Sudden Stall-HELP

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Hmm.
No cluster = no blue wire hooked up = no charging of the system.
grab a cluster plug it in, and check the output voltage. you'll be amazed. 
:-)
brian


On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, W.Hawker wrote:

> Here we are ready to bring the newly painted 82 home tonight when we 
> run into a slight problem. Had to boost the car to get it going and it 
> would run fine for a minute...then suddenly quit. It seems that while 
> we are boosting, or having the battery connected  the other cat she 
> runs fine.  When we took the car to the shop, it ran great but would 
> not start  when we attempted to move it. I hate electrical problems, 
> but I need confirmation that the problem is battery/charging system 
> related.
> Will the car not run at all with a  dead battery? I mean REAL dead. 
> Does not seem to even hold a charge. We boosted and let the battery 
> charge from the donor battery for 10 minutes. the car would run fine 
> for about 2 minutes then quit again. Now we are stuck in some damn 
> parking lot across  town. No way of testing the charging system 
> as...well the insides have no gauge cluster install as of yet (interior 
> to be finished)
> 
> Bill
> 82 Scirocco
> 83 Rabbit GTi
> 
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