[T3] Mystery Miss

[Jim Adney]

On 7 May 2016 at 13:54, Phil Hof wrote:

> One electrical FI gremlin I once had, and is easy to miss (no pun
> intended) was inside those clear connectors (T1 and T2) that you push
> a female tab connector into and slide onto the male spade.  One
> example is wire 19 (pump signal) on the engine bay; another is the
> head temp sensor connector.  On more than one occasion, I´ve seen them
> pushed into the plastic housing, but instead of being slid OVER the
> male tab, they were slid NEXT TO the tab.  It looked fine on the
> outside if the plastic was yellowed or cloudy, and it would make
> contact, but as temperature and vibration did their thing, it could
> lose contact. 

Yeah, I've seen that, too. In fact, the first time I saw this it was 
done by a dealer mechanic, so it's not just a novice thing. It's easy 
to do wrong if you're in a hurry, but also easy to do right if you're 
willing to take the extra time to do the job well.  

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