At 01:48 PM 11/30/2010, J Stewart wrote:
>lights on, fuel pump whirring away, nothing from the starter.
>Daughter comes out of the house to go to school. I get out of the
>van and commandeer her New Beetle, drive her to school and run my
>errands. Get back home, and just for the fun of it, go to the van
>and try to start it- the &^$% fires right up! It's been doing this
>for a few weeks now and its driving me crazy! Jeff

If you go feel around the starter and find that the control wire
isn't plugged in but just waving about in the vicinity of the
terminal, will you send me five bucks?

Since that's happened to me with both a Fiat and a Vanagon I feel
qualified to suggest it.

For my sins I've owned a Sunbeam Alpine, a Fiat 128, a Saab 96 V4 and
a '78 Horizon.  So Vanagons don't scare me much...

:)
d