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• Re: I have an '82
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 1 May 2007 11:44:18 -0400
  ...I believe the fuel pump is powered via the double relay when the starter is engaged. After the starter is turned off the fuel...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon starter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 May 2016 21:08:17 -0400
  ...On this diesel starter, there is a small bearing or bushing sharing the shaft with the starter gear. It is about 5mm wide, with...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:07:18 -0500
  There is a connection from the starter solenoid into the ECU circuit. Goes to terminal 23 on the ECU, a contact on the Digifant...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:53:01 -0500
  > GoWesty announced a new gear reduction starter: > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23526 > Stick shift model coming soon, they say...
• Re: "Hitachi" starter in a Vanagon - the real scoop
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:57:55 -0400
  ...First, this is a > fully self supported starter eliminating the need for the > bushing in the transmission. Two, it draws considerably less > current, (~1...
• Re: Sticking Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:45:03 EST
  ...After too much time spent in a parking lot in the rain banging on the starter with a hammer, I took the van to...
• Re: trip report -No START DEMON
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 1996 00:40:40 -0400
  ...What I had to do was to short htr connection between the solenoid & the hot terminal on the starter. After a while this gets...
• Starter bolt at top of engine
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:59:28 -0800
  ...Still trying to locate the source of an oil leak that seems to allow a drop of oil on the bottom of my starter...
• Feedback on bad starting suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:21:13 -0700
  ...If the light WAS on, then current was getting to the starter, but it wasn't responding, so the starter was bad. Result: The...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:51:14 -0500
  ...Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ? > > ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > > > while you're in there, > > consider installiong a starter...
• power loss, starter problems, but nice trip anyway
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:28:44 -0800
  ...I had bought the previous starter on e-Bay. When I compared the two starters, they were different. I'm thinking that the starter...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay failure points
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:30:26 -0500
  ...A potentially dangerous one. > I have installed a new Starter and properly restored the wiring to > stock. A slow turning starter condition still exists...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 May 2016 16:05:19 -0700
  ...Diesel Vanagon Starter ? RE diesel flywheel teeth coming off... no, all one piece. Gone are they days, as far as I know, that you...
• Re: Starter sings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:40:20 -0700
  ...it's the Bendix drive gear on the starter. though ....usually what happens when one is bad is that the starter will crank the...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:33:09 -0400
  ...Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ? ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > while you're in there, > consider installiong a starter...
• 81 hot start problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 96 16:41:22 PST
  ...The battery is good, I've replace the starter with a Bosch factory-rebuild, replaced the starter switch. Cables and grounds seem good. The...
• Re: Van Died
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 10:35:07 -0700
  ...If you have lights, but no starter, that shows you have a battery connection to the mains, but not the starter. Could be a...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:17:41 -0700
  ...Bentley wiring page 97.122 shows the later setup clearly, a single 10.0mm (8awg) wire straight from the alternator to the starter, and...
• Re: Electric burner starter
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:00:32 -0400
  on 7/17/04 11:30, Nick Feickert at thesuperflydisco@YAHOO.COM wrote: > Has anybody attempted to install an automatic electric starter for the...
• Re: 80 Vanagon not starting after extended driving
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 13:56:52 -0700
  And if you do decide to replace starter. First step is to remove the negative strap on the battery.Unless you like white hair...
• Starter
  Historical mailing list - cHRIS sNYDER
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:41:43 EST
  I am in need of a good used starter (monies tight) for a 1987 Vanagon that is a known good unit and that someone...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:22:50 -0800
  all right ! I call that 'very hard cranking' ... ( cranking on the starter for the full term ) . I have seen cases where there was a...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:04:53 -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 adding a relay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:33:44 -0600
  ...A potentially dangerous one. > I have installed a new Starter and properly restored the wiring to stock. A > slow turning starter condition still exists...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:53:36 -0500
  ...Battery tests fine at a FLAPS, and I've replaced the alternator, starter, starter bushing, and replaced and cleaned the battery and transmission grounds...
• Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:09:18 -0700
  ...If you jump start will the starter turn faster or just longer? Take care not to cook the new starter testing the problem and...
• Re: Having a problem with a starter (solved!)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:08:21 -0400
  ...Having a problem with a starter > > >Ken, > Starter came with new solernoid? right? >How did the gears look on the old? Look at the...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning...
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:06:04 -0600
  ...Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:59:30 -0600 > >JJ >starter ALWAYS HAS POWER the line runs directly from the battery to >terminal on starter...
• Re: Starter Motor Internal + Strap Replace?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:08:01 -0800
  ...On 3/4/14, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > Ordinary solder may melt at the temperatures sometimes produced in abused > starters. Brazing would...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 07:15:12 -0800
  ...By comparison, GW's configuration with the mounting adapter built into a > proprietary starter means that if it fails you have to shell out...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Westfalia starting trouble
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 20:46:34 -0400
  ...If I continue to back the starter key off and turn it again, the starter eventually comes suddenly to life. This does not appear...
