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non-start


--- T Berk <bayareaberk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > engine turns over just fine and electricals that
> > worked before still
> > do - but i don't think the plugs are firing at all
> > (except maybe once,
> > as i turn the key to 'off' - then i think i hear a
> > single cylinder go
> > off).

Ah ha!  The key piece of information.

Try hooking up one lead of a set of jumper cables to the
negative battery terminal, and the other to the alternator
bracket (or some other heavy-duty ground) and see if it
doesn't fire right up.

Free_The_Electron.


Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'81 Scirocco S               '86 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v             '88 Scirocco Slegato 
'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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