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• She runs, after a fashion.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 02:32:24 -0600
  ...Well, she sorta fires, kinda enough to ease the starters job, but not enough to keep going. Stuck at the bottom of the driveway...
• Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:54:23 -0400
  ...to > fuel > pump 30 while engine is off and while > the starter turns the engine? > > Or, maybe something else inhibits positive flow > to fuel...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:46:45 -0500
  ...I would be very surprised if the glow plugs operate when the starter is engaged--practically everything is cut off by the ignition switch...
• Re: compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:16:19 -0800
  ...I got a >>>spare starter & bell housing, bolted it up, got out >>>the spare battery, and cranked away happily. I >>>was seriously considering how...
• Re: Hot Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:19:27 -0500
  ...look and clean the starter contacts and chassis grounds. > Also, I found an old post by Zoltan than mention starter brushes relative to this...
• Re: Mega-fuse? (between batteries)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:39:32 -0500
  ...I just remembered that when I installed my auxilliary battery, I left it without a fuse between the regular starter battery and the new...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:55:11 -0800
  ...Could I simply replace my > existing starter battery with the D750 (assumming I could make it > fit)? Can the D750 be used as a...
• HELP! F.I. re-conversion- double relay questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 14:28:09 -0500
  ...The PO mentioned that the lead from the relay to the starter solenoid may be wired incorrectly; could this be the culprit? He had...
• Re: Cracked Bell Housing with video
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:25:28 -0700
  ...stock. >>> Has anyone seen this type of failure? I installed a starter with an >>> adapter a year ago. I suspect something didn’t quite...
• Positive Cable End
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 1 May 2012 19:03:02 -0700
  My positive cable at at the starter end is showing corrosion and I have hard starting. �I'm thinking trying to cut the last...
• DELAYED STARTING!
  Historical mailing list - Rey Wood
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:13:56 -0500
  ...Checked & tightened connections to batery, starter, grounds to transmission & left head. Thanks in most part to this venerable list, the van runs & looks like...
• Re: 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500
  Battery voltage! Controlled by contact on starter solenoid and the "thermal time switch". Very simple circuit but polarity of the two wires on the...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:11:19 -0400
  At 06:59 PM 4/17/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >In my opinion, you should always have a starter trigger wire that you...
• For Sale: 1991 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 21:53:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...1991 Vanagon GL, perfect condition, 38K miles, Tornado Red w/gray interior, 4 speed, A/C, power door locks and mirrors, new starter and...
• Re: VANAGON digest 451
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 May 1995 17:25:17 -0500 (EST)
  ...From the responses that I've gotten, it sounds like the starter/solenoid. Anything else to think about?
• EV Had to be towed.....
  Historical mailing list - hal roth
  Sat, 03 May 97 15:47:44 EDT
  ...gas is reaching the engine because I couldn't smell any. Starter motor is working fine. It will be Monday before anyone there can...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jun 1998 04:10:15 EDT
  ...Similar to the power required by the starter, but nearly continuous. Also a 12VDC motor will need to draw 10X the current, requiring much...
• FS: I4 conversion parts from diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 19 May 2000 16:38:49 -0600
  ...mounts _Engine mount brackets, fit between block and motor mounts _Diesel starter, could use new solenoid _Oilpan with pickup and fill tubes _Flywheel with...
• Re: Anyone have this tech text?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:11:37 -0500
  ...for this file: > ftp://gerry.vanagon.com/pub/technical/how-to/starter-solenoid-fix.txt > > Anyone have an off-line copy they can send...
• FS: '84 Westy in MN
  Historical mailing list - Alli Dahlin
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:04:32 -0500
  ...It is the orangeish color with new pop-top seals, Michelin MX tires, battery, starter, radiator, water pump, rear hatch struts. The interior is...
• parting out 84 74 88
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 07:33:14 -0400
  I am in the middle of converting to a cabrio engine in my 88 .I have these parts FOR SALE manual starter altenator fly...
• Re: Turn Signals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:58:26 -0500
  At 05:49 PM 1/14/2003, dgk1 wrote: >I got such good tips regarding my starter problem I thought I'd try this...
• Re: I need advice/help - Elecrical
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:35:16 -0500
  ...good. Installed an ECU set up with DigiTool, no power-up. Starter turns over, but no fuel pump! Any advice appreciated! Thanks, Doug in...
• Re: SurePower Battery Searator NOT Isolator!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:00:52 -0700
  ...Both models leave the starter always connected to the main battery. Both models allow the aux battery to assist the main battery, provided the...
• Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 20:49:21 -0400
  ...Finding the PERFECT starter battery! Fwiw .. I just get a '48' which is a stock diesel vanagon battery with usually about 600 CCA's...
• Re: Battery Circuit Breaker
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:12:55 -0800
  ...For instance I >would not try to fuse the starter.It draws such a large and varied >current it would be hard to get...
• Re: Worst thing you ever did to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:25:44 -0500
  ...Put the van in gear and engaged the starter to get it to roll the last 1/2 block to a gas station due...
• Re: no start no click
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:59:45 -0400
  ...ignition switch is only a couple years old starter is a gowest gear > reduction starter it's probably 10 years old now. Usually when...
• Re: What fuse would you use for this application?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:26:17 -0400
  ...There is no fusing on the original battery to starter circuit so this is just an extension. If you must you could start with...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 22:38:39 -0800
  ...Rob vwrobb@gmail.com At 11/3/2014 09:57 PM, Erin Daniels wrote: >Use the starter motor? Is that when it chugs forward...
• Re: Dielectric grease
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:20:37 -0500
  ...FWIW, I brought my starter to the local starter & alternator > "specialist". After about 20 seconds, the proprietor, whom I'll call > "Jethro" says, "Nope...
