[T3] Sticky starter

[Keith Park]

Intersting, and that was an AT starter, with the bushing integral to the
unit.  Well iVe used 2 different starters with the same problem, Im
wondering if maybe it's the flywheel?  Hopefully Ill get some time to noodle
with it this week before winter returns again, (hopefully without snow this
time)

Im wonderin if letting the engine throw the bendix loose is causing any
problems?  Id think not although its not the ideal situation.

Keith


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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:41 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Sticky starter

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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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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