The starter gets it's ground thru the mount but I agree with you. I
added a ground cable to my starter from the bottom mount bolt to the
frame. An extra ground on something electrical will not hurt on a VW.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  2/13/2010 07:28 PM, chris and/or ruth wrote:
>Subject: Starter Help!
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>Check your ground. Put a heavy jumper on frame(not the engine) to
>the starter body and try.  You can have all the 12 volt you need,
>but without a good path to ground it's useless.
>The ground strap to the engine may be broken.
>When I spent 3 hours swapping in a known good starter and having
>same results I regretted not applying Scott tubovan's remote starter
>switch idea!! That is a good idea to put together before you need it.
>Chris C
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>
>  My 91 starter not turning. I here the fuel pump come on, there is 12v
>  at the
>  main starter lead and less than 4 at the solenoid when turning the
>  key. When
>  I disconnect the solenoid lead and turn the key there 12v. So under a
>  load
>  is when I think is the problem but what ?? I had the starter tested at
>  a
>  shop and worked. Some history, this past fall the short braided cable
>  between the starter and solenoid was replaced at a shop.
>  Thanks again for your wisdom!!
> >   > Kevin Plichta
> >   >