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Subject:Re: diesel starter
From:Robert Crawford
Date:Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:22:35 -0800 (PST)

At 10:35 AM 11/14/96 -0600, Robert Cronin wrote:
>Does anyone have or know of the location of a used starter for my 82 
>diesel?  Any chance that a starter from a diesel rabbit or jetta might work?
>TIA
>Paul 
>82 diesel westy

        Are you 100% sure that you need a starter?  Are you aware of the
need for a "hot start relay"?  My '82 diesel needed this.  The PO had spent
over six hundred dollars trying to fix his starting proublem (including a
new starter), all it needed was a hot start relay.

Zeneta & Robert Crawford

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