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			Thinking back to my own 911 starter problems, and it's been a while now, I had a partial click but no contact to turn the starter over.  I switched the solenoid wires to much thicker wires and heavy duty connectors. That solved the problem, and the starter has been fine ever since.  It was a reman Bosch starter that I bought locally.
		 
		
	
		
	
			
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			rusnak - was that on a Vanagon? 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	--------------------------- I'd trade this POS in if I knew of a compact camper to buy. Big hole in the market IMO. Closest thing seems to be the GT-RV mod on a small Ford van - $40k. A friend in Idawho has a giganitco Earthsmasher or something - 4x4 Ford big van jacked up further, with a dome top on it. He hung a big basket type thing off the rear to carry formaldehyde laden reptiles in...  | 
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			No, that was on the 911.  Come to think of it, same thing happened on the 914-6 too.
		 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			at least the 911 has the ignition switch in between the battery and the starter 
		
	
		
	
			
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Yeah but 31,000 miles is respectable service for a starter solenoid.  If it makes any difference, my '91 Chevy had the same hot-start issue, which was fixed with a high torque starter.  I am way too busy to mess around with stuff that breaks all the time.
		 
		
	
		
	
			
			
				
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