[T3] Sticky starter

[Jim Adney]

On 17 Apr 2014 at 19:55, Keith Park wrote:

> I posted an issue with the starter sticking engaged last fall, well. since
> then Ive changed out the entire thing and the other one is doing the same
> thing.

I had the same problem more than 30 years ago, in a '71 AT. I never 
managed to figure it out, in spite of taking the starter apart upteen 
times. This was in the dead of a brutal Wisconsin winter; it was -20 
F, and I could only work outside, in the dark, for 2-3 minutes before 
my fingers froze. It was probably the worst repair experience I've 
ever been thru.

I finally gave up and exchanged the AT starter for a Bosch rebuild. 
That cured the problem. I've always wondered what the root cause 
might have been, but to this day I really don't have a clue.

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