[Vwdiesel] Won't seem to start

[Gary Shea]

My '82 has the seat-belt switch for the door-mounted belts.  If a
door-mounted belt is disconnected the car don't start.  I doubt the
'86's still have that deadly belt arrangement, but I'll mention it
anyway...

	Gary

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, at 13:58 [-0500], Nate Wall (nwall at opei.org) wrote:

> What year did NHTSA require that these on manual tranny cars? My '85 DOES NOT
> have one (you can (try to) start it in gear w/ the clutch engaged)
>
> weasel wrote:
>
> > What about the clutch safety switch?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> > To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Won't seem to start
> >
> > >   Your choices are starter switch, battery, cables, connections or
> > starter.
> > > A test light is a great tool for testing most of this.  Check for power to
> > the
> > > red/black wire plugged into the starter, when the key is turned.  That
> > powers
> > > the solenoid.  If you have that and ground then there should be a heavy
> > > click/thunk.  If you have power and no click then you have a poor
> > connection,
> > > probably at the battery or a dead/discharged battery.  Click and no crank
> > > then
> > > weak battery, bad connection, bad starter, locked engine.  No power to the
> > > red/black wire then maybe ignition switch.  You have to start tracing
> > > circuits from there back, but check the ground wire first.
> > >      Loren
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