RE: Still no start!

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>If you have a Haynes manual, it will lead you directly to this, if it's the
problem.  When I got my 'roc, it wouldn't start.  The PO included a Haynes
manual, and I followed the information there step by step.  It told me to
check the voltage at the hall effect sender connection, and when I pulled
the plug, I saw that it was pretty badly corroded.

BTW, does anyone know if it's possible to remove just the connector from the
distributor so I can attach my own wires and get a clean connection?  I'm
having a helluva time trying to get the corrosion out of that connection.  I
don't want to take it out and modify it only to find out that I'm screwing
it up and need a new dizzy.

Aaron
'84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
'70 Bug - hibernating
'87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Gerry Reichelt
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 11:29 PM
> To: Sal Guzzo
> Cc: Scirocco-l
> Subject: Re: Still no start!
>
>
>    Pssst, hey mister, check the hall sender and related
> wires/connections.
> I've had this cause problems before. I also had my ignition
> switch go bad
> and also cause another intermittent nonstart problem. Very hard to
> diagnose/duplicate consistently.
>    Gerry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sal Guzzo" <yu129742@yorku.ca>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Cc: <VWofT@onelist.com>; <Mk1gti@onelist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 10:23 PM
> Subject: Still no start!
>
>
> > Sorry for this fucking thread.  i want it to go away just as much as
> > everyone else. lol!
> >
> > Well, I got a new battery in this morning and away she
> started.  I took
> her
> > out for a quick boot and shut her down. I started her up
> again to take her
> > to her hibernating spot but, nothing.....wtf?   I took the
> starter in to
> > get it tested.  It's okay.  The alt was checked, it's okay.
>  Battery is
> > brand new, ground wires redone (from neg. post to tranny
> and neg. post to
> > body), starter wire (from starter to pos. bat. post) is
> new.  Cap and
> rotor
> > are new, along with the spark plugs.
> >
> > Now what?  Ignition switch?  i checked it.  took it apart,
> it clicks, and
> > it sends current to the starter cuz I hooked up a light
> tester to the wire
> > and it lights up when the ignition is switched on. Does the
> O2 sensor unit
> > have anything to do with it.  I'm done now.
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> > Sal
> > 81 Scirocco
> > 81 Scirocco S (with all the goodies)
> > 84 Rabbit (now Gti)
> > 84 Scirocco Wolfsburg
> > 67 Peugeot 404
> >
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