Re: Starter lowdown.Attn Chris DeLong

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

At 07:25 AM 3/3/01 +0000, Chris DeLong wrote:
 >
 >Ok well since I know you have an automatic. First, before you buy a new
 >starter. Buy the Bosch relay kit or at least relay the starter trigger 
wire
 >(red w/a black stripe). This is actually a TSB from VW. Dont replace your
 >starter unless you have done this. It is a very effective cure and is also
 >cheaper and easier to do. The Bosch kit come with everything you need
 >including an instruction sheet.
 >


So tell us Chris, what does this kit do?

It supplies direct power to the solenoid on the starter. Automatics need 
this as heat created by the exhaust manifold creates lots of resistance in 
the starter.

  And where so we get the kit or is
it something a person can just throw together?

You can throw it together or buy the actual kit from a Bosch retailer. I 
dont know the exact part number off the top of my head but I think it is 
something like x-1.


My '86 turns hard on the first start of the day(like it's not getting a lot
of power) but I hold the key to start and it always starts.  I was thinking
that I might need a new, heavier guage, power wire from the battery.

Try the relay thing first. Having a huge guage wire going to the starter 
from the positive of the battery is not going to help you that much. That 
wire isnt used unless the solenoid is activated.

HTH




John C. Worden
Wayne, Maine

'98 Dakota 4x4-Back on the road-new Overdrive, welded transfer case and
other stuff
'86 Scirocco 8V- Soon to be for sale
'81 Scirocco 2.0 16V - Needs an oil pump gear

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