OT: Jetta incident.

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 10:43 pm 08/28/06 Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
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> >  Sunds a lot like what GIno was doing, daun do you
> >  remember what we did to
> >  fix it? It was a combo of a few things, IIRC, green
> >  wiring being one of
> >  them.
> >  Cathy
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> Tach fluctuating / falling to zero = ignition problem.
>
> On Gino, several of the wires from the ignition control
> module in the raintray to the coil / distributor were
> corroded.  Cathy bypassed the green wire, which solved most
> of it, but there was an occasional short with one of the
> others, so that whole section of wiring harness has been
> replaced.
>
> Greg, I would check wires to the coil, ignition control
> unit and perhaps the distributor.  Don't forget the
> grounds.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio

Yeah, and when I said "green wiring", I meant corroded copper green under
the insulation, I forgot that it may have been green insulation on the
outside also. Old wiring gets brittle insulation cracks going, which leads
to internal deterioration of the wire if the car's been in the elements.
Strip it back to clean wire, or bypass the wire entirely if you can't find
any shiny copper in there. (she says as she procrastinates on more wiring
tasks...)
Cathy