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"Johnny B Good"
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| > Likely much of the problem was corroded or missing ground strap between
the transmission and the chassis.
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| Nope! That would not have allowed the starter to crank once the
| pre-engaged solenoid had closed the contacts. It was most definitely
| excessive volt drop due to the very long run of wire feeding the
| ignition/starter switch and that 40 odd amp demand placed on it by the
| pre-engaged solenoid load.

I've worked on VDubs since the mid '50s. I've even build power plants for
small
aircraft with the 1600cc engines.

The reality is that a major part of electrical 'fail to start' problems are
due to the grounding strap between the transmission and the chassis. This
impacts both the starter drive current as well as the pre-engaged solenoid.