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About a week ago I disconnected my 6-volt starter solenoid bypass relay when it appeared to have failed. For those who don't what I am talking about, a common problem with aging early 6-volt VW systems is that the power to the starter solenoid fails when the wiring gets hot, for instance after you drive on the freeway when it's 90 degrees outside, then stop for a few minutes. A fix is to put a relay in that draws power right off the huge battery cable connected to the starter and then use the power from the ignition key just to flip the relay on/off. Works very well. Anyway, I noticed in the last week that my car started a lot easier, less cranking, etc., maybe because less power was being directly sucked off the battery? Unfortunately, I had to jump my car a few times when it got hot out, once having to improvise and use my '65 foot heater vent cover - woops, shouldn't have left my tool box on the garage floor, will I ever learn? :) So I hooked it back up today, rewiring the wires to be as far away from the heater box as possible, suspecting that to be the problem that made me disconnect it in the first place. So my question is, should installing a relay of that type make my car harder to start? Everything is in order - timing, points, plugs, new battery, etc.. My car is bone stock engine wise, although everything is '66 vintage. I have never replaced the plugs wires but they "seem" to work fine - I put around 40 miles a day on my Square, getting around 28 mpg. Thanks, Everett Barnes '65 Squareback S - Sea Blau everettb@prodigy.net