Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:39:59 -0400
Reply-To: B Feddish <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: B Feddish <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: No start questions
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You can be facetious but you need to spell it right first. bwahahah
You are right, | have not looked yet. It's Sunday evening and I just spent forever unloading and cleaning the van after another camping trip. I have not had a chance to climb under it yet and I am going to do that tommorow morning. I was just looking for some sugestions that I can have on hand when I start.
From all the pmails I've recieved my goal tommorow is to 1) clean the battery terminals, 2) clean the connections to the starter and 3) replace the ignition switch. Then determine if I need a new starter. This should work out OK since I can try all that stuff first thing and if needed I can drive to the BD at 11 when they open and get a new starter.
And C'mon Scott. All I get from you is a three sentence response? :) I know you're good for allot more than that!
Bryan
> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:19:20 -0700
> From: scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM
> Subject: Re: No start questions
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> re
> "don't want to spend allot of time trying figure out if a 27 year old
> starter is having issues."
>
> seems it's due anyway if you really believe it is actually 27 years old.
>
> re
> "Should I just start by cleaning the connections to the soleniod'
>
> That implies that you havn't even looked.
>
> There is nothing quite like a careful visual inspection for a first step.
> Doesn't take a whole lotta time or energy ...'visual inspection' ...
>
> I'm being facetous ...but, believe it or not, that is the normal and best
> first step in any automotive diagnostic process....you look at things.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B Feddish" <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 2:22 PM
> Subject: No start questions
>
>
>
>
> Keeping up with my vans tradition of breaking down in my own driveway after
> another trip...
>
> Over the past few years the starter would take a second or two to engage
> after turning the key. Well we know where thats leading. When I turned the
> key to go to the store nothing happened. I pushed started it and was on my
> way. When I returned home it started fine. OK, what to check? Should I just
> start by cleaning the connections to the soleniod or should I just go ahead
> and get a new starter and soleniod at the BD tomoorow and put it i? I don't
> want to just go and throw parts at the problem but I also don't want to
> spend allot of time trying figure out if a 27 year old starter is having
> issues.
>
> Thoughts? Looks like I'll have to work from home tommorow so I can spend
> the morning trying to diagnose this.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan =
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