[T3] Ground for Fuel Pump Plug

[SCS Crewcab]

That makes sense, the spare looked like it had only been on the car for 
about 6 months where mine was adorned with 40 years of road goo. Also,  
on mine, no spark at all when I touched the neg to ground. On the spare, 
a bright spark. And, on both, I got the shock when I touched neg to 
ground not, when I removed it. It was a very hot day and, my hand was 
wet from sweat. Maybe the electrons got confused and couldn't decide to 
ground through me or the car or both. I was worried the winding had 
shorted to ground someway.


On 7/15/2011 12:28 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2011 at 12:14, SCS Crewcab wrote:
>
>> Sure, I think you should be in the $50 range for shipping with the fuel
>> surcharge. I'll get solid length and weight on it today.
> That will be helpful, but keep in mind that it will be larger and
> somewhat heavier once it is boxed.
>
>> Both of my fuel pumps were bad. The spare I had doesn't have a 311 part
>> number though. It looks just like mine except it's about an inch
>> shorter.
> They didn't get a VW part number stamped on them unless they were
> sold thru the VW distribution network. This is probably a later
> replacement pump, sold by a Bosch dealer. It should be a good pump
> with a correct Bosch part number.
>
>> Also, on both, as I was holding them in my bare hand, when I touched
>> the negative terminal to ground, I got a shock. Does that mean the
>> motor is bad on both of them?
> Not sure what the whole picture is, but it's probably a good sign. I
> gather that you got a spark and the shock came when you disconnected
> the wire and the inductance thru the armature gave you an inductive
> kick that was what you felt.
>
> If you want to send both to me that would probably make sure that I
> could rebuild you at least one good one.
>