Hmm, Itīs probably to stop the idiot in the car thatīs being towed from trying to jump start :-) And since that idiot will be me - well not anymore since Iīve got an I4 but anyway - I would not be too concerned with that advice ...... Chances are that the wire will remain disconnected when the Vanagonīs left by the mecanic and then youīll get a " Fixed, $200 thank you " message from a guy that only hooked up the cable you removed Calle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Walters" <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Towing warning from Bentley for Digifant, maybe for Digijet
> I was reading Bentley today - the section on the Digifant FI system - > for some other purpose and came across the following that I don't > remember reading here when there are the repeated questions and threads > about towing. > > "Vehicles that have a defect in the ignitions system or are suspected of > having one, may only be towed with the connector from terminal 1 of the > ignition coil (green wire) disconnected." > > Page 24.42, left hand caution box. Don't know if it applies to the > Digijet, as I didn't see the same warning in those pages. > > Sam > > -- > Sam Walters > Baltimore, MD > > 89 Syncro GL > 85 Westy Weekender > > > All incoming and outgoing email scanned by > automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus. > |
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