if one if going to be that dedicated to the 'hammer method' .....
then why not rig a hammer on a pivot near the starter ........
spring loaded to retract for the next whack,
and operated by a rope running up front.
No need to go 'back there' to do the hammer thing that way.
I think I'll make a kit and market it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Dor�" <josephpdore@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: '84 Westy call on Car Talk

> My father owned a 1978 Westy and had cut a hole in the sheet metal
> beneath the rear bench, for easy interior access to the starter, so he
> could smack it with a prybar and hammer every time it didn't want to
> fire.  Worked every time.
>
> Joe
> Stratford, ON - 1982 Westfalia
>
>
> On 10-Oct-09, at 10:53 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>
> A lady from Minnesota called with a starter problem.  The brothers
> advised that she keep her existing bat in the car to whack the starter
> when needed although she had bought a replacement starter.  Sounds
> like she has the situation under control.
>
> Stephen