cincy and ignition problem

[mk1mark at gmail.com (Mark F.)]

On 4/21/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I did check all grounds in the engine bay, as I mentioned before.  Checked
> the ground strap to the trans mount and the cluster of grounds on the back
> of the intake maniold.  Checked the coil low-voltage wires.  Checked
> continuity of all ground wires and installed additional grounds and jumper
> cables to beef it up during testing....no dice....I only get a spark AFTER I
> stop cranking the starter, which tells me the car will probably bump start
> just fine.  I still plan to replace the battery negative cable and crimp new
> ends on all of the ground wires....have to buy the OE brass ring terminals
> from Wurth first, though :-)


I had this exact scenario happen to me last summer (hours from home,
at Peter's place in Delaware).  Tried swapping the coil, ignition
switch, and other stuff I can't remember, but nothing fixed the
problem.  Since this car was an electrical nightmare to begin with and
was in it's final days, I reassigned the Macyver'ed reverse light
toggle switch on my dash (:D) to be my ignition 'on' switch.  I fed
battery power (first through an inline fuse), through the switch, to
the coil, and used the ignition switch to engage the starter... 
Worked fine...  The weird thing that I had to get used to was after I
removed the key the car still ran until I flipped the toggle switch to
off...  You can always use this method temporarily until you find the
problem...

Later,

Mark.
75
80 S
90 Audi Coupe Quattro - 10vt