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• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:35:24 -0800
  At 06:55 PM 01/26/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Hi Listees, > >starter? loose wire or cable? Please help me folks...this is my...
• Re: Starter Wire Connection
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:00:01 -0600
  ...The wire harness > feeding the starter solenoid has TWO red wires coming out of it: a > thicker gauge one with a black plastic female...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:05:19 -0400
  Well it turned out my added ground did not effect the funciton of the starter sufficienly. When I got to my destination today, It...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:55:56 -0800
  ...I've had my Snap-On heavy duty Remote Starter Switch about 25 years. I'm sure it's double break contacts.. no idea...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 09:41:40 -0500 (CDT)
  > A nagging problem I have had with my 81 Westy through several engine > replacements (see 81 Westfalia Blues, posting) has been the sticking > starter...
• Starter Replacement Frustration - That durn second nut!
  Historical mailing list - Gavin Flanagan
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:59:28 -0700
  ...After consultation with some mechanics (and some successful whacks with a hammer), I came to the conclusion that my starter needs to be replaced...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 3 Feb 2017 19:13:20 -0500
  ...Spins great! The off shore >starter also needed to have material removed to accomodate the lower >fastener that replaces the OEM stud. Using my...
• Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:46:23 -0400
  ...The starter makes no sound whatsoever. If I crawl underneath and connect to 2 large connections together the starter spins but does not engage...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 May 2015 20:37:55 -0400
  ...ignition switch as a >trigger and do not actually route the starter through it. I have a hideous feeling that some of them use...
• Convertion help wanted.
  Historical mailing list - Miller - James W.
  Sun, 18 May 1997 22:14:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Has anyone done this and is there an easy solution to the problem of starter clearence between the fuel tank and starter when using...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:33:10 -0500
  ...Who know's how long that reman starter was laying in some mud hole prior to it being scooped up and set to the...
• Starter Bolts 91 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:57:34 -0400
  I am trying to replace a bad starter on a 91 Vanagon, Full Camper, with Automatic. Two bolts hold the unit in, and the...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:06:31 -0700
  ...ECU > is in stock location, no parts needed. > > Somewhere buried in my first thread I mentioned that my NEW remote > starter switch tested bad...
• 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....update 2
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Thu, 9 Dec 2010 00:29:41 +0000
  ...As a test I threw some > >grease in there, reassembled (I can remove/replace starter in about > >5 minutes now!) and thought if there...
• Re: Uncooperative Starter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:35:53 -0700
  ...If the starter cranks, it is probably an intermittent switch. You could also try pushing the plug in firmly and holding it while you...
• Re: Push button switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:22:33 -0800
  I would just go to a FLAPS and buy a generic starter button. wildlyguessing ... it's a 10 amp cirucit at the most. I...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:08:27 -0800
  ...Bosch rebuilt > > > >> I am trying to choose between a used starter for about $55, a > >> cheap AutoZone starter for $90 and free shipping or...
• Re: Solenoid for parts or Bushing? opinions please!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:08:59 -0500
  ...A weak battery can give the same symptoms as a starter problem. Usually most FLAPS will test these for free. My wife's 85...
• Re: No start questions
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:39:59 -0400
  ...From all the pmails I've recieved my goal tommorow is to 1) clean the battery terminals, 2) clean the connections to the starter...
• Re: 84' Vanagon starter falling apart
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:52:29 -0800
  ...if the gear ratio starter to flywheel was not 30 to one or whatever it is, you'd need one huge starter to spin...
• Re: Van Not Starting - 88 Automatic with New Starter and Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:39:18 -0400
  Rob, Where did you get a "New" Bosch starter. All I know of is rebuilds for the automatic. Yes, there is a crudely designed...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 06:56:22 -0800
  ...I've worked on 100's of Vanagons over = > the years and have never needed, or even contemplated installing a = > starter relay. > > - Got good...
• Re: replace starter
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:51:05 -0700
  ...replace starter > The failure rate doesn't seem to be anything above normal. > I've for 312,000+ miles on my van and the...
• Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 23:47:28 -0500
  ...I have two 88 Vanagons - both of whom have had runaway starters in recent weeks. The first disengaged the flywheel but ran until I...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list - Don Geiger
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 18:04:42 -29900
  ...On long trips, the transfer of heat from the engine to > the starter housing seems to overheat the solonoid, causing it to fail to...
• I didn't mark the starter wires
  Historical mailing list - Blue Ridge CycleWorks
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 23:38:00 -0500
  ...With Bentley I figured out where the two small ones go. (Bentley show six wires coming into the starter--I really don't know...
• Re: Start Issue with Hard Start Relay
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:20:27 -0500
  A while back I connected a starter to a car battery so that I could measure the current in that solenoid circuit. It seems...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 00:51:34 -0400
  ...Funny the guy that originally rebuilt/broke my starter was a version of Seinfeld's soup Nazi. You pretty much walked in, handed over...
• NEW syncro starter removal question!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 12:37:28 -0700
  ...Now Im trying to remove the upper mounting bolt on the starter (bently didnt seem to mention anything about this bolt.. there went another...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 22 May 2015 01:04:04 -0400
  ...Does anyone know how much current the 2002 TDI gear drive starter solenoid draws? My present switch is failing in the starter solenoid circuit...
