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On 7 Aug 2006 at 17:05, Graham wrote: > I have a 70 squareback, > OK, now the problem. When the key is put in the run position, the car > is fine, I hear the fuel pump going, and all lights and accessories > get power. When the starter button is depressed, the car immediately > loses ALL power. No fuses blow in the glovebox, but everything dies, > and stays dead, until the battery is disconnected and reconnected. Is > there a circuit breaker I don't see in the wiring harness that is > tripping? I'm thinking that the short is occuring in either the > starter/solenoid, the generator/regulator or the wiring of those to > the battery, as all accessories seem to work fine. When you remove the battery wire to "reset" this problem, is there a fair sized spark? If there is, then it sounds like a problem in the starter solenoid. In this case, I would expect that you must have wires that are melting until you can disconnect things. If there is no spark, then I suspect that you have a bad connection (not a short) somewhere in the battery circuit. Check both ends of the ground wire and both ends of the positive wire. It's also possible that this is a battery problem which could only be fixed by replacing the battery. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~