Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:59:44 -0400
Reply-To: William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM>
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From: William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: starting problem
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Purchase another ignition switch. Simply unplug the connector from the old one and plug it into the new. Turn with a screw driver.
I am not a fan of an add on switch in the engine compartment. It’s really not necessary and creates another failure point.
Make sure to purchase a good ignition switch not one of the cheaper ones. It’s always wise to keep a spare one in your rig.
Bill
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> On Oct 19, 2018, at 12:36 PM, Robert Clemmer <n51219@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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> Next time try tapping the starter with a hammer or wrench. If it starts, most likely worn brushes. I had the same issues with my 91 auto. Solved it with a new gear driven starter. If I had to do it over again, I'd get the adaptor for the diesel starter. Simply because they can be gotten at nearly any FLAPS whereas with an automatic starter you'll be SOL for a couple of days till one is overnighted.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> BC
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>
> I have an intermittent problem with my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL
> Campmobile with original Waterboxer 2.1 engine (180K miles) starting. Most
> of the time it starts just as it should, almost as soon as I turn the key.
> On some occasions, more often when it has not run for a few days, but not
> always that condition, nothing happens when I turn the key. I can hear the
> fuel pump running, but warning lights do not come on every time, or if they
> do, I (dumb, I know) failed to notice.
>
> My mechanic, European AutoHaus in Spokane, Washington ("Obie," trained on
> these things in Germany, and almost as old as me with long experience with
> them), cannot get it to fail in this way. Starts every time for him. I
> have an ignition switch in the engine compartment as well, to use when
> working on the vehicle. Obie recommended that next time it fails, check to
> see if the engine bay switch works. If not, he says starter, if yes, he
> says ignition switch. He states that the steering column ignition switch
> looks fine (not discolored as his experience tells him is usual when the
> switch is bad).
>
> Thoughts on this matter from this community of experts?
>
> Thanks, David McNeely
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