[the bloodletting conitnues.]

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

Of course it could be the distributor. It could also be a muffler bearing.
No seriously, I doubt that the distributor works differently when cranking
versus running. However I am not an expert regarding this distributor (ask
me about an 009 and I'll be positive). The distributor may get its primary
power from another source while cranking but the thing is just not complex
enough to act differently when cranking.

Good luck and please don't offend those folks if you can avoid it. It sounds
like you haven't many options short of doing it yourself.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [the bloodletting conitnues.]


> Thanks for all the replies, (you guys/gals are great) it seems
wires/grounds
> are the prime suggestion, but I can't test anything because the car isn't
> here. So now I feel even worse, I wish I wasn't so sick last weekend. Is
> distributor even a possibility? These guys have been pretty good about
finding
> the simple stuff first, but I may phone and make sure they have gone over
the
> starter/coil wiring (which they will no doubt find very insulting). I
didn't
> do a double check because I was sick, and I honestly thought it was the
switch
> they put in which was the problem, and you would all agree they should fix
it
> if that was the case, right? (and I didn't want to wait until I had to
call
> the tow truck, it's quite a distance) The starter was rebuilt last spring,
and
> hasn't seen so much use that it should be failing. And I did sand down
grounds
> not that long ago, it is possible that some of the starter wires got
messed up
> when the tranny was off, but I'm not thinking that is too likely.
>
> So what I really want to know is if this COULD be a distributor problem.
> That's what they said thier diagnosis indicates (I have to assume they ran

> tests on it). Does it function differently at startup than it does when
just
> running?
>
> Thanks, and sorry to bother you since I can't really do anything anyway
with
> the car being 20 minutes away. (yeah, that's the nearest decent place,
believe
> it or not)
>
> Cathy, upset again over this stupid car. Relationships can be so hard...
>
>
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