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Thanks William I live in hope well and I have talked to Foriegn car werks they are great people. The description of my problem is to the tee and I will check that tomarrow I know that my fusebox is just floating around there anyway. Could be a easy fix Thanks Ollie Ollie & Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Sills" <w_sills@yahoo.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Little clicking in the dash > What part of Jersey are you in? If you're anywhere in > the middle you could call Foriegn Car Werks (732) 805 > 0907 the place is on rt 28 in Bound Brook. They are > currently doing metal work on my 71. Sounds like you > might have a broken/loose connector supplying the main > power to the fuse pannel. I had something like that > happen to a bug many years ago, you'd be driving, and > all the sudden it was like someone turned the key off, > and then back on quickly on you. > > > --- AMY RARIG <shipeandrarig_vwpride@verizon.net> > wrote: > > I looked and listened to the clicking and it is in > > by the fuse box the fuel pump reg is working fine. > > When the clicking starts it clicks fast and > > spearatic then the red and green lights flick on and > > the engine dies. This happened an hour ago and after > > several cars beeped and passed I got it started > > again. It is only when I start from a stop or hit > > some Nj potholes. I seen another relay bolted to > > the firewall just forward and to the left of the > > fusebox, it has so arcing marks on it. What is this > > for? Could this cause the Ingnition to cut like > > this? > > Ollie & Amy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 10:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [T3] Little clicking in the dash > > > > > > > On 30 Apr 2005 at 0:14, AMY RARIG wrote: > > > > > > > The little gremlin is still clicking and I don't > > think it is anything > > > > to do with the fi. I think this is affecting the > > ingn. I just > > > > installed a stero, and when I was wiring it up I > > seen the headlights on > > > > without the switch on. So I looked around the > > light switch and found > > > > one of the big red wires was hanging off of the > > switch. I pulled the > > > > wire out but I didn't disconnect the battery > > first so after some arcing > > > > I got it out and put it back on the light > > switch. Now the lights work > > > > and still have the Bucking at the stoplights and > > it seems to cut the > > > > engine out when it happens. Does the > > lightswitch have anything to do > > > > with the ingnition? I think I may have fried > > something pulling out the > > > > wire. The fuel pump relay seems to work fine > > there is the click when > > > > you turn the key and starts right up no problem. > > > > > > > > Well, there are just 2 things under there that > > could do this clicking. I think > > > you said this was a '68. On a '68 there is the > > fuel pump relay and the turn > > > signal relay. The TS relay is a black plastic > > rectangular box which can develop > > > a kind of clicking whenever there is a voltage > > drop. If you have messed up the > > > wiring somehow so that the full system voltage > > isn't getting out of the > > > ignition to the coil, etc, then this could be your > > problem. You could try > > > wiggling the key just to see if this affects it. > > > > > > It would help a lot if you could figure out > > exactly what is clicking. > > > > > > On a '68, the headlight switch does not affect the > > ignition. > > > > > > -- > > > ******************************* > > > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > > > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > > > ******************************* > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >