[T3] Some Spark but no Fire (was RE: Update with a Bowl Full of Rust Flakes)

[Jim Adney]

On 24 Jul 2011 at 15:10, Adriel Rowley wrote:

> > There should not be a wire that goes from something that rotates to
> > something that doesn't. There is one wire that jumps across the flex
> > coupling (rotating to rotating) and another that jumps across the
> > rubber axle beam mounts, from steering box to beam mounting bolt
> > (stationary to stationary.)

> Adney, this did give me a idea=>solution, so thank you! :D  Found this
> statement interesting, as I checked the other beam, and the wire
> actually goes to the clamp bolt to steering box.  Mounted this way,
> only gets tight one way, so sure it is right.  The wire jumps the
> ground from the column to a ground other than the gears in the
> steering box.  Figure oil is not a good conductor. 

There shouldn't be anything that gets tight in either direction.

> I did notice the fuel looks like dandelion milk. 

That can't be good. How much water is in it? The test for water is to 
drain some out into a glass jar and let it settle. Look for water 
that settles out on the bottom.

> This morning, actually got my bio Mom to crank the engine, and I am
> getting a blue spark from the coil and spark from cap to wire.  I felt
> the relays and have clicks from them, and the pump runs when the
> connector in the engine compartment is grounded.  Timed the engine
> four times to be sure as that when I timed it the first time it quit
> running, adjusted the valves, and triple checked the point gap.  Just
> a short while I cleaned the spark plugs and gapped them.  So, got air,
> fuel, and spark so do not understand.  Oh, and 12.5 volts.  Now what? 

When you turn the key ON, do you hear the relay click and then click 
again after ~1 second?

Short between the 2 red wires on the fuel pump relay. That should 
make the pump run. Can you hear it running? If so, let it run for a 
minute or so, until all the bubbling stops. Then you have the fuel 
ring filled with gas. Until you have that, trying to start is just 
wasting your time and battery.

Then, with the pump still running and the key ON, pump the gas pedal 
a couple of times.

Then try to start the engine.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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