For what it is worth I had an electric motor rewound for a juicing machine in my kitchen. the repair person replaced aluminum wires with copper and it made a huge difference. Apparently some motors and starters are made with aluminum wiring to save money but copper works much better. If you have it rewound consider replacing any aluminum even if it does not need it. William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Morphew" <kadm@PUGETSOUND.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 7:54 AM Subject: Re: Syncro TDI installation question...
> I wouldn't be surprized (it's at least worth a shot) to see if a good > alternator/starter repair shop could increase the power of the starter by > redoing it, adding to it, or replacing the armature entirely. > > -Dana- > > > The question is, how do I START > > the motor??? With the TDI being 19.5:1 compression ratio the stock Syncro > > starter will have a very hard time spinning the motor, if it could spin it > > at all. At -30C to the equation and there is no way it would spin. > > Any thoughts or suggestions??? > > > > David Marshall |
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