I had this problem on my 90 Vanagon. Found that the connection on the
solenoid was loose. I squeezed the connecter a bit with a pair of needle
nose pliers, and it's worked fine ever since.

Mark B.

On 10/16/05, VWNut Hawk <vwnut@hawkcomputing.com> wrote:
>
> On a 84, where does the wire that connects to the solenoid connect to?
> I assume it must go through the ignition switch. Does anyone know off hand
> which one it is and where it is routed? I have a very flakey starting
> problem.
> Either my starter solenoid is going bad or I have a poor wiring connection
> that
> works most of the time.
>
>