vw woes

["Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com>]

  so my '86 decides that is doesn't want to start early this winter and 
dies. no indication why, just dies. almost like the timing slipped but 
it didn't. so i buy and '85 to replace it as the body needed major work 
with a few other things anyway.
  so i drive the '85 for a while then finally it decides it's had 
enough. it sits in the driveway turning over but not catchin. did fine 
up until i have to drive it 100 miles for a day. progressively stumbled, 
getting worse, until it now sits behind my '86. i think it's bad fuel 
but the weather hasn't cooperated with me long enough to find out.
  so i end up driving my dad's rabbit. a usually trustworthy beast, the 
alternator decides to puke. replace the alternator and now, a week 
later, the car will not turn over. battery dead? okay, so i put a known 
good battery into it and limp home. now that i'm home, the known good 
battery doesn't want to work either. it now sits outside charging. i'm 
hoping this will fix the problem but i'm of the opinion that the battery 
will most likely be dead when i leave for work in the morning.
  i know, check the connections to the starter and the battery. will 
do, but does anyone have any other ideas so that i don't strand my third 
car this winter?
--
 /\_/\	  Foxx (in a box)
< o o >	  http://foxx.tripod.com
  \ /
   °

_______________________________________________
Scirocco-l mailing list
Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l