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Jim Adney wrote: > I would try to measure the voltage right at either side of the ignition switch, > just to see if there is something going bad in there. I've never actually done > this, but I wouldn't expect to see more than 0.1 V of drop across the switch > itself. More than that is likely to mean that the switch will be getting hot > and burning up soon. > I'll look into this. I have been doing a lot of starting while getting the car running. I have a whole extra steering column, so I'll see what the switch in the spare reads like. Seems like I should be considering putting a relay on the starter circuit. > To do this measurement, don't do measurements to ground, just measure directly > between wires going into and out of the switch. You can use sewing pins pushed > thru the wire insulation to make contact with the wire inside. > > I'll check that out too. > > The brain gets its power from the FI main power relay, not thru the ignition > switch. > This occurred to me after I mailed this out. I'll poke at it some more just for due diligence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~