On 12/6/04 8:37 PM, "Dennis" <guskersthecat@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> For those of you experienced with the internals of the vanagon starter:
> 
> When doing my engine conversion, I had my 1990 Westy starter rebuilt.  In
> the year the project languished, the starter lay unused, and the rebuilder
> retired.
> 
> Increasingly, (about 50% of the time) the starter spins up, but does not
> engage the flywheel.  Naturally it never did this before the rebuild.  I
> removed it once, and took it in to another bosch shop.  They bench tested
> and gave it back declaring it fit for service (they didn't energize it more
> than once I would guess).  So before I remove it again and bring it in, any
> thoughts?  My guess is that despite being freshly rebuilt, I now have a bad
> final drive.
> 
> 
Sounds like a possible hanging solenoid.  Sometime disassembling that part
and cleaning with some lube at the pivot points will fix that up for you.
The lever that pushes the gear section out can be a problem on rebuilds
depending on how they were done.

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