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• Van-Again Fuel Line Kit
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:14:55 -0400
  ...There was enough hose to replace everything from the plastic feed line (above the starter) to the plastic return line (just forward of the...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 08:30:33 -0400
  ...Crawl under van and short the starter terminals. > but do make sure that everything is in " neutral position The latter cannot be overemphasized. As...
• Re: Oil Weight Reccomendation
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:50:55 -0700
  ...engine warms up while still not putting a strain on your starter when the engine is cold. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Brush" <jbrush...
• AW: Back from the middle east
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:42:45 -0800
  ...Anyone ever pay to have a diesel starter rebuilt? How much? Mike Snow 1982 Westfalia diesel 1983 ASI dieselHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web...
• Re: [Syncro] stretch Syncro/Vanagon lives!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:51:07 -0800
  Ok, but does it fit a 094 diff lock equipped Syncro tranny? Mark John Connolly wrote: > > We have a gear redux starter that has...
• Odd vanagon Email
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:47:17 -0400
  ...1]vanagon gear bus [2)vangon piston sleaf 3)vanagon key starter I will like to know the unit firm prices and the types...
• Re: HELP needed: Converting to Auto Trans... need neutral switch wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:53:36 -0400
  Simply in series with the ignition switch and starter solenoid. Follow the wire down from the switch, cut and splice in. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Sun, 26 Mar 2017 03:08:41 +0000
  ...Your brain tricked you into typing > "starter". The other end goes to a tapped hole on the left head, you can > see the corresponding...
• Re: HELP! '64 ignition shot?
  Historical mailing list - Douglas
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 22:07:59 -0700
  ...Check the connection of the large wires at your starter. 1 should go to your battery (the largest). 1 goes to the gen set...
• Re: Battery Circuit Breaker
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 12:24:36 EST
  ...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: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 May 2003 20:42:09 -0500
  ...One of these long bolts also > holds the starter motor. You need to remove the airflow meter to really > get to the nut holding...
• Re: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through vaccum side of fuel regulator?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:07:22 -0800
  ...Should work without issue. > > The AUTOMATIC trans starter may be the same, but I don't know about the manual trans version... ...don't...
• Fwd: VanAlert comes through in Raleigh/Durham
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:35:02 -0400
  ...Hmmmm, well the starter does have 245K miles on it. Could it be dead? After making a phone call to Greg who directed me...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:41:06 +1200
  ...If your engine is turning with the starter motor but is taking ages to fire, perhaps almost running but when you let the key...
• Re: engine block heater
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:53:17 -0500
  ...IMHO, the best bet would be to install a remote starter that has the capability to keep the engine warm by running intermittently all...
• Running problems
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 10:44:40 -0400
  ...First, the van would not start, starter does not engage at all, I suspect ignition switch and ordered one and will be here tomorrow...
• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:39:01 -0800
  ...I learned to take off from a dead stop in my VW bug by putting the stick and first and turning the starter and...
• Re: cheap EV camper
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:14:02 -0700
  ...Will run on starter fluid but needs new tank, all new fuel lines, pump - the lot, and it's the small engine. I wonder...
• Re: will the vanagon bellhousing fit a bug engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:13:35 EDT
  ...will a type-1 bug engine fit on the vanagon (gasser) bellhousing? This would be just a way to mount a starter to benchtest...
• F.S. 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Wilbur
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:44:18 -0800
  ...He is asking $1300 for the complete engine (engine, starter, exhaust, FI, ECU, air flow meter etc.) He is leaving it in the van...
• Re: Vanagon Reliability-final comment?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:20:37 -0800
  ...Replaced starter (didn't fix problem...found later that the battery was shot. was original after 9 years). 2. Replaced clutch (fried original in...
• Re: Bosch Platinum Spark Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:43:49 EDT
  ...I give the starter a quick bump and the engines starts no long cranking needed. When I had the triple plugs, it took a...
• Re: diesel running after 5 year nonoperation
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 16 May 2001 23:04:08 -0400
  ...Circulating oil without even running the starter -- very nice. Congratulations, I know you are really excited about the camper. One dollar. <sigh> HK
• intermittent shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 06:18:53 -0700
  ...she turns over fine..np with electical to starter...but doesn't seem to want to catch at the end...what could this be...
• Re: slow cranking
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:04:29 -0700
  ...There is a BIG difference below 15 or 20 degrees between 10W30 and 20W50! So before you crawl around checking the starter wires, etc...
• Re: Mystery part - what is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:53:56 -0700
  ...the 12v source for fuse 3 in the fuseblock so that that fuse is fed from the aux battery and not the starter battery.
• Alternator/Battery/Starter - still no crank sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:00:06 -0500
  This might be a stretch but I'll throw it out anyway. I bought a Kenwood radio/cassette player a few years ago and...
• Head Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ken Winsor
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:55:06 -0500
  ...So I decided to remove the engine and replace the heads, water pump, fuel lines, coolant lines, rebuild the starter and alternator, etc.... My...
• vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - Tim Milot
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:57:13 -0700
  Hi All I've bought a vanaru from a friend and found the solenoid to be a bit succeptable to heat... it sticks when...
• Overhead Westy light - aux battery wiring
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:24:04 -0400
  ...my electronics run off of the house battery except for the starter. It has been a year or two since I wired it up...
• Differences between 81 and 82 Air Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:09:57 -0500
  ...Was running, (stalled when hot) currently not running now, (starter will not turn when jumped. Maybe elec. connections or seized engine) pops out of...
