RE: Non-roc: Rabbit Elect Q's

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

>I love you too, and I do have a Bentley for '85 Roccos and later. But....
>How close to the Rocco is the wiring etc of the GTI?

Color codes are "similar" at best!

How close is a fish to an elephant? ;)

I am assuming that a
>GTI is a wanabe Rocco (just hatched)...

Not even. The Rabbit ('81-'84) is a botched attempt at American engineering 
on a German car.


>Hows this. I found an old reg card under the seat. It was for 43 Reid St in
>another town (25 miles away), I live at 34 Reid St.... Go figure...

Hmmm this sounds kinda scary...

>It also has a foreign licence plate (found under the seat)that was riveted
>at some time to the car.

>From where? US?

>The bumpers are steel, are these the Euro Bumpers?

Are you sure they are steel and not aluminum? Every American Rabbit I have 
seen built after '81 came with aluminum bumpers. Euro Rabbit bumpers have a 
plastic cover similar to '78-'81 Sciroccos.

HTH



>
>
>Julie Macfarlane
>'81 Scirocco (Mom)
>'83 Rabid GTI (Baby)
>'85 Jetta (Wolfsburg)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: T Berk [mailto:tberk@mindspring.com]
>Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 7:52 PM
>To: Julie Macfarlane
>Cc: Org Scirocco-L@Scirocco.
>Subject: Re: Non-roc: Rabbit Elect Q's
>
>
>Julie Macfarlane wrote:
> >
>
>I love you, Get a Bentley.
>
> > 1) There is also a piece of rubber hose attached to the throttle body 
>that
> > goes no where, it is to the right of the air adjuster..
> > 2) On the throttle body is a microswitch. The wires are broken. When the
>2nd
> > butterfly valve opens it throws this switch. What does it do?
>
>This the full throttle microswitch. Uh, I think it disables the
>frequency valve on the fuel dist when you mash it, effectively cutting
>the O2 sensor circuit under certain conditions.
>
> > 3) I can't get the electric oil pressure meter to read. What should I
>check
> > for?
> >
> > God protect us from PO's.....
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
>
>
>There is a test for the sender, if it's not putting out you can just
>swap it. On the other hand if you send 12v to the gauge you should see
>some movement. Also, one of the biggest problems in having proper
>grounds for the second half of the circuit.
>
>hth ,
>TBerk
>
>
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Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'80 Rocco (For Sale)
'78 Scirocco
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'61 17 Window


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