Club 80-90 Forums

If you are hearing the click then the switch must be working but the wiring (or the switch) could be preventing enough juice getting to the solenoid. The fact that it starts when you feed 12v from the battery to the solenoid rules out most other problems. Use the diagram below to wire a relay into y...

Well thats one bit of good news. I was not looking forward to investigating an oily bush

It could well be the switch (something in the wiring is preventing a strong 12v getting to the solenoid). The relay I have fitted has certainly done the trick for the moment but I will certainly investigate the switch if I have any more problems.

Hi Matt, I'm from St Austell (some people know it as St Awful! :lol: ). We are hopefully going to do lots of camping in Cornwall too (even though I live here!) We tested the van last bank holiday at St Ives Bay holiday park which was good. I tried a bit of the L86Z Agata Brown rattle can that came w...

so far so good touch wood.........

cheers Matt, those wheels are looking good. Mine are ivory too but after seeing yours i think a respray could be in order :D still not sure on the brown though as according to the page on the brickyard they did not do your brown in 86. The strange thing is there is rattle can that came with the van ...

Its a mystery! The plate under the passenger seat has no reference to colours or codes as far as I can see. There are no stickers left between the pedals and the dash. The plate on the door pillar only seems to have information on vehicle weight etc. My local paint place can match paint but I seem t...

:ok Cheers for all the replies guys there are now lots of things for me to check! It looks like I have found the ideal place for all my present and future T25 problems :D Tonight I have wired up the relay so that the solenoid feed gets a good strong 12v without needing to go 2 lengths of the van. It...

Do you mean the plate under the passenger seat?

I think it is:

9605KR 0HN 355

But I could be wring as its a bit dark and my torch is on the blink!

cheers for all the replies guys, I'll get it sorted soon! I'm ruling out battery problems due to the fact that I have drop tested the battery and also get the same problem when using jump leads. I am also assuming the ignition switch is ok as I consistently get a click from the solenoid. Before I re...

I thought that could be the problem also so I have already tried a new cable (the original seemed ok but the battery clamp was damaged). It started fine but the next day 'Click'......dam intermittent problems! Am I right in thinking that the power is getting to the starter becausethe headlights do d...

cheers for the replies. The fact that i always get the click made me assume the switch and feed wire are ok... Any thoughts? I just went through the paperwork and the starter was replaced last March so i guess no warrenty and the garage that replaced it are 200 miles away anyway. As i said before wh...

I have an intermitant problem with my starter motor 1.6td JX and any advice or troubleshooting steps would be welcome. Sometimes it starts fine but mostly i just get the dreaded solenoid click. it will turn over and start if i keep trying but sometimes this can take 20mins. :( i have only just bough...

I had a look on the BrickYard which had some good info on paint codes but there seems to be a an error on the dates as there is nothing between 31.07.1986 and 01.08.1987 (mine is Feb 07 :? ) http://brick-yard.co.uk/VehicleSpecific/T3/info/colour.htm I initially thought the codes were: IVORY R10 MOCH...

Cheers for the codes (hope you didn't get wet!) I found a link to another site with the different paint codes used for different years. It looks like they are different :cry: http://www.gti16v.com/vwcc1979.htm#vwcc1979 http://www.gti16v.com/vwcc1987.htm#vwcc1987 Anyone else got a brown and cream T25...