Date:         Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:27:07 -0700
Reply-To:     "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: starter woes
Comments: To: William Wedenoja <waw105f@MAIL.SMSU.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <00a701beb2aa$e4bb09c0$03690792@wedenoja.smsu.edu>
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Same experience.  Starts cold fine.  Won't start when warm.
Change the bearing, not the starter, first.  Much cheaper, maybe.

Cheers, Tom Neal

On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, William Wedenoja wrote:

> Brings back bad memories.  You don't mention what your vehicle is.  But I
> had a '77 that wouldn't start after we'd been on the road for a few hours
> and had shut it down--for gas, a meal, etc..  Drove us nuts for about two
> years.  Had all kinds of opinions on it.  Finally solved it.  There is a
> little bearing on the end of the shaft coming out of the starter.  Should
> have been changed when the starter was replaced, but it wasn't.  Never had
> any further problem after we changed it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Ferguson <rfergus23@YAHOO.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 7:55 AM
> Subject: starter woes
>
>  what was frustrating was the
> >starter dying after 5-6 hours of highway speed travelling...usually at
> >a gas station refueling...various people have told me that the starter
> >is placed too close to the engine and gets too hot to start after that
> >amount of time on the road...this seem increadibly ludicrous since this
> >is supposed to be a touring vehicle. I followed the advice of a local
> >shop and had a booster solenoid installed that is supposed to alleviate
> >the problem...my question is will it and also is this starter problem a
> >design flaw or what?
> >thanks for any advice,
> >Cheers,
> >Rick
> >
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