Date:         Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:45:54 -0800
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: unstuck starter
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Gee, that's the first tool I stick in the toolbox of any car I've owned in
the past 30 years, regardless if it's a VW or not.....;-)
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At 07:27 PM 3/20/98 -0500, Karl F. Bloss wrote:
>After talking with Chris Turner yesterday (he came over to drop off
>some pics for me to scan), he said to try banging on the starter, not
>the solenoid, to get it unstuck.  Did that and heard a CLACK.
>Reconnected the ignition switch wire and she started right up.
>
>Stuck again once after that, but same deal "fixed" it.  After reading
>that "should you own a VW bus" quiz, I feel like I've just gone
>through some sort of VW rite of passage...the stuck solenoid and
>starter.  :-)
>
>Still gonna replace it, but now I don't have to have her towed and I
>can do it at my leisure.  Meanwhile, the toolbox with the hammer
>stays in the van.  :-)
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Jim Thompson
84 Westy 2.1 * 62 Beetle * 90 Fox Wagon
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