Re: [T3] Little clicking in the dash

[William Sills <w_sills@yahoo.com>]

What part of Jersey are you in?  If you're anywhere in
the middle you could call Foriegn Car Werks (732) 805
0907 the place is on rt 28 in Bound Brook.  They are
currently doing metal work on my 71.  Sounds like you
might have a broken/loose connector supplying the main
power to the fuse pannel.  I had something like that
happen to a bug many years ago, you'd be driving, and
all the sudden it was like someone turned the key off,
and then back on quickly on you.


--- AMY RARIG <shipeandrarig_vwpride@verizon.net>
wrote:
> I looked and listened to the clicking and it is in
> by the fuse box the fuel pump reg is working fine.
> When the clicking starts it clicks fast and
> spearatic then the red and green lights flick on and
> the engine dies. This happened an hour ago and after
> several cars beeped and passed I got it started
> again. It is only when I start from a stop or hit
> some Nj potholes.  I seen another relay bolted to
> the firewall just forward and to the left of the
> fusebox, it has so arcing marks on it.  What is this
> for? Could this cause the Ingnition to cut like
> this? 
> Ollie & Amy 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 10:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [T3] Little clicking in the dash
> 
> 
> > On 30 Apr 2005 at 0:14, AMY RARIG wrote:
> > 
> > > The little gremlin is still clicking and I don't
> think it is anything
> > > to do with the fi. I think this is affecting the
> ingn.  I just
> > > installed a stero, and when I was wiring it up I
> seen the headlights on
> > > without the switch on.  So I looked around the
> light switch and found
> > > one of the big red wires was hanging off of the
> switch.  I pulled the
> > > wire out but I didn't disconnect the battery
> first so after some arcing
> > > I got it out and put it back on the light
> switch. Now the lights work
> > > and still have the Bucking at the stoplights and
> it seems to cut the
> > > engine out when it happens.  Does the
> lightswitch have anything to do
> > > with the ingnition? I think I may have fried
> something pulling out the
> > > wire.  The fuel pump relay seems to work fine
> there is the click when
> > > you turn the key and starts right up no problem.
> 
> > 
> > Well, there are just 2 things under there that
> could do this clicking. I think 
> > you said this was a '68. On a '68 there is the
> fuel pump relay and the turn 
> > signal relay. The TS relay is a black plastic
> rectangular box which can develop 
> > a kind of clicking whenever there is a voltage
> drop. If you have messed up the 
> > wiring somehow so that the full system voltage
> isn't getting out of the 
> > ignition to the coil, etc, then this could be your
> problem. You could try 
> > wiggling the key just to see if this affects it.
> > 
> > It would help a lot if you could figure out
> exactly what is clicking.
> > 
> > On a '68, the headlight switch does not affect the
> ignition.
> > 
> > -- 
> > *******************************
> > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> > *******************************
> > 
> >
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