sounds like a bad connection to me (battery). Do you have ""clamp on"
battery cable ends?? sometimes these will corrode badly ...... in the past I
have had to shorten them an inch or more to expose "fresh" wire.

Dan Wilkin
85 dbl cab
Victoria be

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of
Tom Salicos
  Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 8:17 AM
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Subject: Re: bizarre electrical problem (kinda urgent)

  Sorry if this is too obvious, but is a battery terminal contacting the
metal battery case?

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Don Hundt
    To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
    Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 7:25 AM
    Subject: bizarre electrical problem (kinda urgent)

    Hi all,
    I have an 82 diesel (converted to 83 gti) with a strange problem. when I
tried to start it this morning,it turned over normally for a moment, then
stopped. next attempt I got a click click click click from the back, then
all of a sudden nothing worked. No lights, no radio, etc. I tried turning it
over again, very weak glow from idiot lights. waited a few seconds, tried
again, Click, nothing, a repeat of the first

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