Date:         Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:12:08 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
Comments: To: kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM>
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Kevin, that click is the load-shedding relay disengaging while you're
supposedly cranking.  I haven't got a diagram with me right now -- I think
you're going to have to trace from the 50 terminal on the switch up to the
panel and back out to the starter solenoid.

david

  At 12:05 6/23/2004, you wrote:
>Figured it was the Ignition Switch. Bought one...and
>to check it I removed the plastic panel from beneath
>the steering column...pulled the wiring plug off the
>old switch and attached to the new one.  When I turn
>the swich with a screwdriver to the 1st position I
>hear the fuel pump kick on, oil light blinks, etc.
>When I turn it further to start the Van I hear a
>single click from in the Fuse Box.  (The starter is
>not turning over etc)
>
>Does the 2.1 have a Starter Relay...and if it is bad
>what are the signs?  ANyone have this happen before???

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"