Date:         Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:43:54 -0600
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Starter/relay/switch problem
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                DaveB

        Unless you have replaced it recently, a good place to start is to
replace your IgnitionSwitch. Go

get a new one (they're cheap & we all should carry a spare anyway) &
simply unplug the connector

from the old installed one & connect it to the new uninstalled one &
give it a twist.

        The ScrewDriver across the SolenoidTerminals works but I prefer a
heavy gauge wire or even

better, a RemoteStarterSwitch. Good luck.

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB


On 23 Jul , 2012, at 9:50 AM, David Bjorkman wrote:

> Hi All;
> What's that Roseanna Anna Danna's dad used to say, It's Always
> Something.
>
> Camper won't start.  Noticed a delay a few (intermittant) times when
> starting over a few weeks.  Turn the key, just a moment or two of
> hesitation, then start.  Then once it wouldn't start so I pushed it,
> jumped in and popped the clutch, and it started and then no problem
> for a few weeks.  Went out this AM and no start.  Lights and bells
> fine.  Starter gave no signs of getting tired.  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.  I have a VW inline 4
> in there, and the starter is somewhat accessable.  Same type starter
> as waterboxer.  I am also facing downhill in a pull in parking spot
> so jumpstarting with a push is not an option (unless I get someone
> to pull me out of this parking spot).
>
> Dave B.