Re: Mk1 still stalling after changes

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Might be a bad ground wire.

Nathan Malone wrote:

> > The pump *does* buzz...so it looks like the pump isn't my problem and that I
> > have an electrical problem.
> >
> > I have had a few suggestions from listers as to where to look for electrical
> > problems...any others I should try when I get home tonight?
>
> ****Hmm......if it isnt fuel, and it dies like you have described (like you
> just turned the key off), then I would think your spark is gettin cut off. I
> don't think it would be anything with the distributor or the plugs, cause if it
> was it wouldn't run fine and then die, it would run like crap and then die, or
> not run at all. So I would think its something from the coil back. I suggest
> the usual, check and trace the wires to and from the coil, make shure all the
> connections are good, and if that doesnt reveal anything, I would replace the
> coil. The odd thing is that I haven't heard of a coil going out like that, in
> my experience they either work or they dont, I havent heard of one working for
> a few minuets and then cuttin out, but then startin right up again. Still, that
> doesnt mean it couldnt happen.
>
> Good Luck,
> Nathan
>
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