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The lights should turn off during cranking. If they dim that means they are consuming energy which should be going to the starter only. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >I had a new starter installed which seemed to >work fine for a little while. Then it started to sound like >the starter was >getting tired, about to die. I thought that it might be the >battery but it >wasn't. I took the started out to see if I got a bad one, replaced it >anyway. still isn't starting. Now keep in mind that it sounds like my >battery is dead, it tries but doesn't seem like it has enough >juice. Well I >ran a wire from the battery to the starter to see how much juice it was >getting. It started soooo I replaced the pos. battery cable. >still isn't >starting. I can't figure it out at all, it isn't the ignition >switch, the >lights dim when I crank and I had the replaced a little while >back. ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org