Re: Ignition Switch Problem?

[Larry Adres <vwnut@yahoo.com>]

My '80 Scirocco died as well due to a faulty set of
NEW Bosch points. Popped in my old set and it ran
fine.

--- William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com> wrote:
> I've had this problem be a loose wire on the coil.
> 	-Josiah
> 
> 
> 
> On 14 Jul 1999 09:06 PST
> GUIDO.DAVID@PALO-ALTO.VA.GOV writes:
> > Desert wind people:
> >  
> > I have a 1980 Scirocco that use to start-up and
> run perfectly. Even 
> > after
> > sitting awhile (on vacation) I would come back and
> it would start 
> > right
> > up. Recently,
> > when I got back after two weeks of vacation I
> tried starting my
> > beloved Scirocco and Nothing! Plenty of battery
> power, and you could 
> > smell
> > gas galore but it would not catch...except you
> could feel it sputter 
> > a
> > little when moving the ignition key back to its
> starting position.
> >  
> > Finally it started though...ran
> uncartacteristically rough..then 
> > smoothed
> > out. I decided to take it on a drive to blow the
> cobwebs out. Ran
> > strong...not even a skipped beat from its 1.6L
> then all of a sudden 
> > it cut
> > out like someone had turned the ignition switch
> off! Dead to the 
> > world!
> > Nothing!
> >  
> > Anybody want to take a gander as to what's going
> on? Could it be a 
> > faulty
> > ignition switch?
> >  
> > Has anyone else had this type of problem or know
> of anything else 
> > that may
> > be the problem?
> >  
> > Sorry for the long post!
> >  
> > Cheers,
> >  
> > David Guido
> > 1980 Scirocco (project car in progress)
> > 
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