Of course you had it in "park". 'But...... Is there ever any issue with a switch or same, that works in conjunction with the gear selector? i.e. a safety switch that allows starter to turn over only when in "park"? Neil. (who has never driven a Vanagon Automatic). -- Please send me your Vanagon/Westfalia links! http://vanagonlinks.googlepages.com/home Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
On 8/7/07, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have an 88 automatic, all of a sudden last Sunday the van would not > start. I use the van every other day and drive it all weekend long > without an issue till recently. > > On Sunday I went to the van after about 3hrs and tried to start her > up. Nothing, the lights on the dash were on with full power, stereo > worked just fine, I even pulled out the jumper system and charged up > the battery just to be safe, nothing worked. I then opened up the > plastic shroud around the ignition removed the plastic and exposing > the steering column and the lead wires to the ignition, I could see > nothing wrong. > > I wanted 5 minutes and gave it shot, she started up instantly as > usual. What the hell is going wrong here? > > The starter was replaced about 4 months ago with brand new bosch > unit. I don't even here a clicking at all, just nothing happens when > you go to start the van, just the lights on the dash, no sound nothing. > > I also replaced the alternator about 9 months ago, I believe I got > from Vanagain. > > Any ideas? > > -- > Rob > NYC/Bloomingburg NY > 88 Wolfsburg, Silver > 222,225 miles - automatic > AIM: rmstewart@mac.com > |
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