That's thinking positive.  Good luck.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> I wanted tot hank everyone who responded to me on this issue - I now have
> spark.
>
> I triple checked all the electrical connections and everything was hooked
> up
> properly. I then went about cleaning the grounds for the second time. While
> doing that I noticed that the main ground wire from the chasis to the
> engine
> was in worse shape that I had noticed before. So I went and got a new one -
> replaced the screws and bolts that held all of the grounds too. I still
> didn't have any spark - or fuel pump either now.
>
> So I checked all conjnections again - crawled under and checked the starter
> connections.
>
> That wiring is brittle in places and int he process of checking things I
> broke several wires at the connectors - so I now have many new spade
> connectors in the engine bay. I'm guessing it was one of these wires (I
> suspect the ground to the distributor wiring) that was causing the problem
> because once I repaired the wire with a new connector I got spark.
>
> So thank you all again.
>
> The bus still won't start but I suspect I have some severe timing issues -
> I
> did manage a few really loud backfires but it just won't start up - more on
> that later :)
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>