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On August 25, 2004 at 11:11 PM, Jim Adney wrote: > Okay, fair enough. > > Get a short piece of flexible wire with insulated alligator clips on each end. > You can buy a small bag of these at Radio Shack. > > Look under your dash, against the firewall and to the left of the steering > column. The grey box is the fuel pump relay. There is a white plastic plug on > it which you can ignore. > > Look at the other wires on the relay. On yours (MT), there will just be 2 red > wires. Clip one alligator clip onto the metal end of one red wire and then clip > the other alligator clip to the metal end of the other red wire. When you make > the second connection there should be a small spark and you should hear the > pump start running. > > Don't let either alligator clip short to anything grounded or you'll blow a > fuse. If you blow this fuse, the car won't run until you replace it. > > Don't forget to remove the clip lead when you're finished. ;-) Thanks for the info. You'll make a mechanic out of me yet. Marion McDonald Lawrenceville, Georgia 71 FB MT FI 60 Beetle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~