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• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:26:58 -0500
  Another typical 1.9 problem is a bad connection at starter (the big + connector)... Basicaly, the starter serve also as a connection between the...
• Re: Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:36:53 -0500
  ...For now, Karl's adapter plate and the recommended Bosch starter motor are the bomb. Solid. Very impressive. > > I do have the Audiovox CCS...
• GoWesty extra battery wiring kit
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:12:13 -0500
  ...Auxiliary Battery Madness (looong) Ok, so the Go Westy kit comes with a solenoid that runs between the starter and auxilllary battery. The instruction...
• Re: Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:34:36 +0000
  ...Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy Adding a relay to a starter circuit that travels 15 feet to a weak switch through a...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Mar 2018 12:15:05 -0400
  ...I am getting ready to crawl under and replace the starter on my 87 Westy. I have the 2 battery GW setup. I have...
• Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:20:12 -0700
  I've had a '78 Chevy G20 since '91 and I'm on at least the fourth starter under a lifetime warranty. The symptoms...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:23:07 -0500
  At 04:42 PM 2/10/2008, Edward Duntz wrote... >I need to replace the starter in my '87 with stock 2.1 engine...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:45:30 -0400
  At 12:02 PM 6/22/2011, John Rodgers wrote: >One lead would go to the battery post on the starter, and the other...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 23 Jun 2018 10:49:28 -0400
  ...The top bolt on the starter does not just hold the starter. > It is actually one of 4 threaded fasteners then hold the engine...
• Re: 81 hot start problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 96 19:47:23 PST
  ...Summer, highway hot the starter won't crank at all. >Wait 15 minutes and she jumps right on. > >The battery is good, I've...
• Re: need a starter for my diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 08:12:11 -0800
  Jim Snyder wrote: > Hi I finally saved up enough to get a new starter for my '82 diesel > Vanagon to get her back on...
• Re: Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:13:06 -0800
  hi David ! you might get many responses asking if you are confusing 'alternator' and 'starter.' The alternator is that silvery lookin' round thing on...
• Re: flooded engine?
  Historical mailing list - Kendra Calhoun
  Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:39:44 -0600
  ...Hit the starter with a hammer or >> something ans make it "unstuck". >> >> Karl. >> >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Kendra Calhoun...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:26:50 -0400
  I would not like a wire connected to that battery + post on the starter. It has access to enormous unfused amount of current. Something...
• Re: Strange oil leak @ starter mount?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 19:41:44 -0400
  ...Strange oil leak @ starter mount? Tonight I noticed another in a series of strange and not-so-good things while crawling under our '88...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:51:52 -0800
  ...It means it is the starter signal 50. Why they felt the need to mention the Auto Trans Selector is a mystery other than...
• Intermittent ignition delay when turning key
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:52:27 -0500
  ...Sometimes, especially after travelling a while after cooldown, I turn the key and I get a 2 second or so delay before the starter...
• the dreaded click
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Oct 2000 21:23:36 EDT
  ...The power lead has fallen off the solenoid on the starter. I take everything off the lid, lift it up, snake my hand back...
• how to tighten starter wire nut??? Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:05:32 -0800
  what wrench does one use to tighten the starter wire nut? I can get combination wrench over it and but have no room to...
• Diesel starter wanted (again)
  Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:02:46 -0800
  Hi Vanagoniatics This is my second search looking for used diesel starter in working condition, The fist was succesfully (thanks again Brian Bush) now...
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:29:45 +0000
  ...There are variable that effect starter life. Have no start situation and crank too long there will be some heat damage. Low battery and...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:28:39 -0400
  ...Hate to hate on a product but I really don't like that GW reduction starter. My advice is to keep your old Bosch...
• Replacing my cheap Chinese starter after one year
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:02:37 -0700
  ...My Latrical new Chinese $75 diesel starter never worked quite right from day one. Early on it failed to retract the gear fully a...
• Ignition / Starter
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:26:45 -0500
  ...My starter and solenoid are fine, but it won't crank from the ignition switch. Right now I've got a nice long wire...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:15:40 -0500
  ...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: Cold Weather starting
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:21:39 +0000
  ...Is this starter what most people would suggest, again, thinking in terms of subzero weather? It looks like an OEM plug is also needed...
• Re: Use air cooled Bosch reman. starter on 1.9 WBX? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:14:56 -0800
  ...Thanks. > > It looks to me like there is 3 different starters for the air cooled > engine/tranny. > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding your response. --- :^) > > Was...
• Re: Bosch "premium" rebuilt starter appears to be built from non-Bosch parts!?!
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 17:39:37 +0000
  I have always had my starters alternators (and other non VW motors - plow, winch) rebuilt by a shop in Rhode Island - Ace amrature. They...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 12:27:38 -0700
  ...Definitely it's a problem with a spurious signal to the starter. Something to do with terminal 50 and 15 and their associated wires...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 7 Aug 2010 13:09:08 -0600
  ...I put off replacing the battery to starter cable > until last because my cable showed no corrosion or deterioration and because > changing the cable...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:37:54 -0700
  ...If it was the starter, you would hear > the solenoid click, but the starter would not come out to play. > Another possibility is that...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:05:34 +0000
  ...The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> > > I am trying to choose between a used starter for about $55, a > > cheap AutoZone starter for $90...
