Date:         Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:16:13 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "J. Austin" <nova22@wavenet.com>
Subject:      Re: VDUB QUESTION

At 09:50 AM 11/19/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On 
>>   >>Problem #2 
>>   After driving long distances (200+ miles), the van will 
>fail to start
>>   once the ignition is turned off.  I thought my starter 
>may be getting
>>   too hot and tripping a "breaker" so I ran a wire 
>directly from my
>>   battery to the starter.  The wire is connected to the 
>starter and
>>   dangles loose near the battery.  When it will not start 
>I have to use
>>   my"hot wire" to get it going how can this problem be 
>fixed? Why does it
>>   occur? <<
>
>
>I have occasionaly experienced this on my 65' bus do people 
>think think is attributable to a faulty ignition, I have not 
>tried the hot wire sol'n yet.
>
>m.
>

I believe the Muir bible has a good rap on installing a solenoid
that will give you extra juice on start only. Pretty easy to do,
if I recall correctly.

-John


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-John Austin               
'71 T-2, "BobbyBus"