Date:         Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:02:29 -0800
Reply-To:     vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
In-Reply-To:  <00a301d132a8$d4aa9a60$7dffcf20$@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

The kits in question are not extra solenoids, just a small relay.
If weather conditions are a concern Jay's kit is designed for that.
I suggested Jay's kit because home job ones can fall short.

https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/hard-start-relays/hard-start-relay

Rather than the GW starter I use the VW TDI starter with Karl's kit.
That way you can get a replacement anywhere from a FLAPS when on the
road, now and 10 years from now. GW says you can't get theirs anywhere
but from them.

Mark


Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> You don't need to replace that wire unless there is something wrong with it,
> it just closes the relay with very little current and the relay switches the
> heavier load to the starter solenoid.
>
> I'm in the camp that doesn't believe in them. It's just another thing to go
> wrong, and if it isn't sealed properly it can short and activate the starter
> while driving down the road on a rainy day. That would not be good. My son's
> '87 had a kludged one installed and the starter was still intermittent, so
> it now has a GW gear reduction starter and no extra solenoid.
>
> Stuart
>
>