Re: [tech] ignition cuts out

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

OH YEAH!! (Duh!)
Geez, do I feel like a DUMBASS... I just had an extra ignition, too... threw it
away with my '83.
Well, the reason I feel like a dumbass is that I noticed that before, just a few
weeks before my fuel pump died. I'll bet that's the problem. I'll replace the
coil, since I have another one sitting around, and if that's not it, then I'll
have to get a new ignition... can you get them rekeyed? Because I have an ignition
switch, just no key.
    TIA,
    Josiah

SailingFC@aol.com wrote:

> Try jiggling the key while the engine is running.  My ignition switch was
> wearing out and the contacts were getting loose inside.  The engine would die
> when the keys were moved.
> HTH. GL.
>
>  -dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
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>
> In a message dated 10/1/98 6:43:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, josiah@gsinet.net
> writes:
>
> > OK... JH engine we're talking about on a Rabbit GTi, CIS of course.
> >  I'll be driving down the road, doesn't make a diff if I'm accelerating,
> >  cornering, or anything, and the ignition will cut out momentarily, then
> >  come back in. I know it's the ignition because the tach drops at the
> >  same time. I'm thinking coil... anything else I should check first that
> >  is a common failure? Anybody had this happen and fix it successfully?
> >  I'd love to get it fixed before the race on Sunday, but if I don't, I'm
> >  going to race ANYWAY because the damn car is at least RUNNING!! (excuse
> >  me, had to vent... last time I was going to race, the car DIED on me the
> >  DAY before the race.... turned out to be a fuel pump)
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