Check all your battery connections. With the long battery cables that the Vanagon uses, the slightest current drain can result in a BIG voltage drop. (or the other way around - I can never remember) :-) Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus" Santa Barbara, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Finegan" <PateccaFoto@aol.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 3:20 PM Subject: 1989 Vanagon
> We went to turn over the vanagon the other day and it clicked (like a dead > battery), then could smell electrical. Tested the starter and the selonoid. > Seems to be the selonoid, but don't want to replace it if it's the starter. > Has anyone every come across this before? Thanks > > Rebecca |
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