Date:         Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:02:36 -0400
Reply-To:     John Lauterbach <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Lauterbach <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Hittin' the road (UPDATE)
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Robert,

Is your starter toast or is there insufficient voltage getting to the
solenoid?  When I had an '82 diesel (decades ago) I wasted much money on
starters when the problem was most likely high resistance in the starting
circuit.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Hittin' the road (UPDATE)


> Hi Zoltan , all- My starter is toast and so my
> engine is idling as I wi-fi this.
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> I have three Vanagon Diesel starters at home and
> one rebuilt one in my other 82 Vanagon.
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> Now I need to see who I know can go to my house
> get it and ship it .
>
> Shipping it to where? Well, it looks like Boston.
> I have no more time to work on this car- unless i
> get lucky and find a junnkyard along the way (us
> 80 and 74).
>
> I'll check with friends Ed and Staeve later at my
> night stop for wi-fi.
>
> Any one knows of junkyards in Nebraska or Iowa
> let me know.Yes, I know what you are thinking- do
> they even have vanagons there?
>
>
> Robert
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> 1982 Westfalia
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> Hi
> --- Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
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>> I lived twenty years at 6,500 feet.
>> I'm glad you got back to going.  You can put in
>> gas while the engine is
>> running, they are not too worried about that.
>> I drove many vans without
>> starting them.
>> It will take forever to get over to the other
>> side.
>> Don't push it though if it is too dangerous.
>> Zoltan
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 4:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: Hittin' the road (UPDATE)
>>
>>
>> > Tom Sinclair the list photgrapher artist very
>> > quickly installed my brake line with air
>> tools
>> > before I could.
>> >
>> > I got a 89 Jetta rear brake line - the flaps
>> in
>> > Burely are days away for brake lines.
>> >
>> >
>> > I left this morning and am now in Rock
>> Springs
>> > Wyoming. My starter stopped working but maybe
>> by
>> > morning when it's cold it will heal itself.
>> > Anyway if it doesn't i will have to remove it
>> and
>> > see if I can free the solenoid.
>> >
>> > It's 6,500 feet here and so the engine has to
>> wrk
>> > a little harder- I still have the divide at
>> over
>> > 8,000 feet ahead of me tonight.
>> >
>> > I'll park on a hill. Gotta go-
>> >
>> > Robert
>> > 1982 Westfalia
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