• Re: OK, I've had it! What now?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:35:45 -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...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:04:28 -0500
  ...Bosch rebuilt > > > >> I am trying to choose between a used starter for about $55, a > >> cheap AutoZone starter for $90 and free shipping or...
• Re: Advice-New Ignition Switch/Cig Lighter/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:45:50 -0600
  ...in the starter are pretty bad. > The ground path for the solenoid is thru the starter. I feel that if > the relays were installed...
• Re: Starter Cleanup
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:32:27 -0500
  ...Should I do something special about electrical power regards >> the starter - other than be sure the terminals are cleaned up really >> well? I'm...
• '86 Caravelle sluggish cranking
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:06:12 +0100
  ...When I turn the key, the starter very hesitantly turns the engine 'till it starts. When the battery is newly charged and the engine...
• Re: Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 07:48:07 -0800
  ...When I start the van, there is a >hesitation after I turn the key and the starter cranks. Many times the >starter will spin...
• Re: Vanagon/Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 16:06:13 -0800
  ...5000 miles since rebuild)) > Vanagon Tranny (from my '88 GL) with late DIESEL diesel starter conversion? > No more failed rebuilt Bosch starters! > > > > John R >
• Re: What vanagon items did Santa bring you?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 20:10:40 -0800
  I got a failed starter…. Cheap Mexican rebuilt should be here 1/2. I got a broken clothes dryer too. Its replacement part should...
• HELP! van broke on I80 trAveling East
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:53:06 -0700
  ...It's the first day on our vacation and the starter went out on our 87 Synco, we are in despite need of an...
• Re: 87 auto, starter slow when hot
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 07:46:05 EDT
  ...My 87 GL automatic starter turns fine when cold but slower on hot re-starts...sometimes a lot slower. BRUUP..........................BRUP...................................BRUP.... ...............BRUP..Vroom...
• Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - clark duff
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:45:29 -0400
  ...After I removed the starter, I found the wire from the solenoid to the starter motor was broken. I installed a new starter, but...
• Re: This week advice.....
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:25:42 -0400
  ...don't blame the pump or the pump relay yet.... >check the Alternator to starter connection, the red wire (on Starter).... > >You should always...
• RE: Just Starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Mar 97 23:15:03 UT
  ...Except for Syncro's, a starter is easy to change on a Vanagon. Should only take about an hour. Don't for get to...
• Re: Re; Help Again
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:40:59 EDT
  ...Now, once in a while, when I go to start the van the starter will start to grind then stop cold. I switch off...
• Re: Startter Motor Installation Question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 23:07:34 -0700
  On 6/1/06, walter bahm <wbahm@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Greetings, > > just tried installing a new Bosch (rebuild) starter motor onto our '86 > vanagon...
• Fwd: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 17:10:30 -0500
  ...It could be the starter switch which with age has started to dislike passing the amount of current necessary to activate the starter reliably...
• Re: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:59:30 -0500
  ...I want to test if volts are going to the starter when the key is turned. I recon I want to be measuring between...
• Re: Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:23:25 -0400
  ...How do you install a remote starter switch? Do you connect it directly to the starter solenoid? >I had an ECU do exactly this...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:21:01 -0800
  ...I also tend to use a starter booster relay for aftermarket IMI starters .. or subaru conversions ..like any time I think there's more...
• Re: '84 Westy call on Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:51:57 -0700
  ...The brothers >> advised that she keep her existing bat in the car to whack the starter >> when needed although she had bought a replacement...
• Automatic Starter Issues
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:46:07 -0400
  ...So clearly eveything up stream of the starter is working. This was a used starter and It may be time for a replacement. Does...
• Re: Battery Fireworks after starter install .. SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - dan gordon
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:54:46 -0500
  ...The hi-torque starter works like a charm on the subaru engine. thanks list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Gronski" <gronski@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon...
• Re: Changing the starter on a Bostig setup
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:41:30 -0400
  ...18:49 Marco <nwmarco@YAHOO.COM> napisał(a): > Hi, > > This is for the Bostig owners out there. > > Any tips for changing out the starter...
• Re: Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:25:10 -0800
  ...I used them on my inline (diesel bellhousing) starter 'plug in the wire" spade. I also use them to get my speedo cable itnto...
• Re: 5 speed trans
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 08:18:49 PST
  ...It simply bolted up, the cv joints fit perfectly, my shifter linkage, accessories, and starter (I did have to open the starter hole slightly...
• Re: [Syncro] Help! Igintion Won't shut off!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 12:22:28 -0700
  > First, which end of the battery - alternator > wire are you unhooking? At the battery, starter > or at the alternator? > > If it is either of...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning... UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:52:20 -0600
  ...I finally ended up "testing" the starter by disconnecting the lead from the ignition switch (as suggested by "notMike"); it was still spinning when...
• Re: WTB: upper starter bolt for auto trans Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:19:38 -0400
  ...General Delivery Canada Wide Upper Starter Bolt for AT, The long One. Pz
• HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Melissa E. Mourkas
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:21:09 -0500
  ...Further investigation seems to indicate a strong battery, and I can hear the solenoid making noise, but the starter won't crank. Suggestions, insight...
• Re: Wont start at all now...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:53:03 -0800
  Chris, BTDT> The starter motor heats very quickly-- 30 seconds is enough to melt solder which then is slung out of the one of...