The answer is obvious: Labor Day Weekend-shopping at Sam's Club-Sam's Club is owned by Wal-Mart-Both Sam's and Wal-Mart treat employees like S**t- Bad karma for Vanagon. Solution: NEVER spend your money at Sam's Club or Wal-Mart. Do what I do, I shopped at Costco yesterday (CEO takes a $500K salary and average hourly wage of a Costco employee is $17.00/hr) and my Vanagon started right up. Just sayin'. Happy Labor Day weekend folks! Jeff Stewart Proud Member of IBEW Local 21 ----- Original Message -----
> Scenario:
> Sam's parking lot with a nice slope.
> Vehicle - '88 GL with manual Tranny.
> Park. First gear. set Brake. Exit vehicle.
> Spend the money in Sams.
> Back to the parking lot.
> Unlock, enter driver side, close door - WHAM - door won't even shut.
> Bounces back open. Examine locking mechanism - something is loose.
> Work
> with the little loose thingamajig until it flips over and will engage
> the locking bar on the door post. (Mental note to self - look and see
> what's loose when home.)
> Key in the ignition - Tranny to neutral, turn switch - system hot,
> pause
> - turn switch to engage starter. Starter engages and turns engine like
> crazy. Engine refuses to start. Doesn't even sputter. Ignition off -
> try
> a gain. Same scene. No start - even a sputter.
> Next effort: Vehicle in 3rd gear - clutch in, ignition on but not to
> start, release brake, turn wheels towards down hill, start to roll.
> Pick
> up a little speed, release clutch, engine coughs, starts, runs fine
> all
> the way home.
> Test: Tried it again. Same scenario. Starter turns engine but it won't
> start. Roll it down hill, engage engine with ignition on - starts
> every
> time.
> It's a mystery.
> Anyone have any ideas as to what's going on?? Door AND engine??
> Vanagon
> gremlins have taken up residency maybe? I'm mystified.
> Thanks,
> John