Date:         Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:40:36 EDT
Reply-To:     ErikValeur@AOL.COM
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From:         Erik Valeur <ErikValeur@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to turn the van over from the back?
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Riley Kettner wrote:
I don't have anyone to sit in the front and keep flicking the key. how =
do i switch it on from the back? extend all the wires at the ignition =
switch?

A:
The "Muldoon" way (For ref to Muldoon, see Muir's Idiot Manual) crimp a
female spade connector (The kind that fits the flat blade connectors that are
all over your Vanagon electrical system) onto the end of a wire at least 3
feet long. Reach up ahead of the engine from the enginecompartment, above the
engine on the right side until you find the starter. On the front end of the
starter you will find a free blade connector right next to an occupied one.
(there's only one that's free). Put your connector onto the free one.

To turn over the starter, touch the other end of the wire to the metal stud
inside the black plastic box mounted on the fire-wall in the engine
compartment, about two feet to the left of where you just put your arm a
minute ago. (There are two clips on the lower side of the box to release the
cover.

MAKE SURE THE VAN IS NOT IN GEAR FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are attempting to start the engine, make sure the ignition switch is
in the RUN position first.


Erik Valeur

88 Vanagon
98 Beetle
83 GTI
82 Diesel Vanagon