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

[Jim Adney]

On 11 Feb 2012 at 17:41, Bryon Garvin wrote:

> Ok.  Starter turned that time.  However I couldn't start the car.  I
> have Jim's fuel pump primer.  I ran that for 30 seconds and tried a
> couple times.  No luck.  Then it occurred to me that this method would
> not let the starter ever stop until I took the lead off the + battery
> post.  

You had a jumper from where to where?

> So, I turned the key as if I was starting it put the cable to the post
> and let it turn.  When it sounded like it was going to turn over on its
> own, I took the cable off the post and released the key from "start" to
> "on".  But still no luck.  I didn't want to ruin anything so I stopped
> and thought I'd ask what to do next? 

Exactly what did you remove from the (battery?) post?

If you removed the battery cable at that point, the car can't 
possibly start.

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