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Subject:Re: no start
From:Tarheel
Date:Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:03:34 -0500

Could be as easy as a loose battery connection.

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
74 beetle
86 cabrio
Vanagon Partsmobiles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart MacMillan" <macmillan@HOME.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] no start

> I'd guess you have a bad ignition switch if the battery is up to full
> charge. Very common failure after 10 years in use, but cheap and easy to
> fix.  Your the second one today!
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
> Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> '72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT