Is there a short or sticky contact in the ignition switch?
The same thing happened to my '96 Jetta, and it turned out to be a
sticky contact.
Whenever I would jiggle the ignition key in the "run" position, the
engine would sputter.
Sudhir

On 11/12/06, Roger Van Till <rvantill@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I'm at my wit's end. My 79 Rabbit died while idling the other day. I
> have spark and fuel with the starter engaged. Let key back to run
> position and it dies.
> I bought this for a winter beater. It ran great before this came up.
> Has to be something simple/stupid but I'm new to Rabbits.
> Roger Van Till
> '89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
> '86 GL "Sugaree"
> '81 L "CoJack"
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