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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 1999 12:55:01 -0800
Reply-To:   Vanman <mckayaa@OIT.EDU>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Vanman <mckayaa@OIT.EDU>
Subject:   Re: HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
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One simple test, try crawling under the van w/ a hammer and a 12 inch extension and tap on the starter's solenoid and motor a couple times. Then you should try and start the engine. If it starts, then the starter either needs a rebuild, or it needs to be replaced. If it doesn't, try checking all connections to the starter, and load test the battery. Hope this helps....

-Aaron Mckay mckayaa@oit.edu college student in mechanical engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology '85 vanagon GL Proletariat in favor of the status quo

-----Original Message----- From: Melissa E. Mourkas <legacy@JAVANET.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 12:38 PM Subject: HELP!!! Van won't start!!!

>This morning I threw my duffle bag into my 87 Syncro for the last leg of >my trip home, turned the key, and............nothing, no starter, no >cranking. > >Further investigation seems to indicate a strong battery, and I can hear >the solenoid making noise, but the starter won't crank. > >Suggestions, insight, incantations, and prayer are all welcome! > >Any help is appreciated. (At least I am at my sister's place and warm.) > >Tony Mourkas >(c/o legacy@javanet.com) > >* In "LIMBO" in western Massachusetts * >


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