KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:

> 5. Be sure that your starter is working properly and doesn't have a ton of
> miles on it (I just replaced the starter on three of my diesels and all three
> started so much easier after installing the Bosch rebuilt starters that I was
> shocked).

Also be sure you have good wires to the starter from the positive side of the
battery, and a good ground. As the diesel starter needs much more oomph than the
gas starter, good electrical connections is just as more important.

I just spent the best part of a sunny Sunday afternoon refurbishing the ground
wire on a 1982 Golf diesel, there were corrosion everywhere.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i