• Re: Getting Discouraged
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:33:18 -0500
  ...If you do have good voltage at the starter when cranking, it may well be the starter. Pull it out and get it tested...
• Re: Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:08:10 +0000
  Adding a relay to a starter circuit that travels 15 feet to a weak switch through a small wire is not exactly heresy. If...
• Re: Anybody have a good starter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:43:42 -0800
  ...Pulled the starter.. LOL! Put it to a tester (yeah I sorta work at a garage); I think you could have hand turned it...
• Re: OK, I've had it! What now?
  Historical mailing list - eric ley
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:19:07 -0400
  ...Check for fuel coming out the filter when the starter is > cranked--Check. Check for fuel in the injection lines when the starter is...
• Diesel starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 11:29:50 -0800
  ...From the beginning when "starting" the starter had problems: 1. 1 It would occasionally whir without engaging the flywheel, then suddenly drop into engagement...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:54:33 -0500
  ...I would be very surprised if the glow plugs operate when > the starter is engaged--practically everything is cut off by the ignition > switch...
• Re: Back-up lights -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Duane Teske
  Wed, 28 May 1997 15:07:39 -0500
  I've been watching twin threads, one on backup lights not comming on and the other related to intermitant starter operation. I had both...
• 85 will not start
  Historical mailing list - LeeAnn Medlock
  Mon, 28 May 2001 17:13:13 EDT
  ...Its not the battery, not the starter, or any other loose connection that I can see. Where is the second solenoid in the engine...
• Remote starter for <$5.00
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 01:20:22 -0400
  ...I permanently installed a cheap J C Whitney horn button between B+ & the starter solenoid terminal. Now I can crank the engine from the...
• Re: Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:35:44 -0800
  ...I jumped into a super speedy conclusion with a starter in my mind. My apologies to the list for wasting the bandwidth. It's...
• Re: Schematic needed, starter issue, Old school stuff
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:21:54 -0800
  it's exceptionaly easy to wire in a 'starter booster relay.' the Ford solenoid is overkill, by far . what you need is any common...
• Re: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area...
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:08:41 -0700
  My starter is new [as is the engine] and it has the hesitation just before it turns thing going on. I'm thinking connections...
• FW: More PANIC and Das Bot----tests done so far and results
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:55:08 -0600
  ...It was about time. --had significant other operate starter. No spark observed from spark plug wire --disconnected coil wire from distributor, operated starter. No...
• starter
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Mon, 13 May 2002 22:11:35 -0700
  I wired my starter with an extra 30amp relay so that the solenoid is drawing current straight from the battery. I have an inline...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Woten, Rodney
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:07:38 -0500
  ...Starter doesn't work on long trips Hmm, you see I doubt it's a lack of current because the starter works 99.9...
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:49:19 -0500
  But this is only as good as an original - a copy of the weak Bosch starter is fine for a WBX or other low...
• Re: AMV 188 000 02
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:59:33 -0300
  Neil, There was something on there when I took the starter out. I cleaned the mating surfaces. I was just wondering if a bead...
• Re: Aux Battery: Life span of charged battery?
  Historical mailing list - Brenda Zendzian
  Mon, 4 May 1998 18:55:39 -1000
  Ok, simple, the alternator goes to a junction box on the left upper part of the engine compartment then goes to the starter and...
• differences between starter motors?? (For 1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:19:45 -0500
  Hi guys, I woke up this morning to find my starter was finally pretty shot. I have an extra one lying around though, so...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:39:01 -0400
  ...But I did slide underneath and got a good look at the starter, and it has all the wires I expect to see, connected...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:31:46 -0800
  ...One of the 2 wires is > that starter 50 signal and that is where it joins the FI harness. Simply > unplug that 2 wire...
• Re: Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:43:09 -0500
  ...Then turn off the headlights, and crank the starter and see if the reading drops well below 12V, it should not go below 11...
• Re: No start questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:12:39 -0700
  ...but inspect and diagnose first.' I seldom bother anymore, but I used to take the starters apart and see how short the brushes are...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:51:36 -0500
  ...There are > many designed for starter solenoid service. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Steve...
• Re: Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:42:16 +0100
  ...I've noticed that the<br> starter has been getting more sluggish to engage and turn lately, though<br> plenty powerful enough to crank...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 04:37:01 -0700
  The red charging wire goes from the alternator to the starter post and then a huge cable goes from there to the battery. If...
• 2nd Battery Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 22:11:30 -0700
  ...Aux Batt ----- Relay ---- Start Batt ---- Starter ---- Alternator 2. Start Batt ---- Starter ---- Alternator ---- Relay ---- Aux Batt Will one of the above put less strain on...
• starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Philip Key
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 21:15:21 -0800
  ...Sounds like the starter to me but i would not mind a second opinon. Thanks Philip , 87 syncro