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--- Russ Wolfe <russw@classicvw.org> wrote: > 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?? Thanks. I'll try those. It is a manual trans. Bill Kunz 69 SQBK MT NYC __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~