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• Re: no start no click
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:29:46 -0700
  If you end up purchasing a new starter I suggest you look into the model Dennis had sent us all a few months back...
• Wiring Problem Finally Solved (knock on wood)....
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:55:55 -0400
  ...Ran a new age power line from the ignition switch to the starter and the starter worked properly. So, a couple of days later...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:34:17 EDT
  ...Running the tri-plugs, I started to have the infamous "hot starter" problem. I would run the engine and the starter failed to start...
• Re: What a day...Billy kicked my as_
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 05:21:44 -0500
  ...This morning I reinstalled the tranny, with the new starter and new STARTER BUSHING (DAMNed starter bushing!) Anyway, the bus would not start. I...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! Battery lifting strap!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 20:55:13 -0400
  ...Finding the PERFECT starter battery! I use Vice-Grips to clamp onto one of the terminals to help me lift out the old battery...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:43:00 -0400
  ...Why the occasionally > draggy > starter? This has been a consistent problem with this van through several > starters, engines, transmissions, ignition switches, and sets of...
• Re: '81 vanagon for sale
  Historical mailing list - James Johnson
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 20:30:17 -0500
  ...The positive wire leading to the starter fried and almost took the rest of the van with it. Now I have to arrange a...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! (UPDATE!)
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 10:56:45 -0700
  Will do as soon as starter battery issue is resolved! Patti On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:25:38 -0400
  If you let the tap bottom out and keep turning it will pull the starter bushing right out. -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET...
• Re: Delays: auto transmission and starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Robert S Keezer
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:23:38 -0700
  ...It may be worth checking to see if your battery cables and earths(grounds )are good for the starter problem -especially if you have...
• Re: in Kamloops and need some help
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:25:49 -0800
  ...Did this about 10-15 times then the > starter turned over VERY slowly and the engine caught and started. The > starter is normally very...
• FW: Changing out an air dam
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:04:51 -0500
  ...If one paints a vanagon starter motor pink (required content!), they've "changed it", but not "changed it out". If one were to re...
• Re: '82 starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:44:31 -0600
  ...Jake Beaulieu <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM> >Subject: '82 starter wiring >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >82 air cooled >When I removed my tranny this...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:45:29 -0500
  ...All you need is a wire with clips on the end, long enough to reach from the starter control terminal to the alternator B...
• Re: Use air cooled Bosch reman. starter on 1.9 WBX? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:29:45 -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: Another Reason For Hard Starting -- Cracked Bellhousing
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 16:03:32 -0500
  ...that the starter hit the gas tank..... I did not think of that. The only thing in my case is I think it would...
• Re: Starter removal
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 15:41:45 -0500
  ...12px">Don't you have an adapter plate that your starter is mounted <BR>to? The close tolerance of some of those plates can...
• Re: differences between starter motors?? (For 1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:22:17 -0500
  ...I have an '84 1.9l manual. -Wes Wesley Pegden wrote: > Hi guys, > I woke up this morning to find my starter was finally...
• Remote starter switch mayhem (Funny -now)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:57:00 -0400
  ...often when using a remote starter switch the ignition is kept off.. like you're testing compression, testing the starter itself etc. but yes...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 15:37:59 -0400
  ...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: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:49:41 -0800
  ...rotation > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > STARTER > 45 Separate starter relay, output; starter input (main current) > 45a Output, starter I > Input, starters I and II (Two-starter parallel operation...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:58:35 -0400
  ...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: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:08:06 +0000
  ...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: Overloading the alternator
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 11:22:23 -0400
  ...It was from a Bosche starter manual saying that their starters were meant to operate at a low voltage--like 8 volts or something...
• '82 starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:07:36 -0800
  82 air cooled When I removed my tranny this winter I failed to properly label the starter wires. Now that the tranny is back...
• Re: Help Needed on Manual to Auto Trans wiring problem.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 17:55:25 -0800
  ...to the ignition switch to > the starter. > Might be from the ignition to the safety to the starter--either > way--going from a stick...
• Need diesel ring gear or flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hougard
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:09:54 EST
  ...I didn't replace my starter gear or even know if it's available separately. Do rebuilt starters have new gears? Checked with Camelback...
• Auxiliary Battery Q: What loads have you moved to the aux battery from starter batt?
  Historical mailing list - vw_traveler
  Wed, 21 May 2003 06:50:19 -0400
  ...isolator debate here!!) the starter battery should be reserved only for starting, and the auxiliary battery powers everything else. For those of you who...
• Re: Why my Starter Motor Failed PICS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:05:15 -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: Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:30:30 -0700
  ...Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change > After having now gone through the starter R&R one time, I have learned > that if the air...
• Re: Starter system woes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:41:53 -0800
  This sounds like something my van used to do- turn key, couple second delay, then starter engages. Over time, the delay increased until on...
• Re: Installed new clutch, "used-in-good-condition,recently-rebuilt transmission, and, now, "no start."
