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• Re: Starter solenoid: R&R?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:39:22 -0400
  At 11:56 AM 7/4/2011, Don Spence wrote: >What is the best/easiest way to remove it? Can it be disassembled and...
• syncro electrical problems
  Historical mailing list - Cameron Hunziker
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:36:32 -0500
  ...assume my alternator and batteries are ok (both batteries, alternator and starter have recently been replaced)- should i be looking for a loose connection...
• Re: battery removal
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:52:36 -0500
  Davidson wrote: > > I looking at my starter battery and wondering how I am going to get it out > once I find a sealed battery...
• Re: auto -> manual?
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 01:17:03 -0500
  ...to manual trans, but there isn't much in the way of substantial > discussion. > Is this essentially a non-starter? > > Best, > d. >
• Re: Dual Mass Flywheels and I5 dimensions needed.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Cunningham
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:16:39 -0400
  ...what is the distance from the block straight out to where starter teeth on the flywheel begins? 2 What is the diameter of the...
• Re: transaxle being rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:10:11 -0700
  ...check the starter bushing in the transaxle - I seldom find a worn one though, and Bosch rebuilt starters, the only kind i recommend, come...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 6 Mar 2014 00:14:00 -0800
  ...A little while ago I was looking for such a product to improve my Land Rover starter cable connections and voltage for the cold...
• OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Andree
  Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:07:45 -0700
  ...won't start > > Of all the things I did while the engine was out, I didn't touch the > starter > since I replaced it...
• Re: Starting Problems....looking like alternator
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:27:21 -0700
  ...If considerable less check the connections at the starter terminal and clean them. The heavy lug of the starter terminal is where the alternator...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 20:33:24 -0400
  ...Added 10 AWG wire alternator to starter post. 4. Resoldered OEM alternator connections. 5. Cleaned starter post connectors, added four copper washers (drilled pennies...
• Re: Compression tester question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:20:11 -0800
  ...On two of the cylinders, the gauge would drop while still > > > threaded in sparkplug hole. > > > > > > I was doing this w/o remote starter. > > > > > > The...
• Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:14:43 -0700
  It sounds like you missed putting back one of the red wires to the starter threaded post. That is how the engine system gets...
• '89 Vanagon and '88 Scirocco 16V at pick a part
  Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:46:24 -0700
  ...may want? I am thinking of taking the starter for a spare--is the auto starter the same as the one in a manual...
• Re: no power to auxiliary air valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:15:18 -0400
  If you are only getting power with the starter engaged, then you swapped connectors with the thermo switch or the cold start valve. Cold...
• Re: Remote starter Switch rules! No fuel leaks!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:33:05 -0800
  ...lines in the engine > compartment. > The suggestion to use the remote starter switch (thanks Scott!) was great. > I knew I > had one, just hadn...
• Re: $100 Reward Results
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:49:53 -0700
  ...AM, Richard Golen <rgolen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Dear List Members, > > My starter problems have been resolved thanks to the help of Stuart, Dean, Mark...
• Re: next CCC's...
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 01:13:51 -0800
  ...put extra miles on the Vngn? (They sell really great conversation-starter coffee mugs up there, too) Austin (& don't ask why anyone would...
• Re: Boy, Glad I missed it
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 3 May 2000 10:26:21 -0500
  ...and in printed form - be great Porta-Potty reading and campfire starter. :o) It's been a long week already. Here's wishin' for...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:09:18 -0700
  I switched to the quad tips, and the starter problem > disappeared and the head temps were down to the 250 range. > > The engine has...
• For x-patriates and CDN Wanna-bees: The CDN Tire Flyer!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:59:33 -0500
  ...http://www.canadiantire.ca/~e-flyer/html/10/640.20344514110.html There's some good coolant advertised, and rebuild kits for starters and alternators...
• Re: Van won't start when warm
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:42:00 -0500
  ...The starter and battery seem very strong also, it always cranks. Any ideas? Thanks Matt [text/html]
• Getting weirder by the day!
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:35:44 -0800
  I was trying to put my starter back in and found the bottom bolt would not go in all the way. It'll go...
• Re: Driver in Distress! Need Starter Near Taos NM
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:09:16 -0400
  >> needs the part in the next day or so (ideally). He has been advised to steer >> clear of Auto Zone and so that's...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:08:39 -0800
  ...but, can someone explain me the outgassing? the starter battery location in my westy has a quarter sizedd hole to the wheelwell, which is...
• 85 Passenger Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:18:17 -0400
  ...core MT (whined, I think bearing going out) 1.9L motor starter alternator most everything is still there it was a non power steering...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:44:34 -0800
  ...alternator output question > My bosch alternator, a rebuild just a few years old, is giving me 13.10 > +/- volts at the passenger side (starter...
• Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:36:25 -0800
  ...Is it just not being used enough? Is my clock sucking down the > battery that much? > > I also want to know about the starter...
• Re: Auxiliary battery for 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:03:04 -0400
  ...This makes it extremely easy for me to inter-connect >those rear battery to the starter battery for a jump, or for other 12...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - JAIME E FORERO
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:56:08 +0000
  ...volts with the starter turning the engine the ECU will not work correctly and it won't start.  The starter will, however, still spin...
• vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Wil Barker
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:26:09 -0400
  ...These power cutoffs get longer and longer and the van finally stops running and won't start, the starter is working normally. It sounds...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:16:25 -0700
  ...The only ones that have left me stranded are the oil galley plug and the silly starter solenoid. All the others got home under...
• Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:27:29 -0700
  ...Could the alternator voltage regulator be blocking positive flow to fuel pump 30 while engine is off and while the starter turns the engine...
• Re: dual battery? hobigesuss!/Lets try this again!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:21:45 -0700
  ...He did imply that a deeply discharged auxiliary battery could drain the starter battery at start up... I questioned that in a previous post...
• Re: SURE POWER 1315
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:09:31 -0500
  Since your auxillary battery is under the rear seat, I would make the parrellel connection to the main battery at the starter post. This...
• Re: Another bus in my fleet
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:17:47 -0700
  ...It was parked because the >> starter was going bad and finally "just stopped working" Sure enough, I >> pulled the starter off and the cable...
• Re: Sad story
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:36:35 -0700
  re I recently read about hot wiring the starter from the engine bay and I could immediately see some poor soul getting backed over...
• Relay polarity
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:46:51 -0400
  ...Instead of connecting a second battery to the relay in the normal fashion (30 to the starter battery, 87 to the load, the rest...
• won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:00:34 -0600
  ...It seemed to me as if there was no current to the starter. At this point, I have not explored anything, as I was...
• "Muir solenoid trick" -- okay now what?
  Historical mailing list - Randy
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 19:26:48 -0400
  Well I finally figured out how to wire in the Bosch fog light relay to give my starter that little extra boost ('76 bus...
• Re: Cold Start Unsolved: Help
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:30:20 -0500
  ...At a cold start, starter turns over and the engine >barely begins to catch after one or two tries (the starter is fine). It...
• What can this vanagon tell me?
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:41:52 -0400
  ...Parts ("starter and some hoses", I don't know which ones) were removed from this one to fix the Westy, which has been sold...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 18:35:24 -0600
  ...some had deceleration valve, stamped metal lower control arms, two pole starter solenoid. Mid to Late year 82 Plastic Vents, some with wood grain...
• Re: Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:40:50 -0700
  ...My question is, Does the starter always pull from battery 1 (primary battery) regardless of the switch position??? I'm under the impression that...
• Re: NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 28 Aug 2022 22:42:11 -0600
  ...Only OBD2 code is related to the starter and > that's because of how it's wired. That's just ignored. Anyone got any...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:55:10 -0700
  ...Why don’t I install it? Because I keep thinking the engine is coming out soon and I can get to the starter easily...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:26:03 -0700
  ...He added a hard-start relay which interrupted a signal ground in the > warning module that normally grounds through the starter solenoid. ..... > -- Neil n...
• Re: crankshaft pulley
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 31 May 2017 16:32:00 -0400
  ...That's why your starter motor is larger than one horsepower -- and a horsepower is enough to raise your loaded van a foot in...
• Rough running, black smoke, running rich, no idle
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:05:53 -0500
  ...Water pump gave up the ghost-fixed that, starter issues-finally got a good one, now the beastie won't idle to save it...
• Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:54:57 -0600
  ...to the battery! That ain't gonna happen! Not with the starter where it is and the battery being under the passenger seat!! So...
• Re: Vanagon Stranded near Tawas, MI
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:34:41 -0400
  ...If he needs one I think I have a starter for an auto here somewhere. However, he seemed fairly confident it was the neutral...
• Re: Last minute tips before engine re-install?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:40:29 -0700
  Check the bushing for the starter. Rob becida@comcast.net At 9/14/2010 08:41 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > I am going to...
• Re: Starter Cleanup
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:27:53 -0500
  On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:32 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > Whuf! I thought EVERYBODY just KNEW I was talking...
• Battery Leakage
  Historical mailing list - Sylvie Scott
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 23:12:33 -0500
  ...cooled engine. Engine will not start after 10-12 hours inactive. Starter turns but voltage to distributor sender unit is too low (8V when...
• Re: ADDENDUM to....OOOPs! Transmission Leaking after clutch kit installation
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:19:04 -0700
  ...ring, new pilot > bearing, pilot bearing felt seal and washer, new starter...3.5 litres of > Redline MT 90, ..... ad nauseum. > > Please offer opinion...
• seeking words of encouragement for my cooling system 1986 vanagon gl
  Historical mailing list - joe lucca
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:01:09 -0400
  recently had a rebuilt transmission (170,something miles) recently had new starter, new water pump, and alternator... of course hoses split from mechanics tightening...
• Re: removing intake manifold 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 08:48:20 -0700
  ...I remove the t-body as well when replacing the starter or pulling the motor for accesses to the nut behind there as well...
• GOT BRAKE LINES IN GRAND RAPIDS!
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:45:48 -0500
  ...Might be a good thing for the spares kit? Holler if you need! Also found a no-name starter solenoid relay - the kind that...
• dual battery switch
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:33:21 -0700
  ...battery? I just figured that while camping, you could use the starter battery to get you going, but after a night of camping, switch...
• compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:15:20 -0800
  ...Has anybody bolted a bellhousing and starter to a longblock on their workbench and tested the compression? (i know it is a cold test...
• Re: Hittin' the road (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 20:42:21 -0700
  ...Due to a possible bad starter motor, Robert has to park on a slope. As wonderful as it may be, IA is sorely lacking...