[Vwdiesel] 81 Rabbit electrical woes

[Dave Cook]

I had a flaky relay that burned out the plugs.  I just kept a can of ether in the car.  

A very short squirt at (not IN) the intake (NA motor) got it started in short order.

Though plugging it in at night should be good enough, though.

Dave Cook


--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Rolf Pechukas <rbp at 4u2bu.org> wrote:

> From: Rolf Pechukas <rbp at 4u2bu.org>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 81 Rabbit electrical woes
> To: r.c.brown at ieee.org, vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 5:43 PM
> hi Roger
> I get +13v with tester grounded to the *head* and direct
> jumper from  
> batt to GP bar, so GPs should be getting good juice
> any thoughts on ether/starting fluid as a stop-gap measure
> until my  
> new plugs get here on the 25th?
> or plugging in the heater overnight? (not going to get the
> combustion  
> chambers hot)
> thanks
> 
> On Sep 19, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Roger Brown wrote:
> 
> > Rolf Pechukas wrote:
> >>> Are you getting any sparking when you touch
> the battery cable to the
> >>> glow plugs?
> >> no
> >> what does that mean?
> >> bad ground??
> >> bad plug(s)?
> >
> > No spark = no current = an open some place.  Since the
> head and  
> > block are grounded (or should be), then it is likely
> the plugs that  
> > are burned out.  One quick check would be to take a
> battery jumper  
> > cable and connect the battery - post to the head and
> try the + to  
> > the plugs.
> >
> > -- 
> >
> >  Roger
> 
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