Re: [T3] Can't figure out what happened

["Russ Wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net>]

Subject: Re: [T3] Can't figure out what happened


>
>
> On Sat, 26 May 2001, Mike and Barry wrote:
>
> > while I was driving. It's a '71 single port, fuel injected, squareback.
I've
>
> Hmmm, fuel injected cars are always dual port.
>
> > that suggest that there is some bad wiring. First horn doesn't work now,
but
> > will occasionally honk when I start car. I couldn't find a break in the
>
That is probably a problem with the contacts in the steering column. There
may be too big of gap between the steering wheel and the switch assembly,
and the keys are hitting the brass contacts between the wheel and the
column.

> I don't suppose that you have a lot of keys on your key ring, and
> you're grounding them on the horn ring?  My parents' '69 Beetle does that!
>
> > wire. Secondly the turn signals don't work now, they just don't blink.
First
> > I thought the problem with the blinkers was just the relay. But I
accidently
> > knocked the hazard signals knob while I was trying to figure out what
was
> > wrong and tada the turn signals now work. If i followed everything right
>
My '71 Fastback does that when I have used the 4-ways. I have to fiddle with
the 4-way switch afterwards to get the turnsignals to work. The turnsignal
wiiring on a '71 goes through the 4-way switch. It is just a matter of a
dirty or corroded 4-way switch.

> I've driven a couple of VWs that do that.  My '69 Squareback needs
> a little jiggle of the hazard switch now and again so that the blinkers
> actually blink when I signal a turn.  If I jiggle the hazard switch the
> "wrong" way, the turn signals won't blink when I signal a turn.
>
> > right? My gas guage doesn't work now either, just flickers to the amount
of
> > gas I have every so often. Am I right to say that all of the problems
exist
> > in the wiring? What should I do to fix the problem: follow all the wires
and
>
>
It sound like you have a gas gage cluster that is not grounded properly, or
a tank unit that is not making a good ground.

> My gut feeling is that each of these three problems is unrelated.
> Each electrical, of course, but each deserves separate diagnosis.  I'd
> start with the horn; it's a pretty simple system.
>
If you could push start the car, then the electrical connections to the
engine are OK.

Russ Wolfe
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org/


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