• Re: [Syncro] bURNINGvAN 2009 - Saturday January 17 3PM
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:04:51 -0800
  ...If I remember to get some starter liquid [gas] > things > should be bright and cheerful. Very bright. > If you recall, there was an insane...
• Re: Ignition lock fail - Update
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:59:59 -0700
  ...Ignition lock fail - Update > > > Talked to the knowledgeable and generous Scott of Turbovans, and he said > "look for bad grounds in the starter circuit...
• Psycho Bus, Witicisms, and other Hilarities
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 12:12:58 -0800 (PST)
  ...Got out to do the obligatory cable check, yanked on the battery cables, and the starter kicks in. And the bus is in gear...
• Re: followup: won't start, 1984
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:02:42 -0500
  ...won't start, 1984 > Thanks to all who replied to my "won't start, 1984 Vanagon!" > > I did spray some starter fluid into the...
• Re: circuit for bridging the batteries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 18:59:41 -0800
  ...The starter motor can draw way too many amps for that small wire. That is why VW connected the relay in such a way...
• Battery Sages
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:02:43 -0500
  ...Next day I put my digi-meter on the batt > and got 12.96v reading..Poke the starter and it cranks very weakly for...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:26:08 -0600
  ...believe VanCafe has a direct replacement, in metal, for the > > 'Fire Starter Teat' (sorry, I like the teat reference.). > > Miguel > > > > I have not failed...
• Re: List posts fix for unreadable content was: Starter post
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:52:09 -0500
  Excellent! Thanks for the link, that solves the problem albeit by taking an extra couple steps to read. On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14...
• Re: Continuous Duty Solenoid vs Starter Solenoid; Visual Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:23:52 -0700
  I wish I could edit my posts. meant to type: ".... due to the amount of current each set of contacts, etc. are asked to...
• Re: Alternator questions
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:53:11 -0500
  ...the guy that turned me onto those...a starter/marine/alternator rebuilding shop ..set his at 14.5 volts. > > Reg/brushes ? in that time...
• Ignition switch recommendations.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:03:52 -0700
  ...occasionally I'll go to start my van and the starter won't immediately turn over or won't turn over at all. If...
• RE: Better than stickers
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 7 Feb 96 12:56:37 EST
  ...Good conversation starter, but little risk of bleeding on someone I shake hands with. B. Wm Kennedy kennedy@admin.njit.edu
• New Subscriber
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 20:48:00 +0000
  ...This weekend I am attempting to do a tune-up and explore why my starter doesn't want to work sometimes. The stater just...
• Re: Starting a flooded engine.
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:39:58 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Does anybody know of an easy way to start a flooded engine? Hold the pedal down to the floor while cranking the starter. If...
• classified ad
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 16:14:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...rebuilt starter, replaced hoses, rear main seal, brake master cylinder. All receipts. Over $4500 spent. All camping stuff intact, and canvas in great shape...
• Re: Motor Theory For Dummies
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:37:57 -0800
  ...The compleat idiot >guide" Great book for the idiot and starter (all of us were there once) and >has meat for the more experienced...
• Re: Opinions, please....on 1989 Westy FS, Ft. Ldrdale, FLA
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:06:34 EDT
  ...highway. -Second owner, single traveling businessperson buying RV. -new front brakes/starter - new Michelin 15" -awning -Sony 10 CD chgr -$12,9 >> still - the...
• For Sale: 1978 westy in Illinois
  Historical mailing list - sean
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:32:16 -0500
  ...works. Interior in great condition. Has lots of other new parts: starter, seals, VDO gauges (oil temp and pressure) and many others. Have all...
• Re: slow cranking in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 13:42:17 -0500
  ...A thinner oil will likely help the starter turn the motor easier when it's cold. Another thing to check is your battery. If...
• Used automatic trany and parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:59:03 -0400
  ...Axles- No CV joints Starter - has occasionally suffered from "delayed starting syndrome". Works well but should be considered an operating rebuildable core. AT Linkage...
• Re: cheap EV camper
  Historical mailing list - Antony P Marsh
  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:43:58 -0400
  ...Will run on starter fluid but needs new tank, all new fuel lines, pump - the lot, and it's the small engine. I wonder...
• 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
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:56:51 -0500
  That big black plastic thing ont he backof the alt. is the voltage regulator.I you are measuring at the alt, and getting only...
• Re: Aux Battery- Don't feed Fuse Position 3
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 29 May 2006 12:47:01 -0400
  ...Also, you don't need 8 gauge wire between batteries + terminals and Surepower unless you want to use the "starter assist mode". If you...
• Re: Engine test bench
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:16:52 -0800
  ah.........you know..............bell housing or complete trans, starter, can of gas, fuel pump, battery, battery cables........ and at least run a garden hose...
• Re: Westy battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:31:19 -0500
  ...I believe it is connected to the main starter battery via a Sure Power. I know that when the ignition is off it drives...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 22:37:12 +0000
  ...If a starter boost relay was added this can also be a problem. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: George Gaudette<mailto:gcgaudette@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: It's not the way to do it ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 03:06:20 +0000
  ...So, I made my own plug for the Cold start valve, getting straight power from the Starter solenoid and the other wire to Ground...
• Re: OK, thinking of selling my 1985 Vanagon in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:31:36 -0400
  ...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: Start Issue with Hard Start Relay
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:55:49 -0600
  I guess I will pull the starter out and check it this weekend. More pics to come. Thanks to all for the help. Michael...