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Subject:Starter woes...
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:01:47 -0400

Hi all,

After trying all winter to figure out why my van wouldn't start, I had
it towed to a shop to be fixed. The starter is bad. The put a "new"
starter in it, I presume a remanufactured Bosch, and started it a
bunch of times. Then the tech went to lunch and came back and it
wouldn't start again.

I'd rather not get into other starter alternatives at this point, but
I could use some advice on what might be happening now.

Keep in mind that this all started with what appeared to be a problem
with the neutral safety switch, which I replaced with a new one. I
also had previously installed the starter relay kit from Jay Brown. I
passed all this information on to them and they are going to do some
more diagnosing tomorrow.

Any ideas on what they should be looking for? I do have a spare
ignition switch in the glove box of the van if that might be the
culprit.

Thanks!
Marc Perdue, in VA

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