Date:         Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:17:03 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning... UPDATE
Comments: To: mwmiller@CWNET.COM
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Mike you got to get under there a couple of times a year and cut the
bailing wire off your axles.

Stan


On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:57:40 -0800 Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
writes:
> FWIW mine just simply started spinning without engaging one day, no
> prior
> symptoms.  Bad starter.
>
> Mike
>
> On 2/19/03 11:20 AM, "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
>
> > Vanagon starters sometimes have solenoids that freeze in the
> barrel of
> > the actuator barrel.
> > The starter normally has hesitations for several weeks or months
> before
> > it simply will not move the drive gear to the flywheel.
> > The cure for this is to remove the starter, clean the solenoid,
> put light
> > lubrication of WD40 or Silicone spray on the internal parts.
> > I've seen starters with a rubber baffle in the actuator but don't
> be
> > surprised if it is missing, its simply a disk of rubber that is
> supposed
> > to keep dirt out ................. I serviced my solenoid seven
> years ago
> > and its still going so I know that it takes a long time to collect
> enough
> > dirt to freeze it again.
> > Time to get dirty!
> > 17 mm nut inside engine bay, 15 mm nut on lower side of starter
> > ............... loosen the inside bolt first so your starter
> doesn't hit
> > the ground.
> > I still can't figure what the smell might be unless your starter
> is just
> > full of oil that got hot.
> > Loose push on connectors can sometimes sizzle because of arching,
> enough
> > sizzle will melt down the little sleeves on the push on
> connectors.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> >
> >
>
>

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