<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2911" dir="ltr">Continued from "tail pipe" and "starter" topics.....again, Std FI 73 engine.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_27118" style="" class="" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_27119" style="" class="" dir="ltr">"New"
ok-tested starter in...even thought it's one from a 71 automatic. Word is that that's ok, and there will be more torque. But car still won't start or even try. Oil and Gen
lights dim, usual fuel noises normal. (Turning engine at fan
pulley...turns normally... No binding.)<br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2912" dir="ltr"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2913" dir="ltr">Another thing un-noticed before: Key on, tried the lights. They all <i style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_10471">work </i>but are <b style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_10493">Very</b> <b style="" class="">Dim</b>...and the oil-gen lights on dash dim with lights on too. That must mean something. What failed component(s) would do that?<br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2914" dir="ltr"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2915" dir="ltr">Also, before car died, there was static on the radio. Coincidence...or a clue to something?<br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2922" dir="ltr"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2923" dir="ltr">And,
doing the screwdriver tests at solenoid...crossing the two big
connections got only one tiny effort to turn....but then nothing. Crossing
hot connection to Ign. Switch connection got nothing. Switch wire is on
the tab that cannot be bent outwards....as the "idiot" VW book shows. Is that correct? The other tab, for "fuel injection", never had a wire attached. No code numbers or letters near the two push-on connector tabs.<br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2924" dir="ltr"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2925" dir="ltr">Earlier
I tested ignition switch wire with test light. Without help, I used a mirror to see the test light under the car while I turned the
key. Light was Nice and Bright...though I didn't measure voltage.
The book says voltage there should be over 7 v..some say 12 v is best.
I'll try to measure tomorrow.</div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2936" dir="ltr"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2937" dir="ltr">Hmmm ------> Can a battery be bad even if all six cells measure to the top of "Good" range?</div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2938" dir="ltr"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_2939" dir="ltr">And...before
all this, last week, while trying to get horn working, while replacing
blown horn (etc) fuse, the fuse slipped and did sparks with the fuse
next door...for "buzzer alarm". Would that have shorted or burnt
something out? <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_27319" style="" class="" dir="ltr"> Did I mess up the whole fuse box? (Horn still doesn't work.)<br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_3021" dir="ltr"><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_3022" dir="ltr">And---
I have some solenoids from past standard shift starters. The starters are apart
(forget why), but I didn't disassemble the solenoids. Should I just
put one of them onto the starter I just pulled out? (That "machine gun"
noise at test of hot connection to Ign wire proved the solenoid was bad, right?...even though the starter spun
nicely when crossing the big terminals.)</div><div style="" class="" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_27060"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414096907913_27327" style="" class="" dir="ltr">A job for Sherlock Holmes Auto Repair?<br style="" class=""></div></div></body></html>