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On 21 Sep 2003 at 16:11, David Engle wrote: > Yes, the pump works, although now the relay isnt > kicking it in again. The pump does run when I put > power to the wire. Minor problem now that I know what > the relay does and it seems to be sticky or fickle. Pump relays that get resistive seem to be a rather common problem. They will click, but still not make good solid contact. You can measure the voltage on the output side of the relay. If it isn't the same as the input side you can open up the relay and polish the contacts. Just be sure NOT to leave any polishing residue in between the contact points. If the contacts appear to be backly burned you should probably replace the relay. I have good used ones. > > Using an Ohmmeter, measure between the center pin on > > the side of the dist and > > one side pin with the wiring harness disconnected. > By touching the center and each outside pin, the > needle on the ohmmeter either stays put or goes all > the way over to the right side (like I touched the two > meter wires together). > When I crank the engine, the ohmmeter fluctuates back > and forth, using up about the middle third of the > screen. > > So this shows that the trigger points are working ok > ??? Yes, if it does this equally well on both sides. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org