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On 12 Jul 2002, at 21:26, John Gallagher wrote: > I have recently overhauled my 65 squareback.(6 volt, dual factory carbs > everything in the motor stock) I am having alot of headaches starting > it. While I do expect it to be a little rough I have a few questions. I > started the car briefly and it ran for one minute. After that the > starter had a real tough time turning over. The battery is new but it > sounded like the battery was almost dead. I have had sucess three times > jumping the car with a twelve volt and the car has continued running > after it has started. After asking my local mechanic he suggested > checking the ground wires? I assumed the only one was from the battery. > After thinking about this for a day, I do remember that after I took the > front axle out for a cleaning I removed a wire from the outside of the > steering box bolt to the frame. Could this be my power loss? Thanks for > any input. For starting, the only 2 ground wires you need to worry about are the battery ground strap and the strap from the nose of the transmission to the body. These can all develop corrosion, so you might want to take them apart, clean them up a bit, and reassemble with ordinary grease in there to keep the air/water out. If either battery clamp has been replaced with one of those clamp-on replacements these will never last more than a few months before corrosion makes them pointless. Find OE cables with the molded-on plugs. NEVER, cut off your molded-on battery clamps; there is nothing available that is as good. The front axle wire is just for the horn. You might want to check the start bushing if your starter seems to be having trouble. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/