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• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 00:43:52 -0600
  ...Engine started, disconnected wire. > Engine ran, but starter did not disengage. > > Tried it again. Starter did not disengage when I > disconnected the starter wire...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:54:55 -0600
  ...Abney wrote: > Things you have to remove to pull the starter: the battery > ground(:-*), and (probably) the throttle body. At least, doing that > makes...
• Re: Testing Starters...
  Historical mailing list - David
  Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:12:39 -0800
  ...seat...including an alternator and a couple (yeah weird...) > > starters... > > > > I took said starters to OReilly and they said they couldn't test them...
• Re: need help with starter problem, 1990 Vanagon GL, 4spd 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:14:25 -0800
  ...Its been raining heavy here, could the > starter wires > have gotten wet, come off or the starter or solenoid froze up? Any > way to...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:04:35 -0600
  ...I can push start the van and drive it. > > I tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver across terminals clank clink clank no spin...
• VW rebuilt starter for sale (fits older buses and beetles)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 14 May 2003 10:08:01 -0400
  I have a VW rebuilt starter that I got when I purchased my '78 bus. The guy bought it for the bus but however...
• starter amps?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:01:48 -0800
  Volks, Can anyone tell me about how many amps the starter draws from the main battery during engine start-up? Thanks Bill 90 Westy...
• Auto back up switch
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:45:05 -0700
  ...It was mounted somewhere between battery and starter, >> and a light wire from the starter button or key switch used to activate it. >> For...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:19:56 -0500
  ...Last night stopped my VW dealer and picked up my $9 starter bushing. It went in too easy for my liking - after greasing i...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:45:35 -0700
  ...The starter > solenoid coil is the ground for the > fridge relay and if the red/black wire is pulled off the > starter the > fridge...
• Re: Intermittent Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:32:01 -0600
  ...Having the starter rebuilt fixed it; the solenoid ground is thru the starter. Good luck. Larry A. Chicago 91 GL (my 5th)
• Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:01:47 -0400
  ...The starter is bad. The put a "new" starter in it, I presume a remanufactured Bosch, and started it a bunch of times. Then...
• starting problems /electrical
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 17:34:22 -0400
  ...I put a heavy duty toggle switch there and connected the other end to the starter solenoid. I now have a second starter switch...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:54:39 -0700
  ...The starter solenoid coil is the ground for the > fridge relay and if the red/black wire is pulled off the starter the > fridge...
• Re: dragging starter
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:34:02 EST
  > > Last fall I thought I had a dragging starter. It was not wanting to > start when the engine was hot more and more. It...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:17:13 +0000
  ...It will still pa to check out and see if you have good connections, but the starter relay kits avoid trying to send all...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 23 May 2015 23:24:56 -0400
  ...The size of the wire going to the starter solenoid on the TDI Jetta where I got the starter was quite substantial. I'll...
• Starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Danny Bean
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:03:50 -0400
  I'm currently removing my bad starter to install a reman one. The problem that I'm having is with the lower mount nut...
• Re: Pokey's Problems....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:12:51 -0400
  Hello from Atlanta, Ga, Pokey! It sounds like a bad starter----BusDepot has a wonderful NEW Bosch starter for 80-81 manual transmissions on...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:33:11 -0400
  > Wouldn't a new starter have fixed this problem though? i do not think so, since i also had a brand new starter...this...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:00:26 -0400
  ...Vanagon Starter - windings available? Why didn't you just get a Bosch rebuild from the get-go? I sell these all the time and...
• Re: Broke down last night... engine heat killing the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:55:08 -0800
  ...As the starters get tired they seem to react more easily to the heat. Consider making a heat shield for the starter as the...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:00:37 -0700
  ...Hello all, I'm having starter problems. First problem is that it is a replacement from autozone the 3rd actually in year and a...
• Re: rebuilding starter
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:04:05 -0800
  ...But what about >the ground strap that goes from the solenoid to the starter. I think >mine is in pretty bad shape. From what...
• Re: Diesel starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:51:29 -0800
  That bracket doesn't 'remove' easily, but it can tilt forward enough to slip the starter out from under it. Undo the forward bracket...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - no start ?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:44:33 -0600
  ...Otherwise use the Bentley diagram to trace the circuit from the ignition switch to the starter, checking with a meter. Larry A. AAG - Larry...
• Re: Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:19:11 -0600
  ...My starter had a problem where when you first turned the key nothing happened. Then when after a few seconds of turning the starter...
• Re: Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:30:07 -0400
  ...Move key to start, hear clicking of starter motor Questions: 1) The Bentley shows taking the starter apart to clean commutator. Is that recommended...
• Runaway Starter - Part II
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:37:50 -0500
  ...Turns out it was not the Hard Start System, but the starter itself. When the new starter was in, it worked perfect with the...
• Re: starter dead? 88 GL Auto
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:25:22 -0500
  ...My 90 Carat starter acted up on me a few days ago. It would not do a thing. It is old so I assumed...
• Re: Problem with Latrical starter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 20:25:08 -0700
  ...Problem with Latrical starter On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 09:53:12 -0700, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >I installed the Latrical starter...
