('79 electrical problems)

[vwdaun at yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- greg hill <sciroccoiii@hotmail.com> wrote:

 When I turn the
> key (not all the way) 
> the fuel pump becomes activated and does not stop pumping
> until I turn the 
> key back to off.

Check the fuel pump relay - my '86 had a jumper wire in it
that would do the same thing.

 I thought I would tow the car to
> a stereo shop and 
> have them uninstall the alarm.

I don't see why you'd want to bother - probably cost you a
bit of money.

Do you have a Bentley manual yet?  If not, get one.  (Check
eBay).  It has very complete electrical diagrams for these
cars, along with just about everything else on how to fix
these cars.

  I also checked and the
> coil has spark but 
> there is no spark coming from the spark plugs.  Is it
> possible that this old 
> 1980's alarm is keeping the car from running?

Possibly, yes.

> P.S Can a rocco with a solid body but nasty eletrical
> problems be salvaged 
> and made relatively reliable?

If you're willing to roll up your sleeves and get knee-deep
into the Bentley, it's possible.  (The Mk 1 cars seemed to
have a lot of electrical issues.)  It will be time
consuming but worth the effort IMHO.  Just keep venting
your frustrations here, and I'm sure someone will either
help or at least commiserate with you.  :p



Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'81 Scirocco S               '85 Scirocco 8v
'86 Scirocco 8v              '88 Scirocco 16v
'88 Scirocco Slegato *coming soon*
'96 Passat GLX Wagon         '56 Cessna 172
The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.


		
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