Car cover / etc / **FUSE BOX DIAGRAM NEEDED**

[NavySEAL2B at insightbb.com (GGehrke)]

Anyone?

I talked to a covercraft dealer today and they can order a scirocco
fitted cover.  It's expensive, but that's likely what I'll end up
getting.  Anyone used these before?

Also, I desperately need a reliable fuse/relay diagram for a 1980!  Full
explanation below, but if anyone has this or could scan it from Bentley
or something, I would really appreciate it.  This car needs to run in 24
hours!

I tried to start the car today for the first time in a month.  At first
the starter would turn it over and over and over and I had spark, but it
wouldn't actually start at all.  I suspect it was a fuel problem, but
before I had a chance to even pull an injector, I tried wiggling the
relay box and such because it had been taken off the mounts and I
thought maybe a wire or pump relay had come loose.  At some point in
doing so, I believe I destroyed it.  Now when I turn the key to start
it, I hear a clicking from at least one relay, but NOTHING happens in
the engine bay.  On one of the relays there is a fuse that is blown.
When I bridge it temporarily and turn the key to on (the position right
before ignition) the fan starts running (maybe more happens too, I
didn't have anyone helping observe at the time - I think the fan for the
interior air supply started too) and SMOKE starts coming from the mess
of wires behind the fuse box.  I wasn't able to isolate where the smoke
was coming from, but that was a sure sign something was messed up.
Also, the relay that seemed to be doing the clicking on ignition gets
very hot.
I'm planning to replace the whole deal with a new wiring harness (the
previous owner[s] have completely fubar'd the existing one) in the
winter or spring, but right now I just need to get the car running to
get it into storage.  I'm pretty good with electronics, so a relay and
fuse diagram should help me significantly, but I can't find one online,
my Haynes manual is worthless, and I don't have a Bentley.

Many thanks to anyone who read all that ;)

-Grant-
1980 Money Pit
Louisville, KY/Annapolis, MD 








-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of GGehrke
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 11:56 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Car cover / storage in general / lots of questions

This Sunday my Scirocco is going into storage until Christmas.  I have
to go back to school and can't take it with me.  I'm only willing to pay
for outside storage, so I need to get a decent car cover for it.  Does
anyone have any recommendations?  If I ordered something special online
or anything, I could cover it with a tarp for now and have my parents go
put it on later.  Can something like that even be ordered from the
dealer?
 
Also, general storage tips?  I'm thinking I'll probably drain the fluids
and might even go so far as to flood the engine with ATF..  I'd like it
to start when I come back - or maybe I should just let it deteriorate
and use that as a good excuse to swap a new motor in ;).  Should I put
it up on blocks or something?  Any other good measures for saving the
tires?  I'll likely pull the battery clear out and most of the interior
will be stored in my basement (it's stripped right now, just painted the
inside with por-15 today, I'll likely write again on that project
tomorrow).  What else should I think about?  Any other good measures for
keeping it moisture free?  I have a few holes in the floorboards right
now from rust - should I worry about sealing those up with plastic and
tape or anything? 
 
I'm putting my windows back in tomorrow and reusing the old rubber.
It's in good enough shape that it can be used, but is there anything
that I can put on it to recondition, preserve and protect the rubber?
Any sort of oils or anything?
 
Finally, my drivers side rear brake line is leaking badly under the dash
- I think removing rust from it caused it to break.  I'm planning on
swapping them out entirely in my next round of modification, so I'm
planning to just crimp the line upstream of the leak to get it to the
storage yard (it's only like 3 miles).  Any thoughts on this from
anyone?
 
Thanks a lot!
 
-Grant-
1980 Money Pit
Louisville, KY / Annapolis, MD
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