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Date:         Sat, 2 Mar 2013 21:39:13 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: 84 westy
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
In-Reply-To:  <20130303023103.50R75.461256.imail@eastrmwml302>
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I see.. that's what I'm gathering , that all cars are not built with non-repeating igntion switches .. never noticed it beforeespeically. thanks. S. On 3/2/2013 6:31 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: >> It's a feature of the igntion switch to prevent turning it to 'start' >> from 'on' once it is fired up and running. >> In order for the starter to crank again ..you have to turn back to 'off' >> ..then to on and start. >> >> I think itmight even mention that in the owner's manual. >> German cars and 'most cars' have been that way almost forever- so you >> can't energize the starter when the engine is already running. > My Honda isn't that way, and I have driven other cars that are not. None of the Toyota's that I've owned prior to the current one was that way. The current one has high tech features including a remote "key" and a start button, rather than a regular ignition lock and switch. If I kill the engine on the Honda, then I simply engage the starter again, without turning the key to the off position. > > mcneely > >> >> On 3/2/2013 4:00 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >>> Though I don't know the mechanism or why of this, on my '91 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, if for some reason I kill the engine (maybe driving like a cluts and killing it with the clutch starting on a hill), I have to turn the key off, then crank. Otherwise, the ignition is simply dead. Is it supposed to be that way, or is there some anomaly? mcneely >>> >>> ---- "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: >>>> Rocky, >>>> >>>> I would check for voltage at the battery. I had a van die like this once >>>> and it was because the alternator died and the battery kept the van going >>>> for a while until it was depleted. Then when the van stopped, it would not >>>> crank over because the battery was low. You should see around 12.5 volts >>>> if the battery is still up. >>>> >>>> Also do you have an automatic or a manual transmission van? The automatics >>>> need to be in either park or neutral for the starter to function. If a van >>>> just stalls at a light, your first instinct is to try to start it again. >>>> If you have an automatic, it would just act like the starter had died. Put >>>> it in neutral if you are costing or park if you are still and it should at >>>> least crank over again. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps, >>>> Ken Wilford >>>> John 3:16 >>>> www.vanagain.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Rocky Davis <rdavis@protechthermal.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi folks. >>>>> I'm fairly new to the westy world. Been reading here and have learned a >>>>> lot from you people. Thank you. I have only had my westy for a year. And >>>>> still have not been able to use it much as I don't know all the quirks that >>>>> go with it. Today I took the van for a ride and at the stoplight. It just >>>>> died. Won't even turn over I can hear the fuel pump when I turn the key. >>>>> Any ideas? It's an 84 westy with a 1.9 water boxer any help would be >>>>> appreciated. >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>> -- >>> David McNeely >>> > -- > David McNeely >


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