The brushes in the starter are too short now.  Need to change them.  Cheap.
I found them at a Auto Electrical repair shop.  They even had brushes for
the alternator.
As a matter of interest, I had this problem with one of my T2 buses and when
I took it to the shop, they did not know what to do.  They charged me for
some small thing and it was still the same.  Took me time to figure it out.

As a matter of other interest; the same thing happened to one of my
customers on her fuel pump.  It was working for a while, than it was not
when it warmed up after 15 minutes.
Zoltan
But I could be wong ...

----- Original Message -----
From: "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: No Start Problem(one More Thing)

I also forgot to mention, when it does it, it is on the first start of the
day, the rest of the day it starts fine.

Jeff Stewart

----- "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

Sorry, folks, every time I post something like this I DO reread it to check
if I have given all the info,and even though I *think* I have, I haven't.
Jiggling the shift lever or putting it in neutral doesn't help. The
connections at the starter and the battery are very clean. It does not have
the hard start relay, I haven't put one of those on since a '77 Bay Westy I
owned years ago, but maybe I need to look into that, cheaper than a starter!
Here's how it goes (and typical of my life!) I have the day off from work
and have planned to do more than humanly possible in one day. At 7:45 this
morning I run out and jump in the van to go to Lowes. Turn the key about 20
times and nothing-warning 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

Jeff Stewart

----- "Paul Guzyk" <paullist08@GUZYK.COM> wrote:

Try "jiggling" gear shift around Park and Neutral while turning key to
start.

keep foot on brake just in case.

You can also remove gear shift housing cover and bypass switch to test if it
is the problem.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:41 AM, David Milo <dellaone@gmail.com> wrote:

> Could be the neutral safety switch in the gear selector. Try shifting to
> neutral and see if it will start then.
>
>

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