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Date:         Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:54:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <c2c43a7e0904271242l234058ecg1e7b77ac51f0a03@mail.gmail.com >
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I'd disconnect the battery ground wire, loosen the right rear lug nuts, jack up that rear corner, put it on jack stands, pull the r rear wheel then take the starter off, fix what ever it is I needed to fix and just in general do a little cleaning. Then I'd put it back together.

Rob becida@comcast.net

4/27/2009 12:42 PM, Marc Perdue wrote: >Hey all, > >I wanted to post the solution to this problem, just in case anybody >else ran into it. It was way simpler than anything anybody suggested, >thank goodness, but still enough to strand me. > >There's a red wire with female spade lug connector that connects to >the starter. It was disconnected. Duh... It was so loose, that >every time I started the van, it came loose again. I decided to just >get the van running and drive it home to where I could work on it in >peace. > >The connector is in a really hard place to get to, fore of the engine >compartment, over the right side of the transmission. If anybody has >any brilliant ideas for getting easy access to this connector, I'm all >ears. One way or the other, though, I need to tighten up that >connector and all should be right with the world then. > >Thanks again for all the great suggestions! >Marc >


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