[Vwdiesel] Posessed Quantum Starter

[David Cook]

Hi,

I agree with the voltage drop thoughts.

Here's what I'd do if I were you (based on the fact
that it starts 100% of the time when connected to the
battery):

Install a relay.

Just find a standard, higher amperage automotive
relay.  Use the smaller wire that connects to the
starter to trigger the relay, and some big, fat wires
to connect the battery to the relay, and the relay to
the starter.

Basically, this will recreate your touching the wire
to the battery, but will allow you to control it via
the switch.  (You could probably start using the
original wire from the ignition switch.)

This should buy you time on the starter at the least,
or could make it work for years to come.

David

--- Libbybapa at wmconnect.com wrote:

> This one has me fairly well stumped.  Thoroughly
> stumped.  I spent the day 
> working on my friend's 84 Quantum TD.  The battery
> is brand new and 
> fantastically well charged.  When it cranks it
> cranks really really fast.  When he got the 
> car it had a Starter push botton momentary switch
> that the PO had installed.  
> Unfortunately, it only runs the starter about 1 out
> of 15 pushes.  The other 
> 14 pushes just make the solenoid go click.  The 
> push button ties into the 
> smaller wire to the solenoid, goes through a fuse to
> the momentary switch and to 
> the pos post of the battery.  If I disconnect the
> lead to the push button at 
> the solenoid wire, and reconnect the ignition switch
> it does the exact same 
> thing.  1 out of 15 times it runs the starter the
> other 14 times the solenoid 
> clicks.  If I run a jumper from the same solenoid
> wire connection to the positive 
> terminal it starts 15 out of 15 times.  Yup, 100% of
> the time.  Every time.
> 
> The only explanation I can come up with is a
> solenoid that is just enough 
> borderline to work 100% when jumpered to the
> battery, but the slight voltage drop 
> of the wire to ignition switch is enough to keep it
> from really clicking the 
> connection to run the motor of the starter.  That
> seems to me to be Very 
> far-fetched and I welcome another explanation, as
> the starter removal requires the 
> removal of the engine mounts, lowering of the
> crossmemeber  and undoing of 
> turbo oil return line.  Wierd.  Help.
> 
> Andrew
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David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
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