Date:         Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:57:16 -0500
Reply-To:     dr <dxrobertson@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         dr <dxrobertson@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: 82 won't crank
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I believe you are talking about the bolt that holds the starter inplace.  It has a special head on it to keep it from rotating when you remove the nut on the other end.  This bolt goes through the starter and through the engine case.  You need to go inside the engine compartment and remove the nut from there, then the bolt with the odd shaped head can be slid out from underneath.  From what I remember, this nut is the upper right, behind the throttle valve area, in the engine compartment.  Just use an open-end wrench to remove the nut.

dr


"Higginbotham, David A." <dhigginbotham@HAZENANDSAWYER.COM> wrote:

>He's baaaack!! I did some testing with the multimeter, many thanks to
>all who helped me learn to use this tool. I found that there was indeed
>juice flowing to the solenoid but not to the starter, i.e. - when
>helpful neighbor turns the key I get 12 volts on the switch side and 0
>volts on the starter side. So, I bought a new starter and got under the
>van to replace the old one, I removed the wiring and tied it up so I
>would remember how to put it back, I removed the lower nut no problem,
>the upper nut however is not a nut. There is a 'thing' where a nut
>should be that is horseshoe shaped and I can find no way to remove this
>thing.
>
>Pics of the thing are here:
>http://www.ncdragonfly.com/vw/starter3.jpg
>http://www.ncdragonfly.com/vw/starter4.jpg
>
>The quality is not great as I was holding a mirror and the camera and
>shooting into the mirror.
>
>Does anyone know how to remove the 'thing'? Does this require a special
>tool?
>
>Thanks much,
>
>David Higginbotham
>82 Westfalia
>Silk Hope, NC
>

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