> Jackr@starfleet writes:
> 
> >Sorry for the delay, this is the first time I've driven the Rabbit since
> >the question came up and I just haven't thought to look prior to this.
...

> "Well, if it worked when the car was new, and it doesn't work now, is it really
> a design deficiency? Were the engineers at VW really that clueless, or could it
> be something else? Could it be, maybe <in an increasingly churchlady voice>
> 
> BAD ELECTRICAL CONTACT???????"
> 
> Well, I decided to trace the problem back from where I knew things worked. The

...

You're right, that is the _correct_ solution.  The thought of crawling through miles
of wire to find the ONE connector that was causing the problem made my nose
bleed.  So I went looking for another answer.  Both ways work, but it happened
that I had a spare relay kicking around and it was simple to put in, so....

In addition, I've noticed that once these things start to corrode, they continue
to do so (duh), so I decided it would be best to just fix the damn thing and be
done with it ;).

> This was on a '72 Beetle. I thought about writing to VW to complain that after
> 22 years, the inline spade connectors they used had developed enough electrical
> resistanse to prevent enough current from getting to the solenoid, but then I
> thought about it, and decided that a class action lawsuit was a better
> alternative. But after paying a lawyer $2500 to research the case, and being
> advised that I was a fool for paying $2500 for something any foole would know,
> I decided to write this instead. :-) :-)

Chicken!
8-O
> 
> Peace,
> 
> 
Jack
jackr@starfleet.scs.ag.gov