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The starter was bad when I bought the car. I had the old one rebuilt (142 dollars, including tax).
I have owned a couple Rabbit GTi's before. So I didn't label the connectors I pulled off thinking it would be obvious when I put them back on.
Sigh...
So when I went to reconnect things, getting the two thick cables to the starter motor was easy enough. But I found 3 or 4 un-connected connectors right there. Plus a couple broken wires to I-don't-know-what. And a vacuum hose connection with no vacuum hose anywhere in sight, just a small-ish open hole into the air stream DOWNSTREAM of the fuel metering plate.
(I'm hoping that plugging that hole helps smooth out the idle problems.)
I took pictures of the possible connectors, but it says I can't post pictures or attachments. I guess I am too new with my registration? So I will describe what I see:
3 Wire Connector:
3 wires come into it. Solid black. Green with grey stripe. Black with white stripe.
2 Wire Connector:
Solid light brown. Solid medium brown. The two receptacles that accept the tabs are perpendicular to each other.
1 Wire connector:
Light green wire with dark green stripe.
What I am not seeing is the wire that should be Red/Black according to the diagram in my 1975-1989 Rabbit Haynes manual.
However, the engine was removed and a different engine bored/stroked to 2.0 liters was put in. Lots of work has been done on the car, including dropping in a 15� bass speaker with a 1200W and a 400W power supply. Plus, the cooling fan doesn't work and a on/off switch was installed on the steering column. There are a couple other minor electrical gremlins as well (the radio doesn't power on, the fan for the heater doesn't work, etc.). So I know that since this car isn't pristine, I can't expect too much.
But at the moment, I don't even have a guess as to which wire(s) connect to the starter's solenoid. So any and all help would be greatly appreciated. I have all of tomorrow late morning and early afternoon to try and fix this problem.
Thanks,
S
I have owned a couple Rabbit GTi's before. So I didn't label the connectors I pulled off thinking it would be obvious when I put them back on.
Sigh...
So when I went to reconnect things, getting the two thick cables to the starter motor was easy enough. But I found 3 or 4 un-connected connectors right there. Plus a couple broken wires to I-don't-know-what. And a vacuum hose connection with no vacuum hose anywhere in sight, just a small-ish open hole into the air stream DOWNSTREAM of the fuel metering plate.
(I'm hoping that plugging that hole helps smooth out the idle problems.)
I took pictures of the possible connectors, but it says I can't post pictures or attachments. I guess I am too new with my registration? So I will describe what I see:
3 Wire Connector:
3 wires come into it. Solid black. Green with grey stripe. Black with white stripe.
2 Wire Connector:
Solid light brown. Solid medium brown. The two receptacles that accept the tabs are perpendicular to each other.
1 Wire connector:
Light green wire with dark green stripe.
What I am not seeing is the wire that should be Red/Black according to the diagram in my 1975-1989 Rabbit Haynes manual.
However, the engine was removed and a different engine bored/stroked to 2.0 liters was put in. Lots of work has been done on the car, including dropping in a 15� bass speaker with a 1200W and a 400W power supply. Plus, the cooling fan doesn't work and a on/off switch was installed on the steering column. There are a couple other minor electrical gremlins as well (the radio doesn't power on, the fan for the heater doesn't work, etc.). So I know that since this car isn't pristine, I can't expect too much.
But at the moment, I don't even have a guess as to which wire(s) connect to the starter's solenoid. So any and all help would be greatly appreciated. I have all of tomorrow late morning and early afternoon to try and fix this problem.
Thanks,
S