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• Tug's starting update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:07:59 -0400 (EDT)
  ...He suggested the flat spot on starter idea. OK, new starter, relay switch (? I've yet to find THAT in Bentley) or ??? Since I...
• Re: Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 13:45:44 -0500
  ...We are the second owners so I don't know if this is the original starter or not. It does seem to get worse...
• Re: starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:03:17 -0700
  ...Wiring Terminals 30 - Straight battery power, always hot 31 - Ground 15 - Power when ignition is ON 50 - Power when starter is engaged X - Power...
• Re: rasumfrasum Starter bolt!: case closed
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:25:36 -0800
  ...rasumfrasum Starter bolt!: case closed To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Wait...are you telling me that.....yeah, well, I guess you are. Ah, the...
• Re: Weak Starting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:10:43 -0500
  ...If it is corroded on either end, it could be causing higher resistance (and hence less amps at the starter). A cold engine usually...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:25:02 -0400
  ...David Beierl wrote: >>crocodile-clip lead with one end on the >>starter connector > >David, is that on the battery terminal post on the solenoid...
• Re: 2 Deep cycle batterys & move starter to rear right engine compartment ??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:54:38 +0000
  ...from > the aux battery. > > Mark > > TC wrote: > > > Has anybody moved a starter battery to that area in the > > right rear of the engine compartment...
• Re: Charging circuit connection - battery under back bench in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:15:16 -0700
  Yes, it is common to use the starter post connection for charging a battery installed in the back. I've done some that way...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:34:42 -0500
  ...I'd need to open the battery compartment and look to know the brand and group # for sure, but I bought my current starter...
• Re: Low compression results accurate?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:29:42 -0700
  ...I wanted to > do a compression test on it- the starter and transmission were still > connected. I hooked up jumper cables- positive on my...
• Re: Cool idea for table
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:51:42 -0400
  ...I gave him your adaptor and starter to install as he was doing electrical safety changes. When I said I recommend your adaptor he...
• 1991 vanagon - Sizing and location for aux to main battery wire
  Historical mailing list - KevinPGilleran
  Sat, 5 Oct 2013 13:04:40 -0700
  ...It looks like the existing wiring from the starter battery to the auxiliary battery is too small on existing 86+ Westys. It looks like...
• Mystery Starting Problem '84 auto wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Booker C. Bense
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 09:50:02 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In fact, that's how I know it's spring, I have to crawl under the vanagon to start it. - The starter has been...
• please make my vanagon run again
  Historical mailing list - Street Bugs
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 01:54:18 GMT
  ...does the motor urn over at all or solid.? is the starter engaged and jammed on the teeth of the flywheel? does the starter...
• Starter Relay and transmission
  Historical mailing list - Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor)
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:26:48 -0400
  1) I am going to fix my starter relay problem over the weekend. What kind of relay am I looking for? Are there different...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:27:20 -0800
  pre-wired hard start relay is not that expensive with all protection sleeves on the wires... but if you want to make your own...
• Re: Syncro Starter R&R on vacation? A Poll
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:20 -0700
  Brendan, As Bob Stevens will heartily concur, don't push start the van in any gear lower than 2nd. Serious tranny issues may result...
• Re: starter solenoid problems (and solution)
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:39:07 -0500
  Dear Gary, Great post. Can't wait. Would this be similar or same on an '87 syncro? Regards, -- David Bogle '72 Campmobile 2.0L...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:19:47 -0400
  ...Bad/faulty/ + connection at starter.. positive to battery.. Nothing else... also a faulty temp2 wiring.. giving black smoke... Cheers, Ben http://www.benplace.com/
• Re: Overheated wire junction on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:55:22 -0700
  ...In that incorrect scenario, if starter battery was low, > starter would pull power from aux. battery. > > In past I've connected loads to the...
• Charging system questions.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:42:54 -0800
  ...The starter battery is kept out of the circuit by that relay... When the ignition is activated....that happens using only the starter battery...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:54:32 +0000
  Be careful about enlarging holes for one's starter.  It may cause minor movement and fatigue of your casting.  Flywheel gear damage may ensue...
• Re: Wiring damage- Pics
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 30 May 2009 19:58:39 -0600
  ...I noticed that about my starter as well .... the hot wire on the solenoid was loose and it made starting sound like a dying...
• Re: Anyone have a spare automatic starter?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 5 Oct 2011 05:49:26 -0700
  ...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: help....84 starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 6 May 2006 14:38:56 -0700
  ...My best guess would be either the conections at the starter solenoid, or possibly the solenoid itself. The older your starter, the greater the...
• What's it worth?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:24:36 -0500
  ...New diesel starter conversion (sick of the old starters), good tires (General Altimax heavy duty 205x14- recommended by Dennis Haynes) Dennis Haynes Heavy Duty...
• Wire cleaning, was: 82 ex-Diesel Starter Trouble
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:29:27 EST
  ...Remove, clean, re-install, and tighten all of the electrical leads on the back of your starter solenoid. Pay particular attention to the main...
• Re: 4 Optima Yellow Tops wired in Parallel
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:05:10 -0800
  ...no separate starter > battery. > > A " Off line" Portable Battery Jumper Starter" for emergency starting. > > Work ..... ? > Not Work ..... ? > Do Different .... ? > > Pertinent Assumptions > > 1. Daily trip...
