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Date:         Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:19:44 -0500
Reply-To:     ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Starter/relay/switch problem
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>First thing I did.&nbsp; Grounds all OK.&nbsp; Are those the&nbsp;only 2&nbsp;connections on the starter?</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Dave B.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 07/23/12, <SPAN>Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski&lt;kupcinski@GMAIL.COM&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">Screwdriver across the solenoid ignition wire and starter wire. Always hated doing that, though. I'd first suspect grounds.<BR><BR>Not sure how things are wired on your I4, but if I had to start somewhere, I'd polish all the electrical contacts: starter, solenoid, transmission, battery, fusebox grounds. Had similar experience a couple years ago, and getting everything cleaned up did the trick. <BR><BR>-Jarrett<BR><BR>On Jul 23, 2012, at 10:50 AM, David Bjorkman wrote:<BR><BR>&gt; I would like to try to electrically "jump" the starter to see if it is broke (I don't think so), but havn't done that in a long time and would like a refresher from anyone out there who has done this recently. Any other diagnostic hints would also be helpful.<BR></DIV></div>
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