----- Original Message -----
From: Pierre A Lachance <palachance@sprint.ca>
To: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sent: 26 septembre, 1999 09:04
Subject: Re: Re: Help -Stranded & need advice...

> my  85   weekender   " zephyr "  seems not to like going  on trips far
away
> from our house... especially when it is hot in the summertime... sometimes
> and we never know when,   we stop for gas or rest area  after a two hour
> drive   and  just to make us mad,  he does not  want to start... nothing
> happens... the dealer told us, wait a while, enough to have the engine
> cooled and try again ???  nice,   but we had to wait  sometimes  ( on
> vacation and not in a hurry ) until the next morning to have  it start
> again... after owning 15 VWs,  we never had a similar problem with 14 of
> them.   we are very patient persons ,  but think  that we are not that
> "stupid " ???  switch, transmission  lever  switch, wires,  new starter,
> everything has been checked and double checked...the problem :  when the
> engine gets very hot, the starter gets into a " neutral " state  and  does
> not  receive enough  voltage to have it  "torque" ! some people,   in  the
> quebec city region  ( where they sell more VW  per capita that anywhere in
> america ) have installed a   " relay  " on the wire to the starter... this
> seems to work,  but  my best shot,  especially if it does not rain, is to
go
> underneath   ( switch must be on )  with a screwdriver and make a contact
> with the  nut  on top of the starter  with the body.. it will now turn
and
> Zephyr  will start and be on its way even if he does not like it ...
someone
> uses a   hammer  and hit  the starter... that is not a bad idea, also ???
i
> will probably try it myself...
> pierre a. lachance
>    ----- Original Message -----
> From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: 26 septembre, 1999 07:56
> Subject: Re: Help -Stranded & need advice...
>
>
> > My first thought was, as usual, the ignition switch. It sounds like the
> > start position has given up, and needs replacing. Are the electrical
> > accessories working, like wipers, heater fan, lights etc.? If not, then
> I'm
> > 99% sure its the switch.
> >
> > PerL
> > 87 Syncro 112i
> >
>