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• Re: Delays: auto transmission and starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:18:51 -0500
  I had a starter that was not engaging properly. It was the nothing syndrome. I cleaned residue from the plunger in the solenoid and...
• Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses (long)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:53:22 -0500
  ...I'm quite sure factory VW wouldn't use a specialty starter.. then again they do for the Diesel vanagon (again own one of...
• Re: Strange oil leak @ starter mount?
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:35:55 -0400
  ...things this way...), anyway - I saw oil drips on the lower starter mounting > bolt. > > The van developed a *very* slow oil leak about the...
• Re: Starter or battery?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:02:26 -0400
  ...But it is a good indication that it is not the starter. BTDT, long story about a shop selling my then "not quite ex...
• Re: Anyone have a spare automatic starter?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:16:33 -0700
  ...Anyone have a spare automatic starter? AAA offers emergency roadside service, not planned towing. If you weren't driving it and need to be...
• Re: HELP! van broke on I80 trAveling East (update)
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Johnson
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:27:21 -0600
  ...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: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 13:58:28 -0500
  >> A nagging problem I have had with my 81 Westy through several engine >> replacements (see 81 Westfalia Blues, posting) has been the sticking >> starter...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 13:58:29 -0500
  >> A nagging problem I have had with my 81 Westy through several engine >> replacements (see 81 Westfalia Blues, posting) has been the sticking >> starter...
• Re: 88 4sp starter trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:20:21 -0400
  IMHO, a starter is a go/ no go item. It either works or it doesn't. Hopefully you've done some basic troubleshooting before...
• Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:36:23 -0700
  ...I put the meter on the battery cable at the batt cable/alternator junction at the starter, 13-14v. My thinking is 14 volts...
• '87 Syncro Westie Starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Tony Schiebel
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:33:02 -0600
  ...Any place else I should look or is the starter going to give up the ghost soon?? Is the starter different on a Syncro...
• Re: Definition of "turn over" Please
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:13:37 -0600
  I think you mean "...the engine turns over, but dosen't start." The phrase "turns over" means the engine will crank - the starter engages...
• Delays: auto transmission and starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:38:16 +0100
  ...idiosyncracies that I'll get used to? On another topic, my starter motor does something similar: on a cold day, I turn the key...
• Re: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:41:48 -0500
  ...Now power wise with the starter, how do your headlights look? Are they dim or normal, and when you turn the key do they...
• Re: New engine start-up, help a brother out
  Historical mailing list - Motlagh, John N [GMG]
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:29:31 -0500
  ...Then turn the key and activate the starter for 5 seconds. Let is rest for 10 seconds. Hit the starter again for 5 seconds...
• Re: Anyone have a spare automatic starter?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:45:32 -0700
  ...Anyone have a spare automatic starter? | |I may just go ahead and register the beast. | | |On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:12 AM...
• Re: no start
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:00:06 -0500
  ...so, should i look > > towards the starter? the starter is only 2 years old. the battery is old > > though, could this be the problem...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 7 May 2012 17:10:17 -0600
  ...Jumping doesn't help. >Voltage at starter matches battery. >Turns over slowly with: > - spark plugs removed. > - fresh battery jumpered directly to starter. > - WITH NEW...
• Valves down under, toggle switches
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 13:52:45 -0800
  ...The toggle switch connects 12V DC to everything that once came from the key-switch, except for the starter solenoid. The starter solenoid is...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:03:55 -0700
  ...Is the 12.2 at rest normal?� It seems adequate.� Why the occasionally draggy starter?� This has been a consistent problem with this van...
• Re: dragging starter
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:59:21 -0800
  ...NOPE! My starter- which the PO had JUST replaced with the alternator AND battery before he sold it to me- was sluggish. As it...
• Re: Hard starting when warm
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 11:52:10 EST
  John; Most FLAPs have a roll-around diagnostics cart with equipment to test the battery/starter/charger system. They successfully diagnosed the cause of...
• Installed new clutch, "used-in-good-condition, recently-rebuilt transmission, and, now, "no start."
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 18:52:05 -0700
  ...The connections to the starter are as they were in the installation of the previously perfectly operating starter which I transferred from the Westy...
• Re: WTB: upper starter bolt for auto trans Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:40:37 -0700
  ...General Delivery Canada Wide > Upper Starter Bolt for AT, The long One. > > Pz
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:32:02 -0700
  ...The old ground went to the block AND the starter housing and I'm wondering if that could be the problem. Perhaps the starter...
• Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:14:02 -0500
  Made it to 205,000 miles then sold it. One can of leak sealer, exhaust system, water pump and starter. Not too bad.
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:14:13 EST
  Could this possibly be the dreaded "Too Many Keys on the Key Ring" syndrome? (thought I'd take a stab...) Scott De Santi 86...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:53:43 -0800
  ...85 manual).� It was the starter solenoid.� If it happens again, list wisdom says to whack the starter with a big wrench or piece...
• Re: Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:16:32 -0700
  ...After I removed the starter, I found the wire from the solenoid to > the > starter motor was broken. I installed a new starter, but...
• Solenoid Sermon
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 20 Nov 96 18:20:31 EST
  ...The problem is that Volkswagen feeds their starter solenoid 12vdc by way of China. They run the juice all the way up to the...
• Re: no start no click
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:54:24 -0700
  It could be that the starter solenoid got stuck. Either use a piece of wood or a tool to hit it but you have...