• Main starter battery
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:47:07 -0500
  ...so i ask, does anybody have opinions on what main starter battery is best? Good old DieHard? Top-o-the-line Interstate? Here in...
• Re: 84 not firing up Intermit problem.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:31:20 -0800
  ...I could > crank the starter over for a while and it will > partially fire along with keeping the starter going.I > would comeback a...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch (starter button on dash)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:01:28 +0200
  ...How do I easily wire up a starter button on my dash so i can be cool and start my Vanagon like an old...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:23:29 -0700
  Craig, I believe that starter no-disengage issue was on vans equipped with the refrigerator relay under the driver's seat. I believe it...
• Re: Sad story
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:51:05 -0600
  ...here is what I do ANY time I am going to use a remote starter switch or a hidden starter cheater wire in the...
• Re: Changing the starter on a Bostig setup
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 21:52:15 -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...
• electrical stalling?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:54:16 -0500
  ...could the starter wiring have anything to do with it? the reason i suggest the starter is because very infrquently when i turn the...
• Re: Starter Motor Internal + Strap Replace?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 06:30:44 -0800
  > On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:26:30 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Hi all. > > This starter worked fine until the positive...
• Watercooled Mexican Microbusses, again
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:17:07 -0800
  ...The owner did it using the bell housing, starter, and flywheel from a Mexican watercooled bus. The cooling system was his own design, using...
• Re: Starter click, no cranking
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:54:12 -0600
  ...the wiring (usually connections at solenoid or starter), returning ground to the battery connections, and starter (when the bearing finally lets the largest diameter...
• Re: A Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Gus Cairo
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:46:39 -0700
  ...to neutral, turn switch - system hot, pause - turn switch to engage starter. Starter engages and turns engine like crazy. Engine refuses to start. Doesn...
• click click
  Historical mailing list - michael.r.robison
  3 Jun 96 10:08:15
  ...The starter turned the engine easily, but it took several minutes to start the engine (it was sitting all winter). Here's the question...
• Re: KEP/Group Response
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:18:17 -0700
  ...On Syncros they will machine down the bell housing starter face and reweld for $80 to allow a longer more powerful starter to clear...
• SLWR-VAN finally runs again !
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:46:51 -0400
  ...Based on what I replaced, it was probably either the fuel pump relays or the starter. However, after I replaced the starter... the van...
• Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:05:10 -0700
  ...When I turn it further to start the Van I hear a single click from in the Fuse Box. (The starter is not turning...
• Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't restart...
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:23:54 -0600
  ...Here are some of the possibly related conditions.my starter just went out.I am sensing something may have been wrong with the electrical...
• Re: Voltage Drop, 4 feet extra, 4 gauge wire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:15:05 -0500
  ...According to Bosch, you shouldn't drop more than half a volt in the starter supply cable *with the starter shorted* (that's what...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:32:36 -0600
  ...starter rebuilt last year due to slow rpm and heavy amp draw making the cable get really hot!! My question is the starter relay...
• Driver in Distress! Need Starter Near Taos NM
  Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:37:02 -0500
  ...My husband, Noel Cookson, is in Taos New Mexico with our 88 Vanagon (2.1 litre) and his starter is going out. Bus Depot...
• Re: Starter Engages When Revving Engine
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:01:43 -0700
  Either wire unplugged will solve the starter problem. As long as the relay is not needed for anything you can just leave which ever...
• Re: Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:11:37 +0000
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• timing light
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:26:30 -0700
  ...On the starter? --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger�s low PC-to-Phone call rates.
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:56:57 -0800
  ...All 3 relays use the starter motor solenoid coil as their ground and you can switch the fridge or battery relay to just use...
• Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:30:00 -0400
  ...The problem was the starter, and this video > was > >> helpful in getting me familiar with the starter and how to access it: > >> https://www...
• Finding the PERFECT starter battery!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 10:19:12 -0700
  Looking for a new starter battery that will fit perfectly without any mods. Does anyone know that actual dimensions of the starter battery compartment...
• Electrical Woes
  Historical mailing list - Harmon F Seaver
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 15:02:18 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Now, this same car has always (since I've had it) had a starting malady in that won't fire while the starter is...
• Re: Wire gauge: smaller to larger ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:42:52 -0700
  ...87 to battery connection on starter via #12 wire (best with an inline 8A > fuse near the starter) > 30 to Jetta coil via #12...
• Re: Starter system woes
  Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:01:06 -0800
  When I had this syndrome I fixed it by removing the starter and cleaning it and everything around it as well as the tranny...
• Re: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:15:26 -0700
  ...Fortunately, there's only one Vanagon Diesel starter. Tread carefully Grasshopper. The upside is that it will fairly easily accept a 1600 Diesel, a...
• Re: Vanagon Stranded near Tawas, MI
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:27:28 -0400
  ...Whack the starter while someone else twists the key. Later install relay. Eventually have starter rebuilt. Larry A. also 3 hours away On Fri...
• Re: Ignition lock fail - Update
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:56:18 -0700
  ...look for bad grounds in the starter circuit" and lo & behold, there was a > short in the starter ground. Screw had backed out. I...
• Re: Do I need a new starter???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 01:09:13 PDT
  yeah, I had a BMW whose starter made a loud buzzing noise and this was at a gas station while I was getting gas...