Most likley your ignition switch, get one. Not bad to have a spare. The neutral safety switch may also be worn through or just need cleaning. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:07:59 -0700 Craig Oda - Personal email <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO> writes: > My 1983.5 Westy sometimes has problems starting. When I turn the > key > nothing happens. However, if I do it enough, it always starts (so > far). I > have checked the connections of the battery and the starter and the > wires are nice and tight. I figure either the battery is low or > the > starter is going bad. Or, it could be the switch that controls > whether I'm in park or neutral on my automatic transmission. > > Since I'm still driving the Westy, sometimes to distant places (or > course ;) I was wondering how to cross the wires on the solenoid > to > try and start the motor if I wanted to. > > There is a large nut with a rubber boot that is connected to the > battery. Should I cross that and the red wire that goes to the > ignition switch, or should I try another wire combination? > > I'm new to all this, so any help would be appreciated. > > -- Craig > > -- > Craig Oda craigoda@communitybuilders.info > VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic > http://communitybuilders.dhs.org/craigoda/vw/ > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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