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Date:         Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:01:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      First follow-up - RE: Battery/Starter/Wiring issue 1985 Westy w/
              2.1L & 4sp
In-Reply-To:  <736EA0404E8E4D68AD2B2285E27DA19F@KarlPC>
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Dropped in at mechanic's to check sluggish starter:

. Recently (within last year) rebuilt starter drawing 300A when hot, cold unknown yet. . Battery at 13.1V when van running.

Mechanic suggests starter should be drawing no more than ~150A - bad rebuild? Also suggests replacing regulator. That's cheap & easy as I have a aspare (used).

Any other trees I should be barking up?

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On Behalf Of Karl Wolz |Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:18 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Battery/Starter/Wiring issue 1985 Westy w/ 2.1L & 4sp | |Went for a shakedown cruise today, wandering up from Phoenix |to the top of Mingus Mtn. (above 7000 ft.), where we did some |scrubbing and checking of this and that in nice cool air. Got |back to Phx around 4pm, with the temperature around 112 |degrees. Filled up at Costco to check trip mileage (17.8, |which kinda sucks), turned the key and had super slow starter |motor for a couple seconds, then normal and fired right up. | |Several questions: |This trip is the first time I've used the AC in about 15 |years, and the frist time I've used with the 2.1L engine; how |much should I expect the A/C cut into fuel economy? I drove |about normal speed (65 - 75) for most of the trip; this |usually yields just shy of 20 mpg. | |Starter issue - I've replaced the battery to starter wire and |the the alternator to starter wire with 2ga. The starter was |recently rebuilt, the engine normally turns easily. I have |NOT replaced the starter ground connection, and have not |inspected that wire. This slow starter (Uerh - |uerh) was the reason I replaced the wiring, and since then, it |has turned quite quickly and starter right up every time. I'd |imagine the heat had some effect, and I certainly should take |a close look at that battery ground wire. Any other thoughts? | |Thanks in advance, | |Karl Wolz |----- |No virus found in this message. |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com |Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3864 - Release Date: |08/28/11


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