John: Given what you've done, pulling the starter and having it bench tested is about the only logical next step. Starters and solinoids *do* wear out eventually. On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, John S. Cronin wrote: > I have a 1981 Westfalia I acquired recently, and it has a serious hot start > problem. >[snip] > Last weekend, I decided to work on it (I have had the van for about three > weeks). I opened both battery compartments, cleaned the terminals and the > battery cables, pulled the ground straps loose and cleaned up around their > connections, replaced one of the ground straps entirely, and replaced an > old battery with one that is about five months old. (I also cleaned up and > regreased the swivel mechanisms of the front seats while I was under there, > and cleaned up some of the battery corrosion (only in ONE battery box - yeah!), > etc. > > Then I crawled under the car, pulled the various connectors from the starter > and cleaned them up and inspected the cables, pulled the groundstrap from the > transaxle to the chassis on both ends and cleaned it, and then wired in a > Bosch relay as explained in these mailing lists and various documents on the > web. > > Result: I still have a hot start problem. What should I try next? Replace > or rebuild the starter? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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