• Re: Starter Replacment
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:39:18 -0400
  ...Starter Replacment > > > I am wondering what th shop time manuals say it is surpose take to replace > the starter on a 1987. When I...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Al Brase
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:52:06 -0400
  ...the last good one here recently called up and told me to pick up my Vanagon starter. They said the only replaced the braided...
• Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?/Bentley question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:32:45 -0700
  ...I've replaced the starter bushing this morning (using a 12mm tap, for future reference), but I'm still having problems. About 2 times...
• Re: Another van won't start saga...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:13:25 -0300
  ...If the starter does not spin, then the starter or solenoid are suspect. In the latter case, get an adapter plate from Karl and...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:13:20 -0800
  ...Battery > tests fine at a FLAPS, and I've replaced the alternator, starter, > starter bushing, and replaced and cleaned the battery and transmission > grounds...
• Re: I could use a little help
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:16:12 -0700
  Srsly? By what indirect path did they route the wire? mark drillock wrote: > The stock wbx starter to battery cable is 12 feet long...
• Portable Jump Starter
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 09:52:10 -0700
  Has anyone had any experience with the SecureStart Portable Jump Starter battery made by Bolder Technologies, using thin metal film battery technology?? They are...
• rebuilding starter
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:35:44 -0500
  I am considering the suggestions of several list members regarding trying to disassemble my starter and lube/clean it. But what about the ground...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 23:07:05 -0400
  ...If the starter cranks as well (or poorly) from the key as it does by jumpering the 50 terminal at the starter, then there...
• Re: Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:00:21 -0800
  I wouldn't consider owning or operating a van without a 'starter trigger' wire hidden in the engine compartment somewhere, so there's an...
• starter bushing question
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 19:26:19 -0600
  It took me all of about 15 minutes to pull my starter in a FLAPS parking lot the other day. Now I have my...
• Re: Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 Nov 2013 01:33:03 -0400
  Run away starters are a rare occurrence but it does happen. In the stock set up it can be due to a bad ignition...
• Re: Starter doesn't turn after replacing weak battery
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:42:02 -0700
  ...what should I do first to diagnose the problem? > > Check the terminals at the starter, clean and re-attach. > 3. Is the starter not...
• starter motor woes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 96 15:56:28 GMT
  ...The engine i have is a 1200 30hp (i think you call this the 36hp in the states) and every single 6V starter we...
• Re: '87 Syncro Westie Starting problems
  Historical mailing list - J.W.Bri�r
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 00:14:57 +0200
  ...When it does not start, there is no > starter noise. Looks like the solenoid is not getting the current thru to the starter motor...
• Starter Help
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:27:41 -0700
  ...Now i'm looking at the starter, but i got out the test-light today and crawled under. The main wire coming from the...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:13:51 -0800
  ...have access to the van before then.It is sounding like I should rebuild my own starter. �Johnwww.limbobus.org - also now on FaceBook
• Re: starter woe...
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:33:38 EST
  Those are symptoms of the starter going out, BTDT. The colder it gets, the longer it takes to kick it in. Roger VanTill 89...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Apr 1995 14:49:00 +0600
  ...Still, if the starter is rated 12V >then it should stand up to 12V. > >-David The VW has a series wound DC starter motor...
• Re: Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 08:58:39 -0700
  ...Sticky diesel starter motor > > > > > > I've an '86 1.6D HighTop Transporter (UK) and today the starter won't turn > > on the first twist...
• Re: 86 Syncro Starting Woes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:19:19 -0800
  ...87 goes to the starter's trigger terminal and 30 goes to a voltage source (the M8 stud on the starter for example). If...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:21:11 -0600
  ...Vanagon Starter - windings available? >
• Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:34:02 -0500
  Now that you've re-charged the battery, check the voltage drop while turning the key to crank the starter. BTW, those battery boosters...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - TCollins
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:07:35 -0400
  ...I can push start the van and drive it. >> >> I tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver across terminals clank clink clank no spin...
• Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:42:33 -0500
  ...Recently (over the last 6 months) I have noticed a small hesitation when starting (felt like a weak starter)but worked every time. I...
• Re: The continuing saga, stuck in Tucumcari
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:19:04 -0500
  Take some starter fluid and spray it into the AFM.If it starts, you have a fuel problem. If it dosent start,you have...
• Re: Trip Report - "Hi-Torque" starter and leaky gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Wed, 31 May 2006 10:58:33 -0700
  This is just anecdotal, but I bought what seems to be the same starter from GoWesty about a year ago, and its been working...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:35:35 -0400
  ...Tightened it, problem > solved. > > I installed the starter relay some time ago because the starter would > periodically not turn over when I turned the...
• Re: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:29:24 -0500
  If it is the starter solenoid, you can get a new starter (w/solenoid) from your FLAPS. with a lifetime warranty. Here in Minneapolis...