[T3] No Start....but odd....

[Keith Park]

 A 6V battery will go down to 4.5 (at the battery posts) with a bad starter
bushing... they draw stall current under those conditions and that really
drags things down, I wonder how low a 12v battery goes with the starter
motor stalled??

Keith


>  After THAT...the car started right up!   It was a very mild crank..but
it got the thing going, without having to rev or anything.
>  Tried again an hour later. Same thing...mildish crank and then start.

Any time the battery is sluggish and you wonder where the real 
problem is, the thing to do is to put a voltmeter across the battery 
POSTS, while someone else turns the key.

If the battery voltage stays high while the starter labors there is a 
problem with the starter or one (some?) of the connections between 
the battery and the starter. 

If the battery voltage drops below 12 V while the starter labors, 
then the problem is probably in the battery. It could be a bad 
battery or it may just need a good charge.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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