Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:12:39 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: No start questions
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hi, lol,
re
All I get from you is a three sentence response? :)
I was trying to spare you from reading a long thing ,
with too many details, or too tinged with things like ..'don't think of what
part it might be first ...
but inspect and diagnose first.'
I seldom bother anymore, but I used to take the starters apart and see how
short the brushes are ..
how much powdery material in there from wearing brushes..how good the
bushings are etc.
oh ...btw ...be sure to inspect your starter bushing in your bell housing
....
assuming manual trans.
have fun, do good work .
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "B Feddish" <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: No start questions
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 =
=