Date:         Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:59:21 -0800
Reply-To:     Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: dragging starter
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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---John Brown <johnlloydbrown@EMAIL.MSN.COM> wrote:
>
> Is this electrical resistance problem really a Vanagon related
problem.  I
> always thought that it was an air-cooled problem.

NOPE!

My starter- which the PO had JUST replaced with the alternator AND
battery before he sold it to me- was sluggish. As it was new, I ruled
it out as a problem. I bought the van in late spring, and as I tried
it out, the starter would crank much more slowly than I remember my
dad's loaf doing. Fortunately, the motor always fired up instantly...
Two batteries later, I found a ground strap loose. Hooked it up to
everything. No luck whatsoever. Thought I had a leak; the only thing
draining power ended up being the Quartz-Zeitgeist (clock).

From then on, I just white-knuckled it every time I fired up the van.

Now they say it's a trans bearing or a relay thing. Is there a
distinction in sympotms between a condition that requires one and a
condition that requires another? If it's the bearing, which one and
how do I replace it? My (auto) trans rebuild is recent. This makes no
sense. :(

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam

=
"Punk's not dead (it just sucks right now)"
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