[Vwdiesel] Vanagon Diesel Starter replacement

[Mark Shepherd]

One thing to do is to run a temporary wire from battery +ve
to a convenient switch inside the vehicle and then back out
to the solenoid... If you use some household twin core you
then only have to run a 'single'  wire to this switch. This
will of course remove any problems with ignition switch.
 Is it definitely the starter solenoid clicking and not some
irrelevent relay elsewhere that you can hear?
I say this because for some reason I became obssesed with a
relay that clicked with ignition and my fiddling with it
seemed to cure a similar problem that I  had had.
Truth is that AFAIK power route is always battery to a
supply rail on fuse box directly off and then to ignition
switch and finally down to solenoid.
Don't buy a replacement yet!
MTM(UK)

>
> Mark,
>
> What I mean is that I turn the key 10 times, with nothing
happening (no
> spinning, just the click from the relay). From what I
understand, this is
> (like you say) a problem with the contacts in the
solenoid.
>
> :-)
>
> Jon
>
> On Mon, 23 May 2005, Mark Shepherd wrote:
>
> > Jon  what do you mean  your starter takes 10 attempts to
> > engage? Are you saying its silent? Or is it spinning
freely?
> > One thing to remember  is that generally its either
broke or
> > faulty. As you get it to work after a while  then it's
not
> > broke!  Most old age faults are the contacts not seating
> > correctly. A lot of solenoids will come apart (after a
> > little desoldering) If its spinning and 'grating' then
it's
> > a burr on flywheel and/or bendix. If its on the fly
wheel
> > then new starter may give you grief too
> > MTM(UK)
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