Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 01:26:35 +0000
Reply-To: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: VAN STALLED AND WON'T START ?
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It's easy to do, what Jim Arnott said....I just did it at a motel in Colorado on a road trip with "turn key, nothing happens" problem. No....not the lock cylinder and all. Just do the electrical part of the ignition switch assembly.
About a 30 minute job; but you've got to have that socket (24 mm?....review youtube video link below) to remove the steering wheel (available at Napa). I've done this job before; and I needed a 1/2 to 3/8 adapter. So be sure you get that before you start.
I bought an ignition switch from the local Napa shop (was about $35....ouch!!, but I was in the middle of nowhere (and pleasantly surprised they had the physical part right before my eyes). But it solved the problem.
Here's a youtube clip from listmember Brian: Replacing Vanagon Ignition Switch
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BTW....be sure to do the "install key and turn to ON position" step he mentions. I didn't do that the first time I did the install a few years back and it was messy and probably why it needed replacement again; if you do it, it's super easy. And gets things all aligned correctly.
Oh....I will ALWAYS carry a spare ignition switch from now on (much cheaper from List Vendors than what I paid). Really sucks to have no start when out in the middle of nowhere. Cheap. Small. Excellent roadtrip insurance.
And NO, I don't have a bunch of heavy things hanging from my key ring; that is often cited as a possible source of the problem. Methinks that things just wear out after 30 years.
Anyway....love it when I turn the key and it cranks right up.
Rich
San Diego
From: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: VAN STALLED AND WON'T START ?
Just switch the electrical part of the switch, not the lock.
Jim
> On Aug 1, 2016, at 12:59 PM, Pat Patterson <SESRating@AOL.COM> wrote:
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> snip
> THOUGHT I WOULD ASK HERE FOR ANY IDEAS BEFORE I TRY TO PULL AN IGNITION
> SWITCH FROM A DONER VAN AND SEE IF IT WORKS. ALSO DOES ANYONE KNOW IF IT IS
> EASY TO SWITCH THE TUMBLERS FROM MY SWITH TO THE DONOR SO I CAN USE MY
> SAME KEY. I;M NOT SURE IF THE DONOR SWITCH HAS A KEY FOR IT OR NOT.