Removed wires from starter...no more "short"...

Will get new starter tomorrow and start troubleshooting the rest of the
fix...any recommendations? I am starting with the coil...how does one
know that the ECU is working or not? Would the idiot lights still
work??? HELP!!!

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Collum [mailto:collum@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:09 PM
To: David J. Bohannan
Subject: Re: Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't
restart...

Hi David,

Have you isolated the starter yet and, if so, was that where your short
was?

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "David J. Bohannan" <david.bohannan@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:23 PM
Subject: Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't restart...

> All,
>
>
>
> 2 things.first off, I can't get into the archives.I don't know what
has
> happened, but when I go thru the normal steps to get there, the page
> comes up blank..
>
>
>
> Second, more important issue is that I was tootling along at about 40
> MPH and the engine DIED.would not restart no matter what.
>
>
>
> Here are some of the possibly related conditions.my starter just went
> out.I am sensing something may have been wrong with the electrical
> system- perhaps not charging well enough.the battery was at about
12.45
> volts which doesn't seem too bad, but then again.not sure.
>
>
>
> Now, another unrelated problem may be a SHORT in the electrical system
> that when I hook up a decent battery to the vehicle I get a huge
draw.I
> am not sure if I fried the new starter and its stuck engaged, but I
will
> take it loose from the electrical system first to see if that may be
the
> case.
>
>
>
> The real question, (since Bentley doesn't seem to be too good at
> assisting in DIAGNOSIS) is what pieces should I check first?
>
>
>
> I was thinking, first pull that stupid starter out of the equation and
> see if my short goes away, if not, start looking for a loose
wire.where
> should I look first???
>
>
>
> Other than that.can anyone else commiserate with me? I don't like
being
> stranded :-(
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Dave
>
> 1.9L '85