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On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 16:47, William Kunz wrote: > I was having a some trouble getting started the other > day and ended up using one of Muir's techniques on my > solenoid to get my starter motor going. I put a > screwdriver across the two bolts on the solenoid (page > 51 in the Muir book), the starter "whirred" and then I > was able to turn the key and start up. My question - > Is the trouble most likely the solenoid? Not knowing > anything about them, are they temperamental or do they > eventually wear out? Just wanted to know if I need to > address this right away. It doesn't seem like it's too > hard to replace. > It sounds like it may just be a dirty solenoid, or a bad connection someplace between the switch and the starter. I would pull the starter and clean it first and then start tracing wiring. Check the brushes also. BTW, is this an automatic or manual trans. If it is manual, think about where does the dust from clutch wear go?? -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~