Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:43:57 -0700
Reply-To: Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: starting problem
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I use a mallet with a plastic head. Does not leave marks. (aka 12 ox. double faced hammer ~$15.) Very handy addition to your tool kit.
Todd
> On October 19, 2018 at 1:39 PM Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM mailto:vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM > wrote:
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> After hitting it with a Hammer and they will not take your core back, because it has hammer marks and a cracked magnet.
> I will attest to whacking it does make it work. But generally hitting anything with a hammer other than a nail is a bad idea.
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> Stacy
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > > On Oct 19, 2018, at 9:36 AM, Robert Clemmer <n51219@COMCAST.NET mailto: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.
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> > Just my 2 cents.
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> > 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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