• Re: 2.1 WBX - Cold starts easy, Hot - failure to start
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:37:29 -0500
  Dennis, whether hot or cold, the starter turns the engine rapidly and easily. When cold, it starts easily. When hot, it turns easily but...
• Re: OK That's It! I'm getting rid of this if it refuses to start!
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 22:23:00 -0700
  ...I got my starter done at auto shop-brushes replaced,clean and paint.no problem in 2 years.Cost $30 though takes time to...
• Re: Intermittent Starter
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:56:55 -0400
  ...Whacking on the starter from > underneath with a hammer didn't work either, like it had before we > replaced the dad-gum thing. Got...
• Re: Anyone have a spare automatic starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 5 Oct 2011 08:18:25 -0400
  ...Anyone have a spare automatic starter? > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > Well nevermind I guess..... > > There is quite a bit of madness associated with...
• Re: Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 23:30:41 -0700
  ...It killed the starter. Had to get a new one, > > The second was on the Volksiebus - the 88 Transporter a few days ago. > Fortunately...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:44:53 -0500
  ...determined if this was the cause of the runaway starter or if > the runaway starter back fed and fried the harness? > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: starting problems
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:51:19 +0000
  ...Have someone crank the engine and at the same time take a implement of some sort and give the starter/solenoid a tap or...
• Re: Intermittent ignition delay when turning key
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:06:44 -0700
  ...Sometimes, >especially after travelling a while after cooldown, I turn the key and I >get a 2 second or so delay before the starter...
• Re: westfalia 2nd battery question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:13:20 -0800
  ...HD relay that isolates the starter/main battery from the electrical system (except for the big wire to starter) and allows the gel cell...
• Re: starting problems
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Sat, 30 Aug 1997 02:38:19 -0700
  ...Sometimes had to crawl underneith and start with a screwdriver on the starter solenoid. Of course, it worked fine when I got it to...
• Re: Vanagon repair shop in Wichita, KS??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 22:13:57 -0500
  Hi List, Could this be an electrical supply problem ( battery or connections ) or starter grounding problem? People on the list mention both problems now...
• Re: Mysterious loose ground wire
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 May 2011 10:52:57 -0700
  ...Is that to ground the starter or what? It seems to have been like that for a while. > Any thoughts? > Thanks > Steve > -- Neil Nicholson...
• Re: Tremclad colour match and useage?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 7 May 2007 09:09:08 -0700
  ...a 58' Bug! > > And a 63, a 67, a 69....... > > Actually all I need for a starter kit is some brushes and a couple...
• Re: Installing Starter Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:56:25 -0500
  ...may have to experiment with diameters and stiffnesses) through the larger starter opening and duct tape it to your vacuum cleaner hose and see...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! Battery lifting strap!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 21:23:32 -0500
  ...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: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:13:07 -0700
  If he is stranded, just run a wire from the starter directly to the plus terminal on the battery. What I did was take...
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Mathieu Bertrand
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:24:29 +0000
  ...The > > starter doesn't turn at all. Sometimes, if try and try again, out of > > the blue, it turns at a good speed. I...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:17:37 -0700
  ...Instead of putting in a single beefy wire from the alternator to the starter, they put in two(!) on a single crimp, then run...
• RE: Flywheel replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 20:53:22 -0500
  ...So whats my point? Well none really, just backing up Aaron's point about the starter hitting the flywheel at roughly the same points...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:45:36 -0700
  ...The starter makes no sound whatsoever. If I crawl underneath and > connect to 2 large connections together the starter spins but does not > engage...
• Start problem fixed, thanks list!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:11:03 -0700
  ...I knew that was the first thing I should have checked, but after installing the new starter on the syncro, I was still suffering...
• FS: Starter, ECU, Coil
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:49:25 -0700
  ...Near new Bosch starter (from '88, 4 speed, ~2k miles) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7967849554 Bosch 2.1L ECU...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:32:51 -0600
  >>> >>> On 24 Apr , 2017, at 8:01 PM, Marc Perdue wrote: >>> >>>> " it wouldn't start again. " >>> >>> That is Insufficient Info to Diagnos from ~ >>> >>> ORR...
• Re: 84' Vanagon starter falling apart
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:18:17 -0500
  At 01:59 PM 1/25/2011, Tobias Gogolin wrote: >Disengage by receding or by spinning freely? Disengage. Not touch. Yours, David
• FS: 87 westy $6000 (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bezark
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:57:06 -0600
  from the boulder, colorado 'camera' newspaper: 1987 Westfalia, new eng, 36k, new tires, starter, $6000 720.885.6012 again, not mine. matt.
• Won't start..
  Historical mailing list - stu schwartz
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:20:09 -0400
  Thanks to all that responded...my westy wouldn't start but it wasn't the battery...it was a loose connection near the starter...
• Re: Diesel intermittently dead
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:23:33 EST
  I Clean the battery posts thoroughly. Use battery post grease. The clamps are not handling the current needed by the starter motor. Steve Cotsford
• Re: bleeding the cooling system....
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Watson
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:11:12 -0600
  Ive got a Bosch starter up on ebay if anybody needs one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7991296821
• Another Reason For Hard Starting -- Cracked Bellhousing
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:32:26 -0500
  ...There apparently is a version of these with the starter on the side, however for 4WDs. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jFaWkNB1Gzg/ToCiYD_WP8I/AAAAAAAAAAU...