**The solution involved gently tapping the starter motor and solenoid with a hammer. Usually after 5-10 taps it will work perfectly. Would the typical Muir relay fix solve this problem? Or is it more likely that the thing is dirty and needs to be rebuilt? Thanks, John Brown '84 Westy** We had the same problem with our '84 Westy. It wouldn't start when run in hot temperatures. Things that would get it going included: First hold the key on for about five seconds, If that failed we sometimes jumped it. Only right before we finally got it fixed did we learn about banging the starter. In Wyoming we had a ford relay put on the starter by a garage that had a lot of old busses on the lot. We drove from Wyoming to Maine in August heat with out the problem happening again. Anyone know of any problems with this fix?
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