[Vwdiesel] no start, just a click

[82 Diesel Westy]

--- Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net> wrote:
This exact thing happened to me, NJ has a good amount
of salt but I did not really drive the van much in the
winter.  Anyway, check the bare copper wire, could be
your issue.  I was told it was soldered to the coil of
the starter motor, so not easily replaced, I got a
reman Bosch starter for $160 and glad I did, much
smaller, lighter and very powerful.

Bryan
> If this car has been exposed to much salt, check the
> cable between the
> solenoid and the motor. I have repaired 2 (or is it
> 3?) so far. 
> The short piece of cable is sometimes naked, and
> "rots" away. Stops
> conducting, and the solenoid will not pull in. If
> you want to know why this
> is, ask me and I'll email my findings when repairing
> mine.
> 
> It will look ok visually, but when you touch it, it
> will crumble away.
> 
> There is another weird fault that can occur with the
> same symptoms.
> 
> On the lower side of the solenoid, there is a small
> steel strap, from a
> solder lug (the bottom end of the solenoid pull-in
> coil) to the terminal on
> the solenoid where the motor cable attaches. I also
> repaired a starter where
> this had rusted away.
> 
> All of these problems are home repairable, and cheat
> the FLAPS out of a
> costly starter exchange.
> 
> My notes on repair should be found somwhere in the
> past year's archives
> under starters..
> 
> If not, I can email them.
> 
> Sandy
> 
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