On 17-Apr-07, at 6:28 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Subject: fuel pump sanity check, 1990 GL
>
> Volks,
>   When the key is turned to the 'on' position and I put my ear near
> the
> fuel pump, I should hear something, yes?

Only for a few seconds unless it's running.
>
>   Recently, my bus has been refusing to start after being parked
> outside
> overnight in the rain.  The engine turns over, the ISV hums, but it
> doesn't catch until things dry off a bit outside.  There's no water in
> the engine compartment, and the distributor is dry.  No loose wires.

Check the distributor cap for signs of arcing. Could be facilitated
by the moisture in the air.

Just thinkin out loud....