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On 21 Sep 2003 at 18:36, Aaron Clow wrote: > I was driving down the road a little ways from the > garage where I keep the car, and it died... The kind > of dying you get from an electrical problem. Usually > when I try to start the car, as I'm starting the > generator light goes out & the oil light goes out > after a second or two. Now, the generator light stays > on when I try to start the car. Cranking the engine with the starter will often build up enough oil pressure to turn off the oil light, but it will NEVER turn off the generator light. That can only happen once the engine is actually running without the starter. I suspect your memory is just playing tricks on you, due to how quickly the car would once start and how quickly the light then went off. > I soldered a male connector onto the temp sensor end & a female > connector on the part coming out of the wiring harness, That was originally the other way around, but this will work until you try to install a replacement sensor. > I think I'm heading toward working on the generator > connections next to make sure they have a good > contact. Do these look bad? > > http://www.tiserves.com/Files/vw/pic5.jpg I do all my email answers off line, so it is difficult for me to refer to photos to answer questions. I know that it is sometimes difficult to put what you see into words, but it's a good exercise for your mind. ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org