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• RE: '71 Ignition Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:28:18 -0400
  >On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Eric Rainey wrote: >> Also, check the wire from the fuse box to the starter, and the connection >> at the...
• Re: Intermittant Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:29:16 -0500
  ...I took the starter to a reputable > starter/alternator rebuilder and paid to have my starter serviced. The > tech said that the starter "looked...
• Re: Intermittant Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:29:16 -0500
  ...I took the starter to a reputable > starter/alternator rebuilder and paid to have my starter serviced. The > tech said that the starter "looked...
• Re: delayed start
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 22:22:42 EST
  I would think this has more to do with the condition of the battery, connections of wires, condition of starter and bushing than the...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 01:47:18 -0400
  ...That combination eliminates the need for the starter >shaft bushing. The starter itself is very powerful because it starts diesel >engines. And mine cost...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
  Historical mailing list - Apracticalguy
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:18:28 -0800
  I'm having starter problems also...after careful thought and lots of local calling....I decided to take my Westy over to GoWesty to...
• Re: Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:10:41 -0800
  Go Westy's starters and Karl's adapted TDI starters are self-supporting and don't need the bushing. You can get the Golf...
• Re: Starter Testing @ FLAPS WAS: Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:36:00 -0700
  If it's a manual transmission waterboxer starter, those should not be run without being inserted into a bell housing, or a piece of...
• RE: no start, starter motor?, 91
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:33:35 -0500
  At 12:35 PM 1/13/97 -0600, Lebron,Nathan wrote: >Well I paid $160 for a remanned Bosch starter. If you really wanna...
• Re: starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:03:08 -0400
  ...starter problems > Hi All > > Well I'm beginning to have starter problems... again! My '85 Transporter is > on it's third starter since I...
• Anybody using a WestyVentures TDI starter adaptor on an auto trans?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:22:13 -0700
  Hi All, I'm wondering if anyone is using Karl's TDI starter adaptor. Bought one and got a starter to use from a...
• Re: Starter woes...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 26 Apr 2017 02:51:42 -0400
  My recently-acquired Multivan automatic arrived with a 'new' rebuilt starter when I bought it. One of the first things I did was to...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:05:30 -0400
  At 12:17 PM 3/19/2011, C Snyder wrote: >I beleave it is a no good starter because the staarter never free >wheels...
• Starter won't engage ring gear WHEN COLD
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:37:47 -0400
  ...I do hear the starter motor. Now the questions for all of you starter experts. Assuming the solenoid (which is only a couple years...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] Starter differences - diesel vs gas?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:26:20 -0700
  ...what are the differences between a stock gas vs diesel starter? Can I buy a diesel replacement starter, and use it for a few...
• HELP/stranded/starter
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:31:26 PDT
  Hello List Well the ol' Snugvagaon got us to Chicago (from Alfred) but alas the starter became skittish on the way. After spending 45...
• Re: Gowesty starter problems...but, Ignition Switch
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 00:23:12 +0000
  ...Gowesty starter problems > > > > I've had my Gowesty starter for two years plus for 22,000 miles starter > > does not work now. Is this...
• Diesel starter for Kennedy adapter
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:02:30 -0400
  I'm just about to order an adapter from Kennedy Engineering, and I'm wondering about a starter. They offer a high torque unit...
• Re: HELP! van broke on I80 trAveling East
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:39:58 -0400
  ...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: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Dean G
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:35:11 -0400
  Shawn, You could try tightening the bolts holding the starter. You could check your wiring to make sure you're getting enough current. Clean...
• Re: Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:56:49 -0800
  It seems that you are unclear if it's a tired starter or wiring and switching to it. If the starter will operate perfectly...
• Re: Starter Amplifier Question? 3rd request
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:39:07 -0700
  ...My starter is pretty new so I have only run across this problem once. Johnny 81 Westy On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 01...
• Starter Battery
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:38:11 -0700
  Looks like my starter battery ( an Interstate MB66-50 )is dead Does anyone know if the Optima Starter battery will fit? I like the...
• Re: Starter Upper Nut on Air Cooled Beasties----
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:12:32 -0600
  ...Remember to unhook all wires from the starter and unhook the battery before you unbolt the starter..... Hope this helps! Regards, Mike Nichols 2...
• Re: rebuilding starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:20:56 -0800
  Sometimes, 'maybe' going into a starter and cleaning things up might keep you going a bit longer, but it's more a 'get home...
• Re: Starter Woes - '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:49:00 -0700
  hi john, it does sound like your starter has a lot of miles.. and possibly 23 years on it. Sound like 'due' to me...
• Re: ok.. last time for 84 auto trans into an 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:03:05 -0600
  ...Yes the starter has a different part number but both >will work interchangeably. Don't buy another starter, support your >local electrical repair shop...
• Re: Starter Problems update
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:30:22 -0800
  ...Seems that the end of the starter was off angle because the little copper bushing was worn. I think this might have caused some...
• Starter R/R Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:04:31 -0700
  I'm getting ready to replace the starter on a 90 2WD and wanted to confirm a few things so as to get my...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:10:08 -0400
  ...Also I know that replacing a "regular" starter conjures talks about the starter bushing needing to be R/R too, I'm not sure...
