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Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 2019 01:35:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: No turn over
Comments: To: Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <8D284BF8-D6AF-4DC9-AF12-6AC1A438821D@gmail.com>
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Something like that happened to me a few years ago. A swift smack on the side of the starter with a hammer got her cranking.

I know, I know, but the starter needed to be replaced with a heavy duty one to turn over the recent subbie transplant.

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 4:59 PM 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? >

-- ________________________________________________________________________ Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com


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