While the starter solenoid may be one place to check, also consider the ignition / starter switch itself. If the "start" position is making intermittent contact it could also cause these symptoms, and I've seen similar problems; especially when someone leaves a heavy key ring hanging on the ignition key. Tom ---------- >From: Tony Schiebel SNIP It sometimes starts with the key and sometimes we need to push start it. It is *very* intermittent. When it does not start, there is no starter noise. The lights come on at the dash are, so the ignition is working, but no starting. It happened twice on this trip. The goofy thing is, it may not start, so we push start. we drive for a while and then stop. It will then start with the key.... maybe. Very intermittent and irritating. I crawled underneath last night and trace all of the ignition wires as per Bentley. They are all tight and rust free. The last time this happened, 1 month ago, I tightened all connections. I don't think this was the problem. The van wasn't driven much over the last month so I cannot say for sure. SNIP
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