[Vwdiesel] starter issue , one final thing

[Sandy Cameron]

At 08:23 AM 6/11/2012 -0700, you wrote:

>In a Rabbit that has set for years and you try to start it and the
>starter doesn't kick in a hammer on the case many times wakes it >up.

Carefully! a hammer blow can destroy the permanent magnets in the diesel
starter (there was often a warning sticker on them forbidding that).

 Not so on the old gas starter which uses electromagnets for the field.

Sandy