Trouble starting

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

That one is important, but didn't help my problem at all.  There was major
voltage drop to the starter, due to the main cable being old.  This ended up
affecting the electronics, i.e. ignition.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Person [mailto:scirocco25@gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:37 PM
>To: scirocco list
>Subject: Re: Trouble starting
>
>
>The one from the coil to the intake manifold.
>All of the grounds couldnt hurt to be replaced.  At least get from
>battery -
>to the chassis under the airbox and also from the battery - to the engine.
>
>On 7/10/06, Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Which ground cable?
>>
>> On 7/10/06, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > I had the same problem with my 88.  Spark stopped when the starter was
>> > cranking and started right after I let the key back off of the cranking
>> > position.  I could only get it to start if I cranked it 1 second at a
>> time.
>> > If I continued to crank it, it would flood, as there was no spark.  I
>> had to
>> > try to get it to fire off of that "single" spark that occured when I
>> > released the key.
>> >
>> > I replaced the ground cable with a new one and the problem went away.
>> >
>> > HTH
>> >
>