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--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > > On those cars, it is possible that > > > there is a misplaced wire on > > > the starter solenoid. This would have 2 effects: > the > > > pump runs all the time and > > > the FI system runs rich. Sound familiar? I somehow missed the "running rich" bit the first time I read this. Yes, it does sound familiar. I will go over these connections once again, very carefully. Now that I know I have a '72 harness it should be a lot easier. > > Battery was replaced when I first got the car. The > > damage hasn't gotten worse, but I think I need to > > figure out a way to replace that clamp. > > What you have isn't pretty, but it's actually better > than anything you can buy > new to replace it with. Whatever you do, DON'T buy > one of those clamp-on end > clamps and cut the OE clamp off the end of your own > cable. If you really want > to fix this right, you'll find an old OE one and > swap it in. The replacement > clamp-on clamps only make a good connection. I'll leave it for now. All the other electrics work, so it's doing its job. I can't believe people would hammer connections on a battery terminal. How much effort does it take to loosen it up to take it off? Thanks... Aaron ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org