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:19:50 -0500
  ...I appreciate your generosity in > contributing as > much as you do to the List. > > The starter was DOA at the testing station at Autozone...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:26:18 -0700
  ...50 is a ground that is positive only when starter cranking. Thanks much Mark. It didn't make sense looking at *just* the relay...
• delayed start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 16:56:38 -0800
  ...When it won't start, I've tried wiggling the starter switch - no change pound on battery connections - no change. wiggle wires around starter...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 19:20:25 +0000
  ...Finding the PERFECT starter battery! The "correct" battery, that has the foot to fit the factory bracket, has a handle on it from the...
• was starting issues...now mechanic questions
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Kahler
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:38:01 -0800
  hello again! so my vanagon died (wouldn't start again...weak rev of starter...then nothing) in the Safeway parking lot, and I had...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:46:02 -0500
  ...One was on a Golf III starter - went up in a little poof of smoke! Are there many (or any) of these on the...
• Re: '91 Starting Issues
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:22:19 -0700
  ...I have replaced the switch and also tried my new hi-torque starter for another Vanagon project. I decided to add the typical hot...
• Re: Starter issues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:37:18 -0700
  ...The starter isn't cheap so I >>> hesitate to simply replace it, but it is original to the bus with 200k on >>> the clock...
• Re: 84' Vanagon starter falling apart
  Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:38:28 -0800
  Ok I got regular screws to replace the missing ones and put the starter back together noticing that the gear isn't really retractable...
• Re: Syncro starter removal
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:31:45 -0700
  This helped me with that spade connector the last time I changed the Syncro f#@%*g starter in a blizzard. Many times, at the...
• Re: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:25:12 -0500
  ...I suppose since it's only hot when the starter >is activated then it's not a big deal. It does seem to be...
• FS, Seat base--swivel Westfalia, starter, radio
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:46:44 -0800
  ...needs main shaft bearings $20 no shipping-pick up only. � VW Starter, known good. $20.( It's nice to have an extra so you...
• '84 Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Edward Orlando
  Mon, 15 May 2000 08:33:37 -0700
  ...after that) Is this a clear cut case of a bad starter? Or could something else be the problem? If anyone out there can...
• Re: engine bay mounted starter switch?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:16:26 EDT
  ...As for remote starter switches, you can buy these from NAPA or similar for around $20-30. Hope things work out for you. The...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:59 -0500
  Tom, If your starter is making grinding noises it sounds like the ignition switch, and its start position, are working. Maybe it's that...
• Re: Delays: auto transmission and starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:08:29 -0700
  ...Then the thing went dead, nothing from the starter, at all. I had to disconnect the wire from the switch to the starter, and...
• hard starting Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:27:39 -0500
  ...I traced the problem to a voltage drop at the starter. I wired the relay kit in such a manner that I can jump...
• Re: Start-Solenoid-fix
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 1 May 2003 07:52:25 -0700
  ...Mark Noel Cookson wrote: > > Hi, > > I am about to add a low voltage relay kit to my starter and have a > question. > > First, the...
• Re: replace starter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:23:02 -0400
  > The failure rate doesn't seem to be anything above normal. > I've for 312,000+ miles on my van and the starter goes...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 04:39:46 +0000
  ...Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:27:45 -0500 > >Hi Oliver, > >12.3V at the starter should be sufficient, but was that measured at the...
• Re: HELP! van broke on I80 trAveling East (update)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 19:56:20 -0700
  ...Not only were they expecting us, they were prepared to install the new starter once we arrived . They got us back on the road...
• Re: Water in starter housing?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 22:00:26 -0700
  ...But it appears the solenoid is now the main problem - it pulls fine, but does not trip the power to the starter. The starter...
• Ignition Switches and Hot Start Relay and Starter Motors (long)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 8 Sep 2016 01:43:44 +0000
  ...So now the problem seems to shift to STARTER.  When the guys did the Subie installation, they installed a BRAND NEW Hi-Torque starter...
• Re: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:34:20 -0400
  Is it a manual, cause then you dont need no stinkin starter. Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Kelly DeVoto" <devoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> To...
• Re: Srarter woes
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:23:02 -0500
  ...Upon trying to > restart, the starter engaged, locked itself into runaway mode. It kept > turning as soon as I pushed in the clutch. Let...
• Re: Vanagon/Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:09:35 +0000
  ...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: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list - Gregg William Bryden
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 19:29:48 -0700 (PDT)
  I finally broke down and installed a second relay for my '77 westy starter. The problem is, the windings on the magnet get hot...
• Re: First Really Cold Day - Starter Dead
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:05:01 -0700
  ...If you do get normal behavior at "on" but nothing at "start", then look at your starter. No 'click' back there probably means a...
• starter solenoid problems (and solution)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:57:04 -0700
  For the second time, the starter solenoid in my '81 westy had crapped out. As it usually does, it waited until I was halfway...