Re: Ignition Switch Problem?

[William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com>]

I've had this problem be a loose wire on the coil.
	-Josiah



On 14 Jul 1999 09:06 PST GUIDO.DAVID@PALO-ALTO.VA.GOV writes:
> Desert wind people:
>  
> I have a 1980 Scirocco that use to start-up and run perfectly. Even 
> after
> sitting awhile (on vacation) I would come back and it would start 
> right
> up. Recently,
> when I got back after two weeks of vacation I tried starting my
> beloved Scirocco and Nothing! Plenty of battery power, and you could 
> smell
> gas galore but it would not catch...except you could feel it sputter 
> a
> little when moving the ignition key back to its starting position.
>  
> Finally it started though...ran uncartacteristically rough..then 
> smoothed
> out. I decided to take it on a drive to blow the cobwebs out. Ran
> strong...not even a skipped beat from its 1.6L then all of a sudden 
> it cut
> out like someone had turned the ignition switch off! Dead to the 
> world!
> Nothing!
>  
> Anybody want to take a gander as to what's going on? Could it be a 
> faulty
> ignition switch?
>  
> Has anyone else had this type of problem or know of anything else 
> that may
> be the problem?
>  
> Sorry for the long post!
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> David Guido
> 1980 Scirocco (project car in progress)
> 
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