Date:         Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:00:09 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Ignition turned "off",
              engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
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Geez Neil, and you said that a Subie conversion would be too complicated!!
:)

Good luck tracking that down.

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:32 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Trust me to have such a strange thing happen.
>
> Earlier I posted that my Jetta conversion wouldn't shut off with the
> key. I had missed a wire in the Jetta harness. Fixed it. Since then,
> no turning off problem. But....
>
> Today, I pull over to check something and the engine wouldn't shut off.
>
> Huh?
>
> Get this.
>
> With engine running, key turned to "off", I pull the handbrake up and
> engine stops!
>
> Did this 3 times exactly the same way. Seems to happen just as e-brake
> light goes on. (though this light didn't come on with engine running.
> Had to guesstimate that one) After that it was fine.
>
> Any pointers on where to look first?
>
> I'll start with behind the dash.
>
> If anything, hope this provided a laff! --- :^)
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>



--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27