Date:         Sun, 9 Feb 2003 01:16:08 -0500
Reply-To:     UWannaDeaL2 <uwannadeal2@USA.NET>
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From:         UWannaDeaL2 <uwannadeal2@USA.NET>
Subject:      Random Starting, Starter Probs-Fixed
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Slow or no starter motor turning-
Aim the Vanagon on the downhill-

Find a coupla friends- strangers to help push-

Let your 9 year old drive and let him pop the clutch-

No more starting flat spots or dead spots when turning that engine over..

Those days are over--

1. installed the relay- on my back in the deep freeze took abt 45 mins-
on a fresh piece of cardboard and with a dimming flashlight.
on a lift in the warm should take 15 mins..

also
2. Heavy primary cable from positive battery to starter was hanging on by 

threads of that very thick cable-- spliced in a new cable end-lotsa duck tape
a piece of inner tube as addl insulation..

LIKE NEW!!
that starter whips around in the coldest of weather.
see these links

http://www.type2.com/bartnik/relay.htm

http://www.oldvolkshome.com/hardstart.pdf

Thanks Ken Wilford at Vanagain for shipping me those relays pronto