• Re: Difference in these 2 starter numbers? ( non-USA diesel models)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:54:06 -0500
  ...Measure the voltage over the starter itself while cranking, ie from the positive iput terminal on the starter to the starter housing. If it...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:25:53 -0700
  ...Symptoms of a bad starter? So if you run a new cable, you just run it strait from the battery to the starter? Do...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:19:54 -0500
  ...It was mounted somewhere between battery and starter, >> and a light wire from the starter button or key switch used to activate it. >> For...
• Re: Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:52:55 -0600
  ...Maybe tomorrow! John On Jan 25, 2016 20:14, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Do you have cruise control and a starter relay...
• Re: starter bushing, possible to replace?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 3 May 1998 08:12:54 -0700
  ...Undo the two nuts securing the starter motor to the clutch housing and withdraw the starter motor from its location (SEE ILLUSTRATION). Access to...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:09:25 -0500
  ...I'll be corrected if my theory is wrong, but even if you see the same voltage at starter and battery, when the starter...
• Re: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:40:44 -0500
  ...It is the main wire from the solenoid to the starter. > > I have repaired a starter by putting a short piece of battery cable...
• Re: Syncro starter
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:43:56 -0600
  Per Lindgren wrote: > > The starter in my 88 Caravelle Syncro has given up after 106000 miles. > The car has the normal 2,1 liter...
• Re- 1980 starter location
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 12:29:54 +0100
  Don.....I have had my starter on and off my van a dozen times in the past year so I should know were the...
• Re: Starter Bolts 91 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:17:56 -0700
  ...terminal of the battery is disconnected first when working near the starter! -Paul >I am trying to replace a bad starter on a 91...
• Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:39:51 -0400
  ...Syncro > starter is shorter? That's been common knowledge forever. > BTW, if you had some of my adaptors and new SR0425N starters you wouldn...
• 2 Deep cycle batterys & move starter to rear right engine compartment ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 07:02:35 -0800
  Has anybody moved a starter battery to that area in the right rear of the engine compartment just in front of the tail lights...
• 1982 Diesel Westfalia starting trouble
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:52:38 -0600
  ...If I continue to back the starter key off and turn it again, the starter eventually comes suddenly to life. This does not appear...
• starter nut question
  Historical mailing list - Graham Mingst
  Wed, 28 May 2003 09:07:08 -0400
  Can anyone tell me what the size and pitch of the nut on the starter solenoid is for an 85 Westy w/MT. I...
• Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:19:21 -0500
  Hello All, Has anyone made your own starter relay kit? If so does anyone have the schematics or instructions to make one? Thanks, T.
• Re: Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:33:39 -0500
  Maybe try a new starter motor bushing that goes in the transmisison.Use a tap to remove the old bushing.Costs about $2 at...
• Re: Starter Motor Internal + Strap Replace?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:57:14 -0500
  Ordinary solder may melt at the temperatures sometimes produced in abused starters. Brazing would be better if you can do it, or maybe silver...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 17 Sep 2005 05:29:57 -0400
  ...On the other hand I have had customers go to the local electrical rebuild shops and get their alternators and starters rebuilt. They last...
• Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:16:52 -0700
  --snip-- As it turns out, the "rebuilt" starter we'd most recently had installed turned out to be a half@ssed partially rebuilt starter...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:46:17 -0600
  Harry, in fact an engine can turn over without starting, which indicates a problem in ignition or fuel delivery, not with the starter. You...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Feb 2008 to 14 Feb 2008 - Special issue (#2008-199)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:48:54 -0800
  ...I go from the aux battery(pos) to the 1315 to the starter post and then beef up the alternator to starter with some...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:45:40 -0700
  ...The motor keeps on spinning because the act of pounding the gear into the flywheel teeth also makes the contact for the starter and...
• delayed starters, hammers, cables
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sun, 4 Dec 1994 17:27:33 CST6CDT
  ...Replace starter expecting the world but got slapped with no change. Remove starter, order new solenoid assembly and replace. No change. Remove starter, take...
• Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 2 Feb 2017 17:06:45 -0800
  ...Spins great! The off shore starter also needed to have material removed to accomodate the lower fastener that replaces the OEM stud. Neil. On...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:47:13 -0700
  ...Starter Gone? Good news???? I got under the van and smaked it with my hi-lift adapter and tried the key and the starter...
• Re: Starter click, no cranking
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 08:30:19 EST
  sounds to me that something is jamming inside the starter (since it is making the lights dim like there is a load on the...
• Large Wire from Battery to Starter
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:31:36 -0400
  Does the large wire that runs from the battery to the starter have a fusible link built into it, or is it just large...
• 1985 Vanagon - no start ?
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:12:29 -0500
  ...No current to starter solenoid (small terminal) which ign. switch turns on (or ever!). *If I jump current from main 12V post (off starter...
• Re: Short in the starter circuit somewhere.
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:38:25 -0700
  ...I have a rebuilt starter, the 'hot start' relay fix, a dedicated ground cable to the starter body and a cable from the alternator...