• Re: replace starter
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:01:20 -0700
  ...replace starter I need to replace my starter. What should I do other than just going to the local supplier get one. I would...
• starter swap
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 8 Aug 2016 17:00:41 -0300
  All, My new LAtrical starter finally arrived today after a two week vacation in Montréal - as soon as I opened the box, le démarreur...
• Starter Survey
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:26:38 -0700
  I had a Starter rebuilt by a shop that I had used in the past with fine�results��many times when I was a...
• Re: starter solenoid buzzing and overehating? (long)
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 03:18:22 -0800
  ...Can the solenoid be easily removed from the > starter > for testing, without removing the starter which > seems > more involved? > 2. Is the solenoid available...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:39:28 -0500
  ...Perhaps a loose flywheel is binding the starter gear.Or not allowing the starter to make full electrical contact.If this , or other engine...
• Difference in these 2 starter numbers? ( non-USA diesel models)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:41:00 -0500
  I was perusing the Just Kampers catalog, and in the starter listings there are 2 starters listed for the diesel / turbodiesel vans: 068 911...
• Re: Starter trouble?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 6 May 1999 03:14:15 +0200
  Nathaniel Merrill wrote: > <<snip>> So now I am wondering if this starter has had a taste of freedom and will sooner, rather than later...
• Re: Syncro Starter question
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 17 May 1999 12:23:54 -0700
  ...list only one starter. I was told that at some point around '86 they stopped selling two starter #'s and PRESUMABLY began listing one...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:35:38 -0800
  ...Is there a source for the TDI starter? All that's keeping me from ordering your adapter is that I don't know where...
• diesel starter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cronin
  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:40:57 -0500 (EST)
  Does anyone have or know of the location of a used starter for my 82 diesel? Any chance that a starter from a diesel...
• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:07:14 -0700
  ...when I said the starter stalled while trying the engine, I ment it will turn pretty slowly and then the starter it self stops...
• Re: Starter Cleanup
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:01:38 -0400
  If you do clean the starter up be sure to clean up any excess brake fluid if it's used to clean the outside...
• How to test starter off the van?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:48:17 -0500
  ...So I got out the Bentley and followed the logic map for the starter troubleshooting and came to the conclusion that the starter motor...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:41:17 -0600
  Refresh my memory, guys, but isn't the diesel starter self-bushed, as in the end of the starter shaft is not free like...
• Re: Starter for 1981 automatic: questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:05:16 -0400
  ...If you need to have three contacts for the wiring, and the starter has but two, go to Radio Shack and get a 2...
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:57:01 -0500
  On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:50 PM Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote: > The TDI starter has almost twice the cranking power...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:04:02 -0500
  Are you sure it is the starter solonoid clicking? I think relays can chatter too,with a bad connection. If you hot wire at...
• Re: Wont crank if voltage <= 12.0
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:01:10 -0700
  ...it turns out the culprit was the park/neutral starter cutout switch. It had slipped out of alignment and was making just enough contact...
• Re: Vanagon starter final drive issues?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 06:07:02 -0500
  I agree, The one way clutch for the starter gear is bad. It may have been contaminated with oil. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 06:15:12 -0800
  ...Keeping that load off of the starter switch makes them last a LOT longer. In other words, you are protecting the starter switch by...
• Re: Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 May 2007 11:28:44 -0400
  ...If he >>never uses the new starter, how much will Mr Squirrel pay for either of >>these starters (not including shipping and local sales...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:53:20 -0800
  I've been running the GW reduction gear starter for two years now and am very happy. That said, I may not have had...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:41:26 -0800
  ...My son's '87 had a kludged one installed and the starter was still intermittent, so it now has a GW gear reduction starter...
• Re: Starter Relay on Syncro 86
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:59:15 -0400
  ...Starter Relay on Syncro 86 Why do you think you have one? The key operates the starter solenoid directly unless someone added a relay...
• TDI Starter info was:Bosch "premium" rebuilt starter appears to be built from non-Bosch parts!?!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:32:07 -0400
  Hi folks, Can someone help me find the correct starter on Amazon? I tried a search with the info below but was unsuccessful. I...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:25:17 -0500
  ...starter Refresh my memory, guys, but isn't the diesel starter self-bushed, as in the end of the starter shaft is not free...
• Re: Starter won't engage ring gear when sit for a while
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:59:04 -0400
  The gear is attached to the starter shaft with a one way or overrunning clutch. This is often referred to as a "Bendix". This...
• Re: diesel starters, Bently question.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 18:38:20 -0800 (PST)
  Yup, you can remove the starter from above, engine in place. It is a bit of a lower back killer and a knuckle cutter...
• 85 VANAGON starters
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 21:27:17 -0500
  I am getting warning signals from my starter/solenoid. Sometimes (not always)the starter engages but cannot turn over the engine for a second...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:20:43 -0300
  ...Granted, the WBX prolly doesn’t need the cranking power of the diesel starter and the lower power draw of the GW starter would...