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Phishman068
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Joined: February 19, 2007
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Location: Pittsburgh PA (ish)
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I like to add a thick grounding strap straight from the starter (I usually put it around the lower stud) to the frame (Find a bolt or add one).
You can't over-ground the engine/trans.....
But you sure can under-ground it.
Generally either the trans to body strap or engine to body strap is in bad shape, and every little bit helps. Since the starter draws the most amps, it just makes sense to give it the shortest path possible.
I've fixed many a poor running or poor starting vanagon this way. |
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DC66
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Location: Los Angeles
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x1000 on checking the grounds. I was towed last night for what ended up being a bad negative battery cable. Now my starter sounds a bit more efficient than it did prior to the new cable.
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IdahoDoug
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Location: N. Idaho
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The good minds here recommend carrying a spare ignition switch because they go bad so often. In researching this item a year ago I also came across more than a couple incidents where the newly replaced ignition switch was not working 100%. Supplier quality. It was rec'd to get the German one from Van Cafe or similar Vanagon vendor. It's a simple thing to replace. My old one worked fine, but I replaced it as preventative.
DougM
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jptech
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Joined: March 23, 2009
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Location: Allentown PA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:50 am Post subject: NO START WOES |
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Hi Friend,
Your symptom discribes exaxtly what the neutral safety switch (NSS) is supoused to do - at the proper time. Put the gear selector in D or R and turn the key to start. Does that look/sound like our symptom ?
The NSS is intended to interrupt the KL 50 starting circuit to prevent starting in gear. If the NSS is misadjusted or just plain faulty, it may attempt to do the job in neutral or park, which is right where we are with the symptom. Check KL 50 from the ignition switch to the single connection on the starter solenoid using the "voltage drop" method. If KL 50 is clean, it can only br thr NSS.
Also if your shop can't figure this out on the second try ,,,,,you need to find another reparir shop.
John |
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