Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:12:52 -0700
Reply-To: Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From: Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: Starter: it's one or another
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Three fittings are to be taken care of to deliver the power to your starter.
One; in the battery box you need to clean up the body for the strap to sit
on new steel and use NEW bolt and sand paper the strap well.
Second and third; under the car you have the other two. One on the body,
the other is on the transmission's bracket. One is a stud, the other is a
surface. The surface around the stud needs cleaned, sand papered, filed or
whatever you can do with it to make it a new clean surface. The surface of
the bracket is the same job as the one in the battery box. Use new bolts
and nuts and washers.
Once all these are done, cover it with something that will keep it free of
corrosion. Put on grease, paint, etc, to protect them.
And then try to turn you starter.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 6:38 PM
Subject: Starter: it's one or another
> On our recent trip, I noticed that Mellow Yellow's starter had quite a
> bit of hesitation when the engine was warm. Turning the key would result
> in a single "chug," then a pause, then "chug, chug, chug" and the engine
> would start.
>
> This is not new, it's been going on for a couple years at least, and
> it's getting worse.
>
> Two possibilities come to mind: high resistance in the starter motor
> main current path, or weak starter battery.
>
> I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables don't "wear
> out" or develop high resistances due to age. Without damage to the
> insulation, the copper will be fine. The transmission's ground strap was
> just re-tightened when the transmission was pulled and replaced.
>
> Besides -- should a warm engine be easier, not harder, to turn over?
>
> I lean toward the theory that the starter battery is getting long in the
> tooth. Those things do wear out.
>
> Unless someone talks me down, I'm just going to go out and buy a
> replacement.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
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