[Vwdiesel] starter issue , one final thing

[Will Taygan]

Have you tried cleaning up the ground wire at the front of the Vanagon
transmission that connects to the frame?

Will.

On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 10:34 -0700, Roger Brown wrote:
> One thing you might check is the ground connection.  For a quick check, check the voltage 
> at the starter power terminal to the starter body and compare that to the voltage across 
> the battery when it clicks.  If the voltage across the starter is a lot less than the 
> battery, see if you can isolate the drop to the power or ground side.
> 
> I had an issue in my pickup where I was getting a lot of voltage drop on the ground side 
> of the starter, so I added a separate ground cable from the main chassis ground point to 
> one of the engine/transaxle bolts and that fixed it.  And this was even with brand new and 
> upgraded ground cables between the battery and the chassis ground.

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