Thanks Marc, and others who replied to my post in a positive helpful manner. Thank goodness there were no "lectures" or condescending comments like my welding post. :-)
I have checked all the connections and they are clean and tight, so I'm thinking that leaves the ignition switch or just plain old age in the wiring, since age does cause an increase in resistance, thus voltage drop. Corrosion does indeed seem to kill our buses slowly. :-( I am going to find a relay from my parts stash and install it to see what happens. Then it's ignition switch time. I'm assuming we're talking the electrical part of the switch here, and not the mechanical part which appears to function flawlessly? Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: marc vellat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007 12:58 am Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Delayed starting, or no starting on cold morning?? To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> > An HSR would be the pragmatic "fix". Your symptom is > quite likely due to the additive effect of several > borderline problems in the wiring/contacts which > supply the solenoid (and possibly the solenoid > itself), which sometimes makes it hard to isolate. Due > to the longer runs of wiring on a bus compared to a > bug there's less voltage available to the solenoid > even with everything in tip-top condition - they > probably should've fitted a relay from the factory. > Rule out the obvious/easy stuff like battery cable > connections (at BOTH ends) and those on the ground > strap that goes around the front transmission mount. > Be advised that poor contact inside the ignition > switch itself is known to be a problem more often on > late-model switches like yours then it ever was on the > older designs...you might try jumpering Term 30 and 50 > at the ignition switch, if that makes the solenoid act > properly it'd be worth the trouble to change the > switch before resorting to the HSR, since eventually > the switch could worsen to the point where it won't > even operate the relay. > > --- courtney hook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I went to start my 77 Westy this morning, and the > > lights etc came on but nothing from the starter. I > > turned it off, and then back on again, and it fired > > up normally (momentary delay). It has been giving a > > brief 1/2 second delay for quite awhile lately when > > starting, but then fires up. Today was a pretty cold > > morning, is this Hard Start Relay time? The battery > > terminals etc were all cleaned about a month ago. I > > did the HSR on my 70 bug, and the startup has been > > like night and day since! > > Courtney > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
