I cleaned up my grounds and It "SEEMS" to have at least partially solved the
problem. It definitely has started successfully every time since, though
still slightly labored. Better, but still not ideal. I believe it to be the
starter as my next likely problem. It is a 1.9 (3/4hp) used original starter
now turning a higher compression 2.0L Ford Focus engine.....
So it's fair to assume that's a weak point.

-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:58 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 12:54 PM 5/12/2010, craig cowan wrote:
>
>> One important thing to note is that this was NOT at all a problem before
>> the
>> winter. Then the van sat for the winter only being started occasionally.
>> And
>> that keeps leading me back to battery.....
>>
>
> Look where Mark said.  If that's not obviously it,  get your voltmeter out
> and find out where the missing voltage is while someone cranks for you.
>  Measure from ground to battery neg, neg to pos, pos to starter, starter to
> ground.  When you've got the general area, measure from terminal to
> connector and connector to wire to localize it.
>
> Yours,
> David
>