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• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:55:36 -0800
  it was asked how much current a starter draws. up to 150 amps I'd say. and up to 100 easily, as a wild...
• Re: Vanagon starter battery type 41 source in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 2 Aug 2015 06:22:41 -0400
  ...VANAGON.COM> wrote: > > Looks like I finally need to replace the starter battery in my 1986 VW Vanag= > on Westfalia GL 2.1 L...
• Re: Blowing Voltage Regulator For Guages
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 10:45:53 -0500
  ...An additional ground has > been installed from the starter to the body. He is considering putting a > ground wire from the starter to the...
• Re: "Ford style" starter soloniod - good for battery relay?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:50:26 -0700
  ...could find. > > QUESTION 1: > > Would one of those "universal Ford style" starter soloniods work? They are > made to work at heafty battery currents, but...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:55:39 -0400
  ...I have also experienced a number of Bosch starters that failed shortly after installation. Usually the solenoid (click but no start) or Bendix,(starter...
• Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:23:05 -0500
  ...many a good starter has been mistakenly replaced over a worn battery - believe me, i learned this lesson years ago, and the hard way...
• Re: Hot Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:18:24 -0500
  ...It was the starter. Replaced it, it starts fine now. John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http...
• Starter/Flywheel adaptors???
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:10:59 -0600
  ...However, when I tried to start it, the starter jammed. So, methinks, I'll use an '81 starter, and, comparing them side by side...
• Starter Question, Tow Hitch Query and Sliding door resolve.
  Historical mailing list - dan gordon
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:28:19 -0500
  ...1) I need a starter. I had a subaru conversion done and it seems that I should upgrade from the 1994 version to at...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:54:24 -0500
  At 01:48 PM 11/30/2010, J Stewart wrote: >lights on, fuel pump whirring away, nothing from the starter. >Daughter comes out of...
• Re: HELP! van broke on I80 trAveling East
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:18:16 -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: Battery Problems- Slow Cranking
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 12 May 2010 12:54:28 -0400
  ...The symptom you describe is not that uncommon > when the connection point at the starter is poor. > > Mark > > craig cowan wrote: > >> SO, >> I have...
• Re: blower fan and wipers not working after aux. battery installation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:07:14 -0500
  ...Negative >starter battery post to frame is 1.6 ohms (measured because I read something >about a poor grounding causing that kind of thing...
• Re: Interstate Battery + and - poll
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:53:40 -0400
  Coby Smolens wrote: > > Got a question for the list -- > > How many of you are using an Interstate starter battery? What's your > experience been...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage,
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:16:14 -0700
  ...low voltage, > starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?) > > So, my van still has the same problems. My success was a false alarm. > It...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:16:38 -0400
  ...After it quit i tried to > restart, but the starter wouldn't turn over the > engine. SNIP > Is this engine toast???!!! Hi MM Here...
• Re: Too cold, no start at Bus Brr
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:25:06 -0500
  more than once I have had the red push on wire from the front to the starter fall off at the starter Bob ----- Original...
• NVC - Need a TDI donor?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:23:35 +0000
  ...know much on history of car but I got it and it ran has 4 new tires and brakes new starter 4 new glow ... | | | |
• Re: VANAGON digest 451
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 May 1995 17:38:20 EDT
  ...could be a bad ignition switch, the circuit must still be closed in order to run the starter. christian
• Re: Alternator Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grindol
  Sun, 23 May 1999 01:42:42 EDT
  About one year ago I had the bearings on my 87 replaced at a local starter and alternator shop. Work was done in one...
• For Sale
  Historical mailing list - rob le duc
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:59:24 MDT
  ...1990 91K auto tranny both CV axels starter 1990 91K power steering rack 1990 sliding door no rot All stationary glass rear drums & calipers...
• Bosch starter - difference between SR401X and SR19X?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 14:25:50 -0600
  What is the difference between this two? I have an 87 Syncro and the local Bosch distributor says the SR401X is NLA (???) and that...
• WTB Synchro servo unit
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:28:06 -0700
  ...I need that little servo unit for my syncro that resides just under the starter and controls the differential lock. Thanks for any info...
• Re: Sticking Starter
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 22:29:09 EST
  Jeff, Never heard of it -- what is it and what does it do? Sorry to hear about the weather in Winnipeg - it's about...
• Re: Sharing a voltmeter between two batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:12:10 -0500
  At 04:57 PM 2/19/2003, 80 Westy Pokey wrote: >starter battery. Any reason this wouldn't work, or would Nope. d -- David...
• Re: HELP needed: Converting to Auto Trans... need neutral switch wiring
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:00:37 -0700
  On 9/5/06, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > > Simply in series with the ignition switch and starter solenoid. Follow the > wire down...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 14 May 2015 08:51:01 -0400
  Regardless of the source and quality of the ignition switch, IMHO, the starter and headlight currents should not go thru it. It is important...
• Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Sun, 9 Jul 2017 15:48:09 -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...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:03:17 -0500
  ...Is there >>> a method to do this without an official starter bushing puller? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> John >>> >>> -- >>> John Rodgers >>> Clayartist and Moldmaker >>> 88'GL VW Bus...
• Re: need cold weather tips for diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:07:56 EST
  ...Be sure that your starter is working properly and doesn't have a ton of miles on it (I just replaced the starter on...
