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• Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:51:07 -0500
  ...I use the radio a lot when I'm camping and decided that running down the starter battery just isn't smart. Repeatedly running...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:05:12 -0700
  ...The starter had >>>>> been installed with only the short bolt which had loosened. The starter lost >>>>> ground and would only work intermittently. Then the...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 5 May 2010 18:25:49 -0700
  ...Turns out that the starter had an internal short, just like one of the listfolk said. Hard to tell till you get it out...
• Re: Installed new clutch, "used-in-good-condition,recently-rebuilt transmission, and, now, "no start."
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:30:17 -0700
  An apparently sluggish starter may have an unrelated cause. Here are a few things to try and see if one helps. Try cranking the...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 13 May 2015 00:22:35 -0700
  ...Does the gear drive TDI Jetta Bosch starter draw more > current for solenoid activation than the original late Vanagon starter? > > Maybe I have just...
• Re: List messages: Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:19:59 -0700
  ...Replacing a > > >>> starter on a Syncro and the starter was = in the way of putting back > the > > >>> vacuum actuator for the diff lock. Got...
• Re: List messages: Re: Starter for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 01:28:57 +0000
  ...Starter for Syncro >>> >>> >>> >>> Is now a good time to ask about tires?? >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On Oct 16, 2020, at 4:48 PM...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:48:53 -0500
  ...high resistance in the starter motor > > >>main current path, or weak starter battery. > > >> > > >>I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: Stuck in Council Bluffs IA
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:16:56 -0400
  Check the connector crimp on the alternator end of the larger gauge wire from the alternator to the starter. Once I had corrosion here...
• Cold Starting tricks
  Historical mailing list - Phillip M. Kenney
  Sun, 12 Jan 1997 10:08:18 -0700
  Since it decided to hit -12 here in Denver over the weekend and since my 83 van has a problem with the starter solonid...
• starter repair problem (bushing)
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:50:08 -0700
  Hi All, Hope your week is off to a good start! I spent most of Sunday trying to replace my starter -- a job I...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:39:52 -0600
  Yea Chris, You can change the brushes for about $10.00 Then as long as your there might as well change the starter drive...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - Ignition electrical switch
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:39:26 -0500
  ...Relay/starter cranks when you apply 12V to it.....so how do you change this ign. switch? > Are there two parts to an ignition...
• FS: Kennedy Adapter plate, new clutch, and TDI starter
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:13:45 -0400
  ...Also included is a new Sachs (228mm) clutch and used TDI starter. I bought this to do a swap, but I'm buying a...
• dead ignition, need help
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:14:51 -0700
  ...I suspect the ignition switch (I had to replace the starter function of switch with a starter button a couple of years ago). What...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:43:38 -0800
  ...You just push on the bottom of a solenoid device that's in the battery cable, not on the starter, and the starter energizes...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:27:45 -0500
  Hi Oliver, 12.3V at the starter should be sufficient, but was that measured at the thick wire to the battery or at the...
• Why my Starter Motor Failed PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:32:46 -0800
  ...in starter are in reasonably good shape. Installed my spare Bosch reman. starter. "vroom, vroom". All good. Thanks for the help people! Neil. -- Neil...
• Re: starter Vs hammer!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:26:39 -0500
  There was a time when I had to carry a broomstick to poke the starter solenoid (through the wheelwell) while someone turned the key...
• Re: how to remove starter from '87 automatic Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:18:37 -0400
  That starter should be easy to get to. You should try to install a starter on a Syncro. If it is the same as...
• Starter Was Re: unusual problem
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 19:36:02 -0700
  > It turned out to be the starter motor spinning. I put my hand on it > and could feel the thing spinning > away. It was...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:55:55 -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: 85 Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:44:29 -0500
  ...The solenoid had rusted to the point that it shorted out and engaged the starter at 35 mph -- hence the screeching noise. The starter...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:30:27 -0800
  ...Do you need a proper ECU mounting bracket from a 1.9 wbxr vanagon? I still go for the Remote Starter Switch test right...
• Re: electrical stalling?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:50:55 -0500
  Well, the engine bay is fed by a wire coming from the big starter terminal... the original VW assembly has this wire attached to...
• Re: Fw: Odd ignition issue
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:07:27 -0600
  You also need to ck voltage to the starter solenoid when key is engaged. These wires eventually corrode sufficiently to prevent enough juice from...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 14:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Assuming the resistance of a starter is constant, the power used by the starter is proportional to the square of the voltage across it...
• Re: Starter Question
  Historical mailing list - OOMKES Robin
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:22:41 +0200
  Daryl, That's exactly how the starter on my 90 Vanagon TD went a couple of months ago. Except I had parked on a...
• Re: Starter question- follow up
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:11:02 -0800
  At 11/18/2006 10:23 AM, Rob wrote: >'87 Vanagon starter- >The drive pinion would not retract, I took the solenoid off and...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 Feb 2017 02:35:29 +0000
  ...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: Why my Starter Motor Failed PICS
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:10:15 -0700
  Now you have me feeling kinda stupid! I had the exact same situation with my DoKa starter. That one had been rebuilt only a...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 06:27:26 -0800
  ...With the diesel > bellhousing one can get here, the starter resides on top of the bellhousing. > Looking in my van, there are about two...
