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Subject:Re: Schematic needed, starter issue, Old school stuff
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:56:00 -0500

At 01:24 PM 1/10/2013, TJ Hemrick wrote:
>the schematic for how to wire the "Starter assist" or what ever name he
>used back then.  It was nothing more than an old Ford remote starter
>solenoid wired to boost the power to the starter on VW's since the current
>flow is a long and torturous path designed by the evil and wicked Dr. Bosch

Oh, sorry.  Ground the can.  Hook the wire from ignition switch to
the small terminal (if there are two ground one of them).  Hook one
of the big honkers to alternator B+ through a fuse and the other one
to the starter control terminal you unplugged the ignition wire from.

Yrs,
d