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Redjames · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 11:54 am

Sometime it work and sometime it doesn't work (click click). Got a new Optima battery a few weeks ago and a new starter last year(from Autozone). :help:

69vduber · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 12:33 pm

Check all your conections .... Clean them ... if you get a starter , get a auto tran version ...

Dlicious · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 1:12 pm

Check the braided ground straps. There is one that attaches to the trans to the chassis.

Redjames · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 1:55 pm

Alright, will check it out this week. Thanks.

gostros · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 4:56 pm

I've had GM starters do that and what it ended up being is they were starting to go bad. An old mechanic called it a 'flat spot'. "Just keep trying to start it and it'll get past the flat spot and start. " Never had that issue with VW starters, but prob can happen to them too.

69vduber · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 5:31 pm

I've had the flat spot ... and would have to put the car in 2nd and rock it to get past the bad spot .... :help:

Boom · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 5:38 pm

It's the theory of tapping on a starter to make it work. The brushes are probably worn and not making a good connection. I would suggest checking voltages and go from there.

Redjames · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 7:36 pm

Starter brushes? Is there any special tool to get the brushes out?

Dlicious · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 8:03 pm

Redjames wrote:

Starter brushes? Is there any special tool to get the brushes out?

....You buy a new starter......

Redjames · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 8:16 pm

Got the starter last year but never change the brushes cuz I leave the old one. :hillbilly:

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