[Vwdiesel] adjusting max fuel screw?

[Shawn Wright]

I found this out the hard way on my '82 Diesel Vanagon - I shorted the solenoid wire 
when doing a compression test, and the starter kept spinning!. Turns out the weak 
link is a little warning circuit in the dash, which blew and fused the starter circuit in 
the start position. It took a fair bit of testing and studying the wiring diagram to figure 
this out. In the A2 cars, at least the solenoid wire uses an insulated female spade 
connector, so it's a little less likely to get shorted by accident.

On 23 Apr 2005 at 12:56, Area31 Research Facility <stephensrw at stn.net> wrote:

> Good advice.  My fuel solenoid power is fused now by a light guage clip lead to
> the  battery.  It would vaporize in the event of an accident and the loss would
> be insignificant.  When I finally get a round tuit and fabricate a real engine
> control panel rest assured this fuel solenoid power will definitely be fused.
> 
> Rob
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:45 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] adjusting max fuel screw?
> 
> 
> This is so important  --  that I Hagar is going to gang up with   Gary Bangs and
>  the Wolfe ?
> 
> Long time ago I used a cement nail to plug a drain line from
> jectors   ------ yeah
> IT found the nuts on the solenoid.
> 
> POWER TO SOLENOID IS NOT FUSED.
> 
> I learned from that after the smoke had cleared.   ---and I issued a WARNING
> right here I said INSULATE    the top connection on solenoid.  ---ANYTHING will
>    ---Chewing gum if
> you like.
> 
> I use self vulcanising rubber  ---it is easy to remove --without a mess.
> 
> INSULATE OR FUSE.
> 
Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy