I've got Karl's adapter and a TDI (Bosch # SR0409X) bolted up to my 91
Multivan's suby ej25 engine and highly recommend it as a very good stronger
starter.  The stock Bosch starter just wasn't strong enough to reliably
turn over the higher compression suby engine.

I've got a writeup on my site at http://www.weidefamily.net
Go to Suby Engine-3
<http://www.weidefamily.net/vanagon/HTML/06a/01/slideshow.html> > Stronger
Starter

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:19 AM, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com>
wrote:

> The combination of the TDI starter and my automatic version adaptor I feel
> is still a very solid option with almost twice the torque of the original
> Vanagon automatic starter, plus much faster cranking speed. Use a new
> Latrical TDI starter, no core, and the total cost is $155. :)
> Karl
> westyventures.com
>

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Brent Weide
Portland, Oregon
www.weidefamily.net/vanagon/