Re: aargghhh! now what?

[Robert Phillips <r3rfp@dax.cc.uakron.edu>]

On Fri, 30 Jun 1995, Joseph C. Bossolini wrote:

> Try the ground connection from the alternator to the engine.  This has
> probably broken.  I had identical symptoms with my '82 4000;  idiot lights
> acted funny and the voltmeter read <12 volts.  I, too, thought the worst and

I can't remember which car we're talking about, but on the '87 4KS, I 
replaced the positive cable from the battery, which connects directly to 
the starter, and gained about a volt on the volt-meter.  Clean the 
connections at the starter as well, as it's down there in the muck and 
acts as a main connection to the positive side of the battery.

Robert Phillips
The University of Akron Sociology Department-------Akron, Ohio
1987 Audi 4000S, 1.8L 4-cyl, FWD----------SOLO II  H-Stock