Start Q's

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Ok. Seems I have to visit the Church of Free Electrons... Once this snow 
stops, I am going to do the following
1)Re-do all the grounds in the engine bay
2)Move the ground strap on the batt to the rear seat harness location
3) add the starter relay from batt to starter
Then...
Move the water resivoir to where the battery was.
Remount the head light relays

<homer>
Ummm. working on cars....
</homer>


Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>To: dswalterwi@earthlink.net, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Start Q's
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 04:15:40 +0000
>
>I'll try that tomorrow. Its just weird that its seems only to do it when 
>warm...
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>Julie Macfarlane
>1981 MKI 2L 16v
>Amsterdam NY
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>>From: Don Walter <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: Don Walter <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>
>>To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Re: Start Q's
>>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:02:55 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
>>
>>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?
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>>
>>Julie Macfarlane
>>1981 MKI 2L 16v
>>Amsterdam NY
>>
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>>1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (for sale)
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