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my mk1 won't start



Give it to me I'll give it a good home and make it start.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nate Lowe" <nlowe79@gmail.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:47 PM
Subject: my mk1 won't start


> Help!
> My car won't start under its own power. When I turn the key to the start
> position, all the lights come on nice and bright and the voltmeter reads
> 12V, nothing else happens. No clicks, no starter spinning, nothing. I got 
> it
> to start at work by getting a couple guys to push my and then dumping the
> clutch. It ran fine after that, but as soon as I shut it off at my 
> apartment
> the same thing happened when I tried to start it again.
>
> I did some searching in my repair manuals, and it looks like it's either 
> the
> solenoid, the ignition switch, or the wiring between the two. I'm supposed
> to bridge starter terminals 30 and 50, but I'm not sure where exactly 
> those
> are.
>
> Any other ideas for things to check if this doesn't work are also welcome.
> TIA
> Nate
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