[T3] no start -- but just drove it!

[Bryon Garvin]

Well, the car sat after this episode until today.  I finally have the time
and weather to deal with it.  One question though, if I get under the car
(not in gear! ) and try the "quarter procedure" and the car
*doesn't*start, I assume then that I have a starter problem.  If
that's the case,
does the starter have to come off to do further analysis?  Thanks.

 - Bryon, '71 Fastback

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 13 Jan 2012 at 9:15, Bryon Garvin wrote:
>
>
> You're sure the car is NOT in gear, right?
>
> Use the quarter to short between the large lug/battery wire and the
> small lug that the small wire attaches to. It may be necessary to
> remove the small wire to do this.
>
> Shorting between those 2 points should make the starter run, and it
> might enable you to start the car. If this works, it means the
> starter is not the problem.
>
> If it turns out to be the switch, the small wire from the switch to
> the starter runs alongside the right side of the hump and has (I
> think) a connector in its middle, somewhere near the passenger seat.
> Start by finding where that wire passes alongside the battery and
> work your way forward. If you're lucky, you'll be able to find that
> connector without taking the passenger seat out.
>
> You can do something temporary by making a way to connect the rear
> half of that wire to the battery when you want to run the starter.
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