• Inline 4cyl kit in Portland, Oregon now includes an engine & diesel starter !
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:37:42 -0700
  ...Asking $700 w/o car or starter - add $50 for starter. I have two extra conversion parts: another intake manifold and another exhaust manifold...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:01:04 -0500
  ...As I said, the button will turn the starter, and thus the engine, but it will not start (no fire to the ignition) with...
• 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:21:23 -0700
  ...Why the occasionally draggy starter? This has been a consistent problem with this van through several starters, engines, transmissions, ignition switches, and sets of...
• Help!!!!! Need starter for an '88 Vanagon -- automatic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:44:32 -0700
  ...George Utah (about 120 mile north on I15 from Las Vegas) His problem is a stripped drive gear on the starter. No one in...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 11:07:13 -0600
  KEP (Kennedy Engineered Products, maker of the original Subaru-to-VW adapter plate among many other things) also sells a gear reduction starter which...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help!!! Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 17:15:12 -0700
  If it clicks but doesn’t turn there either isn’t enough current getting to the starter or the starter or solenoid is bad...
• Re: Hello
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:51:29 -0800
  ...starter thoughts - Perhaps a cheap rebuilt starter was put in. I only use Bosch rebuilds myself. the 86 and up manual trans starter for...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:44:17 -0700
  ...high resistance in the starter motor > main current path, or weak starter battery. > > I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: hot-not-start
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:51:06 -0700
  Yep.You need a new starter. I had exactly the same symptoms on my 1.9 and a new starter fixed it. It sucked...
• Sure Power 1315 question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:17:25 -0800
  ...Starter battery is the usual starter type battery. Will the starter battery charge (through the 1315) if I wire the 120V charger to the...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:17:38 -0800
  ...Anyway, my old 2.1 WBX starter whirls the 2.5 litre engine plenty quick, and everything else electrical works better, faster brighter. Jake...
• Re: Electrical Gurus help needed 88 van.kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 17:17:46 -0500
  ...Then, same thing........if i hit the starter with a mallot and screwdriver (thru the engine bay) and someone is turning the key, it...
• Hard start relay..........tips from someone who has used it.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:00:40 -0400
  ...But, on several other vanagons i have serviced, bought and sold, etc, this relay did nothing, and the starters that were on them worked...
• Re: Syncro TDI installation question...
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:00:34 -0800
  ...Apparently some motors and starters are made with aluminum wiring to save money but copper works much better. If you have it rewound consider...
• Re: Syncro diff lock vacuum actuator position? up or down?
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:42:29 -0700
  ...http://www.salicos.com/TrannyBack.htm With a rebuilt Bosch starter I had to put the actuator on upside-down. The bit about defacing...
• Re: Slow starting when hot
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 May 1997 08:08:05 -0400
  Mark Keller was talking about load measuring for the starter. For the record, I get this done at a local battery shop, in my...
• Re; Do I Need A New Starter?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:42:42 -0500
  Dale, might be the starter, might be a bad ground, might be a couple of things------- but if you have little or no mechanical...
• Re: Solenoid-to-starter wire replacement=fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:51:01 -0400
  ...The field coil connection inside the starter was > indeed not desolderable by conventional means; I drilled a 1/8" hole to > create a solderable...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:52:11 -0400
  ...I seem to remember that VW went to a larger starter cable later on? Maybe the cable was too small on the early vans...
• Re: Starter Solenoid?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 6 May 2003 19:48:30 -0400
  ...I have the delay....sometimes not starter >>>>>kick-in on my 87 Westy. Are you guys saying it is not a starter issue, >>>>>but...
• Re: Syncro Starter R&R on vacation? A Poll
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:41:35 -0700
  ...This takes patience and sticking the starter > in and turning it, just so. Tip : pay attention to just how the old > starter tilts and...
• Re: 85 Starter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:25:52 -0800
  ...85 Starter Woes > On my 84, the heavy braided (pos) wire going to the starter motor from the solenoid, corroded off recently. This summer...
• Re: Ignition Failures
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:59:47 -0800
  ...The starter motor main power stud is a critical power wiring junction point. Any time the starter is messed with by someone there is...
• Re: Didn�t' start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:04:20 -0800
  ...on the starter? could > be? next time it happens, take a hammer or equivelant > and rap on the top of the starter, or so...
• Re: Starter Motor Bushing Lube. Quick Answer? Daylight Abating!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:58:01 -0800
  ...an answer. > > Moly grease ok for starter motor bushings and bushing in engine block? > (for end of starter when it turns) > > Thanks! > > Neil. > > -- > Neil...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 06:27:08 -0500
  ...Clutched it, but could not turn off the starter. Fnally > did, and long story short, got it tow to HESCO, one of the best...
• Re: Trouble on the road: starter motor and charging relay have common problem?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:35:47 -0300
  When was the last time you cleaned all your grounds … particularly the big ones on/near the starter. > On 21-Aug-2017, at 21...
• Re: Starter sings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:53:26 -0700
  ...Stan used to say that the starters could get pretty nasty inside. Cya, Robert On Oct 23, 2010 2:28 PM, "John Rodgers" <inua...