• Re: 91 Camper - Factory Default Aux battery install help
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:01:51 -0600
  Steve, if my brain is actually working, the intent of that stock relay, beneath the seat, is to provide juice from your starter battery...
• Re: Hot Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:40:55 -0800
  ...After the engine starts I am seeing around 8V on the > starter wire, which evidently wasn't enough to trigger the solenoid > but is...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 13:22:30 -0400
  ...A starting battery to starter cable replacement story In a message dated 07/08/2010 3:18:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV...
• bunk of 3 batteries
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:02:07 +0100
  ...positive posts interconnected and 4 AWG common cable attached to starter terminal. Now positive posts of all 3 batteries are connected to the starter...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:43:50 -0800
  ...believe VanCafe has a direct replacement, in metal, for the >'Fire Starter Teat' (sorry, I like the teat reference.). >Miguel > >I have not failed...
• Really WEIRD electrical quirk
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:32:14 +0000
  ...I made a critical error when reinstalling the starter of forgetting to put the battery cable on the starter, put merely the main switched...
• Re: JC Whitless?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:31:37 -0700
  ...JC Whitless? >Just looking through my new JC Whitless Volkswagen Catalog and they list >starters for Vanagon's for only $54.95. This excludes...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:53:18 -0800
  ...is shorting things out. I pulled T2m as per Marks suggestion. Starter still won't turn but the ! light still comes on (brake off...
• Water boxer cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:48:47 -0500
  ...I pulled the starter out when I got home and checked the solenoid. I found that a build up of grease or oil mixed...
• Re: Question about starters
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 06:31:30 EDT
  ...Tell will gladly test your battery and charging system under load and check the starter current. I have never seen them charge anything for...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Katy Hahn
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:34:38 -0700
  On 3/4/10, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with just eliminating the fire starter completely. I installed > a rubber grommet...
• won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 15 May 2000 11:52:52 -0700
  ...In it was a test for the starter--it may or may not be in the Vanagon Bentley. As I recall, I turned the...
• Diesel starting problem epic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:09:51 -0800
  ...When the gear teeth aren't meshing, the Bendix doesn't engage; does the starter motor energize without the bendix all the way out...
• Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:20:01 EST
  ...only a few weeks ago, went ahead & put in a new starter too. Basically after driving for about 3.5hrs, Evansville to Frankfort, I...
• Re: Starter brushes
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:57:51 EST
  ...writes: << Anyone know of a place to get brushes for a starter motor (85 van AT) and for that matter altenator brushes as well...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:45:22 -0400
  ...Byproduct of adding a hard start relay, which messed with a ground on the warning module via the starter solenoid. Yrs, d
• OEM rubber covered waterproof crimpon connectors
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Tue, 12 May 2015 17:34:14 -0400
  Where can I get the oem style of rubber covered connectors that cam on the starter and fuel pump? It seem stupid to use...
• Re: dragging starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:16:15 -0500
  Read all about the solenoid and why it's not the proper fix from Bob Hoover's Sermons: http://www.type2.com/sermons/liturgy...
• Re: 84 Westy Hot Start problem
  Historical mailing list - K G Gilbert
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:20:13 EDT
  ...With a new starter, I was able to repeatedly start the warm engine every time. That wasn't the case yesterday. Kevin
• Re: ok.. last time for 84 auto trans into an 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:58:19 -0600
  >>> I thought the starter in an automatic was completely self -contained, i.e. no bushing in the bell housing. Jeff replies: You're right...
• free 88 long island ny
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:33:47 EDT
  ...still has longblock, 4 speed tranny rear axles starter, black dash, rack, booster, and some other stuff. must flatbedded. got no wheels. have title...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:59:07 -0800
  On 86-91 Digifant vans the separate brown wire from the distributor harness bundle is not needed for making spark. It is used for...
• Re: 83.5 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 1 May 2007 14:37:00 -0400
  ...Spray in starter fluid. If the engine starts and runs till the fluid runs out, you have a fuel problem. If it still dosent...
• Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:06:43 -0500
  ...wes By the way, would this really explain my starter motor's behavior? (Starting 1 in 5 times, with no turnover at all when...
• Re: Bad Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:29:37 -0400
  The clicking sound is probably the starter failing to engage. This could be caused by a dead battery or a bad connection. It's...
• Re: Stuck Solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:24:17 -0500
  Remove the starter, clean the solenoid. The plungers are a tight fit and sometimes just a little rust or dirt will cause it to...
• Re: What's it worth?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:28:36 -0400
  ...No radio, but everything else works. > New diesel starter conversion (sick of the old starters), good tires > (General Altimax heavy duty 205x14- recommended by...
• Re: starter bushing, possible to replace?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sun, 3 May 1998 14:31:51 -0400
  ...Pulling the > >starter and peering in the hole shows that the bushing has almost completely > >disintegrated. Does anyone know if it can be replaced...
• AW: Electrical/starter problem??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:14:34 +0200
  ...Seems like its more of an electrical problem > >than a starter problem but I am baffled. Has anyone experienced > >anything similar? Any ideas? As...
• under ford aerostar 4wd - funny
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Mon, 31 May 1999 21:58:09 -0400
  I had to change a starter on a '94 aerostar for my aunt the other day. Really funny how the ford is built. I...