Help With Odd Electrical Problem

[Spinnaker]

Originally Posted by VWTortuga336

Why is that?

Not my thread title, this just shows you how to do it.

[VWTortuga336]

Originally Posted by Spinnaker

Not my thread title, this just shows you how to do it.

I'm with you now. When I looked at it the first time, it was on my phone and not hyperlinked. I thought you were warning me of the torture to come.

Thankfully, I got the old switch out in about 5 minutes. New one ordered and should be here on Wednesday.

When I first had the issue, I had big sparks when connecting the wires the battery terminal. With the switch out, there are just very small sparks (hopefully just from the radio pulling current or something similar). So, hopefully the switch was to blame.

If it isn't the switch and I have to take the car to the shop to be fixed, does anyone have a guess for how much I'm looking at spending?

[9ate6]

Don't know why it double post what I just typed...maybe an iPhone problem again lol. Still waiting for your part???

[VWTortuga336]

New ignition switch should arrive today and hopefully I'll have time to install it this evening. However, I'm not very confident that this will fix my problem. The old switch didn't show any signs of damage - so we'll see.

Does anyone have any advice on whether I should continue to try to track this down on my own, or if I should just let the shop handle it? I've got no issues working on mechanical issues, but electical ones are a different story!

[VWTortuga336]

Just installed the new ignition switch - still no power to anything. Tow truck is taking it to the shop on Friday. I'll keep everyone posted on what they find.

On a side note, I have read about how much trouble others have had with removing the switch. I did mine in about 5 minutes, but only because I had this bad boy. I don't think I could have done it with out the flexible extension. I would highly recommend one of these. It was like 8 bucks at Advance Auto.