Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 2019 00:10:20 -0700
Reply-To:     thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From:         thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: No turn over
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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Yes, looking at the connections is one thing.  But it can be the starter
switch too.  If you buy one and just pull off the existing switch connection
and put it on the new one, you can turn the new switch with a screw driver
to test.  If it turns out to be the fault, Zoltan can change it for you.
Zoltan

-----Original Message-----
From: OlRivrRat
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: No turn over

        To Change Clutch, TransAxle & Starter Motor had to be
Removed&ReInstalled, So Check

All Connections @ Starter Motor & The Trany To Frame Ground Strap ~


On 15 Mar , 2019, at 6:08 PM, Roy Nicholl wrote:

> Measure your voltage and (if you can) current at the starter and at the
> ignition switch.   If you bridge the starter (bypass ignition) does it
> crank?
> Check you grounds.
>
>
>> On 15-Mar-2019, at 20:59, Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Sigh.
>> Zoltan replaced Cunegonde’s clutch a few weeks ago. She stalled a few
>> times under load, presumably dirty fuel/pre-filter from sitting. But
>> re-started immediately each time, including after filling the tank on the
>> 25 mile trip back to Seattle.
>>
>> Then I parked her for a couple of weeks.
>>
>> Now, with a new battery, she won’t turn over at all. Fuel pump sound, but
>> no solenoid click, nothing. While she’s hesitated on the first start
>> artempt before, she’s always turned over and started, even when she’d
>> been sitting so long the hydraulics/brakes seals rotted!
>>
>> Suggestions on where to start... for starting?