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[sciroccoiii at hotmail.com (greg hill)]

Hi,

Thanks to everyone who provided suggestions for finding an alternator.  I 
recieved a 79' rocco for free down here in south texas.  It came with a nice 
body and lots of extras but the electrical is awful.  I replaced all the 
parts that were missing and it started up right away-but only ran for about 
five minutes or less.  Lots of electrical components are not working, and 
the person who gave it to me put all american fuses in the first 4 fuse 
slots (I think because he ran H-4's).  When I turn the key (not all the way) 
the fuel pump becomes activated and does not stop pumping until I turn the 
key back to off.  It came with an alarm that has not been in use for quite a 
while (it goes off when I put one of the wires going to the siren to the 
body).  I think that I should have the alarm removed before I start doing 
more diagnostics (maybe there is a kill switch?).  I don't want to start 
messing with wires because I basically don't want to mess things up more 
than they are already.  I thought I would tow the car to a stereo shop and 
have them uninstall the alarm.  I also checked and the coil has spark but 
there is no spark coming from the spark plugs.  Is it possible that this old 
1980's alarm is keeping the car from running? And does it seem like a good 
plan to have a stereo shop remove the alarm?  Any suggestions would be 
greatly appreciated because I just moved to S. Texas from Seattle, Wa and I 
don't know any vw gurus here.

Thanks,
Greg

P.S Can a rocco with a solid body but nasty eletrical problems be salvaged 
and made relatively reliable?

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