Start Q's

[dswalterwi at earthlink.net (Don Walter)]

If you think it is a grounding problem try taking jumper cables and run a direct ground from the neg of the battery to the front of the car.  Try to calm it to the engine or to the original ground cable attached to the under the fender.  That should help you to isolate if it is a grounding problem or something else.  Also Ron Peiper attached his ground to the seat belt bolt not the bumper bolts, you could try that location instead.

HTH
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
Sent: Mar 15, 2004 9:54 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Start Q's

I moved the battery to the trunk and now I have start probs. When the motor 
is cool, it will crank and start. But...

When warm, the batt voltage (on the dash meter) drops to 0 and doesn't even 
click the starter.
Shorting the battery term to the starter relay on the starter doesn't start 
the car either.
(Thank god I was on a hill)

Bad ground? I have welders wire from the neg term to the bumper bolt in the 
trunk. I did scrub it and put anti corrosion paste on the contacts.

Any ideas people?



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY

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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
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