

| Subject: | Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off?? |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:00:09 -0700 |
Geez Neil, and you said that a Subie conversion would be too complicated!! :) Good luck tracking that down. On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:32 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Trust me to have such a strange thing happen. > > Earlier I posted that my Jetta conversion wouldn't shut off with the > key. I had missed a wire in the Jetta harness. Fixed it. Since then, > no turning off problem. But.... > > Today, I pull over to check something and the engine wouldn't shut off. > > Huh? > > Get this. > > With engine running, key turned to "off", I pull the handbrake up and > engine stops! > > Did this 3 times exactly the same way. Seems to happen just as e-brake > light goes on. (though this light didn't come on with engine running. > Had to guesstimate that one) After that it was fine. > > Any pointers on where to look first? > > I'll start with behind the dash. > > If anything, hope this provided a laff! --- :^) > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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