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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:59:19 -0600, Jim Adney wrote: >On 13 Feb 2003 at 0:35, Mark Healey wrote: > >> After the incident described in Rain BAD (1) I decided to take my >> other car, a 71 auto FI. It lives in a parking garage about a block >> away from me and had sat for about a month and a half. >> >> When I went to start it it wouldn't. I moved the shifter to some >> other position and back into neutral and it started right away. > >This is the neutral safety switch, which is mounted just to the right of the AT >shift lever. They often give trouble. The way to pin this down is to hold the >key in the START position and then wiggle the shift lever. (Yes, this requires >2 right arms.) > >> I went shopping and left it in some pretty heavy rain. When I came >> out it wouldn't start. I noticed massive leakage from the windshield >> and felt under the dash and there was watter dripping everywhere. >> Hell strange noises were coming from the speakers when the radio was >> supposedly off and the face plate removed. > >You need to clean out your water drain hoses. If you don't, your body will rust >from the inside out. It will also ruin your radio. > >> I unscrewed the fuse block and tried to towel dry it and removed the >> radio. Still no start. I got a tow home (after waiting about an >> hour). Just for shits and giggles I tried to start it again and it >> fired right up. >> >> Several questions. >> >> Do the people out there think that it was the water under the dash >> that prevented the second starting attempt? > >No. Most likely these are completely unrelated. > >> Might I have a dodgy (sorry for the anglicism but American doesn't >> have an analogous term) switch that is engaged when the car is in >> neutral and if so is there a convient place to short it to test it. > >Yes, it's probably the movable switch contact. Just wiggle it to test. > >> The windshield rubber looks and feels fine. No visible drying and it >> feels plenty elastic. Could it be that the PO simply didn't line >> things up correctly? Or, is it just another case of aftermarket stuff >> not quite fitting right? > >It's really hard to say. Plus 71 was the first year for the later windshield >and retaining clips. I don't think any of the aftermarket seals will properly >accommodate those. I'm just wondering if buying new rubber would fix it or should I consider it a poor fit that can't be gotten around and just shoot some RTV in the seal. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/