• Temp sensor failure-->warm start troubles: 1.9L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:51:48 -0800
  ...When your engine is warm, turn the key "on" (injectors injecting) but don't engage the starter, and wait about 15 seconds in this...
• NVC; Thanks everyone!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 10:11:08 EST
  ...It seems it was a one two punch deal, where a corroded-through (ignition) starter motor wire finally broke off, & of course, stopped the...
• Re: Hard starting 84 vanagon - stumped
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:58:58 -0500
  ...I read on the list about a weak starter causing somewhat similar behavior. I know my starter needs a rebuild (sometimes I have to...
• Re: Key in power - no start situation
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 5 Nov 2021 00:32:57 +0000
  My experience?  Failing starter.  Yes, you can "knock" it to maybe get it to oblige.  The successful solution?  Get one of these:  https://www...
• Pulling the tranny yourself
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:09:00 -0600
  ...Since that time I've installed an engine, pulled and resealed my tranny, installed a flywheel, clutch assembly, starter, and so on, and now...
• Re: occasionally won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:48:50 -0400
  ...It turned out to be a bad (undersized, under-crimped and old) splice in the smaller wire leading from the starter. This wire feeds...
• Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:38:37 +0000
  Raymond, I have found most useful to carry Schumacher Electric - Portable Jump Starter with the air compressor. If you buy the Cig-Lighter-Plug...
• Re: Removing starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:39:24 -0700
  the tap I use is a M12 X 1.75 Just *don't* drop anything into the clutch area ! Stuff a rag in theretemporarily...
• Re: Slight Rust on Fuel Pressure Regulator; Will POR-15 Stop Rust Progress? PIC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 15 May 2012 20:10:41 -0400
  Niel, i have yet to use POR but the smal starter kit of clear that we have also came with degreaser and metal treatment...
• FW: Vanagons for sale (Davis,CA)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:57:24 -0800 (PST)
  ...Werre at Davis Inn (916) 756-0910 '81 VW Vanagon needs starter $ 800 obo. (916) 678-7628 I have not seen/heard/driving any...
• Slow starting when hot
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 May 1997 21:58:52 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My starter checked out to be dragging, so I put a new one in two days ago. (Thanks Ron). Sometimes, it won't start...
• Re: V6 Vanagon? Can it be done? ***
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:17:22 EDT
  ...However then you have to raise the deck lid height significantly (like 4 inches or so), the have problems using the stock starter and...
• looking for a battery for my Vanagon diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:38:25 -0500
  Hi I am trying to go through the electrical system of my '82 Vanagon diesel and will be replacing the starter and battery and...
• Re: OOOPs! Transmission Leaking after clutch kit installation
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 18:28:16 -0400
  ...ring, new pilot > bearing, pilot bearing felt seal and washer, new starter...3.5 litres of > Redline MT 90, ..... ad nauseum. > > Please offer opinion...
• Re: Forsale
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 09:40:22 -0500
  ...tranny > 80,000 miles on engine > twin turbo > 2.0 > axles,starter is all there > complete engine EXCEPT FOR COMPUTER > reserve will be set...
• FS: '73 Adventurewagen HighTop - Project
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:10:05 -0500
  ...in the driveway very soon! Engine was said to run with starter fluid, p-mail for details. Most of the interior is there, except...
• Re: Recommended battery booster works great
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:40:02 -0600
  ...Source-Mini-Starter/dp/B00JLPNHJQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1416580715&sr=1-1&keywords=rockford+jump+starter > They are...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Sean
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:54:41 -0700
  ...added a new ground from Battery, >> and ran a #5 wire from to the lower starter bolt. So far so good. I have >> bright...
• Re: alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:16:19 -0700
  ...alternator upgrade >Bill; >All you need is another cable between the alternator and starter. About >18 inches and the same size as the existing...
• Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:02:34 -0500
  ...Headlights would come on (battery okay) and they would dim when I turned the ignition (so power was getting to the starter), but it...
• Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:53:30 -0400
  ...to > fuel > pump 30 while engine is off and while > the starter turns the engine? > > Or, maybe something else inhibits positive flow > to fuel...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: ntermitent no start/turnover 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:53:54 -0800
  ...The next time it returned, I told him to fix it or hook up a starter button directly to the solenoid, which is what...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Intermittent Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - James Foust
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:10:50 -0500
  ...After replacing the starter, alternator, battery, cables and fuses, I finally tried one more simple thing. (long pause for dramatic effect) I ran all...
• Re: They needed new fuel lines..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:10:23 -0800
  ...and mainly at that one spot above the starter. Scott turbovans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Re: Door Chime madness
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:24:21 -0700
  ...Yes! Have recently drained my starter battery too far (twice now) with parking lights on, it's another thing I've been meaning to...
• 73-79 Bus items for sale
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Sun, 2 Jun 1996 08:01:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Front window channels, new Starter/Alternator Wiring Harness (New OEM) Steward-Warner Gas Heater(perfect for summer use) Pair, Valve covers (72-79) Fly...
• [f] Re: Remote Starting
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:02:42 -0500 (EST)
  ...the engine's upside down, it's easy to reach the starter... (sorry, I know it's not friday yet) Cheers, SStones, Toronto Ont...
• Rotor blades???: 73 Ghia for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:42:51 -0400
  ...If interested, contact them, not me please! 73 Ghia, Light blue, new brakes, rotor blades, starter. runs good, high miles $2,000 -OBO Located...
• Re: Heading NORTH on 20w-50
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 09:40:26 -0700
  ...On my aircooled, an engine with larger clearances than waterboxers I'm sure, the battery/starter could barely turn the engine over and when...