Date:         Mon, 8 May 1995 14:49:14 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@superc.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: VANAGON digest 451

7039ckrah@umbsky.cc.umb.edu writes:
> 
> PWEIS writes: sometimes I turn the key off and take it out of the ignition,
> but the car is still trying to start on its own...
> 
> could be a bad ignition switch, the circuit must still be closed in order
> to run the starter. 

The solenoid could be sticking also, in which case it wouldn't matter 
whether the ignition switch was faulty or not.  The starter "circuit"
doesn't really include the ignition switch, since the starter is operated
remotely by a solenoid.  I would suspect the solenoid before the ignition.

-David

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