[T3] Crankey car again!

[Keith Park]

That starter motor has probably a gazillion miles on it, been in there since
88...  Ill have to look more carefully at that bendix if I have to pull it
out again.

Thanks

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brian Fye
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11:41 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Crankey car again!

check to see if anything is misaligned.  i've see a bendex stick because
there was just enough wear to no longer be true.


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 20 Aug 2013 at 22:13, Keith Park wrote:
>
> > Until I disconnected the battery and it let go.  We conjectured on why
> this
> > would happen with dying batteries but now it has happened with a fresh
> one.
> > How does the solenoid fail in such a manner?  It did this consistently
> and
> > when I replaced it it did not appear to be physically sticky at all, the
> > spring felt fine.
>
> I had this happen to me many years ago, and I never figured out the
> cause. That was an AT '71, and I had the starter in and out of the
> car maybe 3 times, in the mid of winter when it was -20 F out, plus
> wind chill. I finally gave up and exchanged the starter for a Bosch
> rebuild and it never happened again.
>
> I can see how the engine starting might kick the Bendix and help stop
> the starter, but I don't see any reason why a weak battery should be
> any worse than a good one. I think it's a problem just within the
> starter, most probably in the Bendix.
>
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