On 3/23/10, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I have been working on this, off and on, for two or three weeks.
> Turns out, it was the power supply relay, the outboard one, in the box above
> the coil.

It's been mentioned here before (including rather recently) but your
problem is a good reminder that there is a simple diagnostic tool for
non-start issues:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=349429

I made one as soon as I saw that post... I think it would have let you
quickly isolate the problem you eventually found.

It's been said that mechanical problems take minutes to find and hours
to fix whereas electrical problems take hours to find and minutes to
fix.

Geo