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Subject:Re: New Starter - Works, but no start
From:mark drillock
Date:Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:21:44 -0700

If this happened right when the starter was changed then he probably
left a wire off the starter. The fuel injection gets power from the
starter motor post, from a red wire that goes on the post along with the
big wire from the battery. If just the big wire is put back on the
starter will crank the engine fine but the engine can't start with no
power being passed to the fuel injection system. For 89 this would mean
no fuel and no spark.

Mark

JRodgers wrote:
> Argh!! Always something with these Vans. Had to have a new starter
> installed on the Red Brick. Couldn't do it myself - recent knee surgery.
>   Hired it done. Engine now turns great - but no start!!
>
> What next??
>
> Good grief!!
>
> John
>