What do you mean by "it just grinds". Is the starter grinding or making noises without turning the engine or is the engine turning as it should but not starting? 

Dennis

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of john schaper
Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 6:40 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees

The symptions for my 84 is that when it is cold out by California standards, ie 40 degrees, it won't start--just grinds. But when I come home from work and its 60+ degrees, it starts right up and runs great Over the past year replaced the following: catalytic converter, AFM, Hall sender, fuel pump, changed the filters, half the fuel injuectors. Battery connections look solid, vacuum lines all connected and hoses look good, gas tank was R&R'd about a year ago and cleaned out. I'm totally at a loss and can't figure out what part could be bad to even replace. Not that I have ill will toward fellow vanagonites, but I hope someone else has had this problem and can make suggestions.