Re: Before I drive it off the cliff....

["noodle noggin" <scirocco82@hotmail.com>]

Hey, I had the same problem with my car. Keep in mind mine is an '82,  I 
am not sure about the differences. On my car it turned out to be the 
mechanical part of the ignition switch. It was really lose and sloppy 
and would not spring back to the run position perfectly every time.  I 
got one from a junk yard and had a key made for 15 bucks and it worked 
fine. To "hot wire" my car you need to connect the black wires together 
with the red. Then momentarily touch the red/black wire to those wires 
and release after car starts. That is how it is on my car at least. On 
mine the fuel pump only runs briefly (second or so) when power is first 
applied until car starts.
c-ya, dave gray



>From: Geordy <geordy@lodgepole.com>
>To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Before I drive it off the cliff....
>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:42:04 -0800
>
>I took my MK1 up to get a windshield installed in it yesterday.  It
>drove fine all the way there with only the usual miss.  Anyways, after
>giving the guy $200 for installing the windshield, I hopped in my car 
to
>start it and no go.  After a little wait, I tried to start it and it
>caught for a second, then died.  Finally I figured out that it would
>stay started as long as I held the key in the starter position. 
>Couldn't drive it like that so I had it towed.  Once I got it home I
>tried a couple more things.  I pulled the harness from the ignition
>switch and hotwired the ignition on position to the red wire, and then
>hotwired the starter circuit to the red wire.  No avail, same thing
>happened.  One thing I noticed was when the key is in the on position, 
I
>don't here the fuel pump running.  When I jumper the fuel pump to the
>battery though, it runs fine.  The fuel pump is connected to the
>ignition coil, right?  After consulting the bentley schematic, what I
>suspect is the ballast resistor.  Does this sound right?  Where is the
>ballast resistor anyways???  What else could it be?
>-- 
>Geordy Rostad
>'79 Scirocco Ragtop(not currently installed) 2.0(sorta running)
>
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