Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:33:15 -0500
Reply-To: Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine
late morning
In-Reply-To: <1452858012.2286.20.camel@jhl.mgacoxmail.com>
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Jay Brown (thatvwbusguy) used to sell a nicely made remote starter. I
don't see it on his web site now but if you contact him he may still have
some in stock: https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/home.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 6:40 AM, john <john@jhl.mgacoxmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Dennis and Scott:
>
> Thank you very much for your replies. Â It is 43 degrees F
> here in Macon, GA, this morning and van started like a champ
> as it has done every evening this week around 6:45 p.m. when
> I go pick up my Son (and future VW mechanic) from high
> school (he is captain of the Bibb County high school
> robotics team -- First Robotics Competition). So, perhaps on
> cold mornings next week, some warm air to the ignition
> switch (plastic steering column shroud is long gone), may
> well be the answer.
>
> BTW -- Where can I buy the remote start cable?
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2016-01-13 at 20:19 -1000, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' -
> Scott ) wrote:
> > hard for me to understand why many people do not, in a
> > case like this,
> > immediately connect a Remote Starter Switch to the
> > solenoid trigger
> > terminal and good positive voltage.
> >
> > then push the button  ! .
> > if the starter goes ...then you know the problem is
> > somewhere in the
> > rest of the van's wiring.
> > if it doesn't go ...
> > do the old hammer trick, while holding it energized , tap
> > it with a hammer.
> > if it goes then, you've identified that your starter is
> > very like old or
> > weak.
> >
> > always check grounds of course ~ !
> >
> > the remote starter connection thing is so handy, why not
> > just have a
> > dedicated wire in your engine compartment for that ?
> > heck ..some people have been known to make that wire long
> > enough so in
> > an emergency you can touch it to the hot terminal on the
> > alternator.
> > Heck again ...on these 25+ year old vans I sometimes
> > install a heavy
> > duty generic starter button up front ..
> > so if the original circuit doesn't work you still have
> > that one .
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > On 1/12/2016 3:25 AM, Larry Alofs wrote:
> > > Can you hear/feel your starter relay click when you turn
> > > the key?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:15 AM, john <john@jhl.mgacoxma
> > > il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My van ('84, 1.9L engine, automatic transmission) is
> > > > having
> > > > to spend this winter in my driveway. Â Once overnight
> > > > temperature drop into the low 30s or worse (for middle
> > > > Georgia), turning the key to the start position will
> > > > not
> > > > energize the starter. Â I can hear fuel pump turn on.
> > > > Â Not a
> > > > battery issue as interior lights are bright. Â
> > > > Neutral-start
> > > > switch on automatic transmission shift lever is
> > > > bypassed.
> > > >
> > > > I have a Bosch starter relay in the starter motor
> > > > circuit
> > > > and everything works fine once the van has been in the
> > > > sun
> > > > for a couple of hours. Â I am wondering if the
> > > > contacts in
> > > > the ignition switch (12 to 15 years since replacement)
> > > > are
> > > > worn to the point they will not make contact in the
> > > > cold.
> > > >
> > > > Is this a possibility?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
>
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