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On 31 May 2001, at 3:40, Alex Magro wrote: > On > the way back home, after about an hour into the trip, I decided to > stop to fill up the tank. After filling her up, she would not start. > Just a click would be heard. So I thought that the contacts under the > AT shifter were needing some cleaning. They were clean, still would > not start. If you could hear a click, then you know that the power is getting to the solenoid, so the shifter contacts are OK. > My conclusion is > that the selenoid does not like to work when hot. I agree. My 73 AT does the same thing on occasion. It's always after a long drive on a hot day. It's a typical summer gas stop scenario. I haven't really figured out a cure yet, but it might just require the extra relay trick. My guess is that the resistance of the copper winding in the solenoid goes up just enough with temp to limit the current to an amount that is not quite enough to pull in the bendix. It's only happened to me once, so it really hasn't been enough of a bother to worry about yet. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe