appreciated.  If it simply
replaces one already in the van, which one?  I tried to identify this in
Bentley without success.  Maybe I missed something or didn't persist
long enough.

I solved my problem for the moment when I realized I had a starter from
another 84 in the garage and swapped those.   It works.  But I am sure
others would appreciate some help on this as it is a common problem.

Sam

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Sam Walters
Baltimore, MD

89 Syncro GL
85 Westy Weekender
84 Vanagon, original owner, soon to be retired, just too many problems

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