Date:         Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:53:17 -0400
Reply-To:     neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      So... am I nuts? (ign. sw)
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So....

After lotsa work done to FI hoses, tune up, removing
gas heater etc., van seemed to take longer to fire up.
i.e. starter turns a lot, especially first thing in
morning cold, before engine fires up. Warm it fires
right away.

But....

This afternoon when it was warm, I tried to start it
but got that "whir starter not engaged with flywheel
teeth" sound. Tried again, then starter pinion gear
engaged and turned engine a lot without firing. Then,
I turned key fully clockwise, and it fired right away
(as it should after all that work!). I tried it with
key not turned hard, starter spun, but engine didn't
fire.

Am I nuts?

Is it possibly that ignition switch contacts are so
worn, that key needs to be turned as far as possible
clockwise in order to make current flow to ignition?

Pretty sure current to ignition is happening before
key turns over starter.....

Dazed and confused,

Neil Nicholson.
1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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