1974 Volkswagen Beetle Starter

Tiny
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1974 Volkswagen Beetle 4 cyl Two Wheel Drive Manual

Hi Guy's- Hope you can help, I have a 1974 vw Bug, 1600, man. Trans.I have a problem with the starter staying engaged, after the eng. Starts.I've installed a new starter and (checked the clearance between the starter gear and flywheel seems to be okay) I installed a new ing.(Two switch's) switch and a starter relay kit( yellow wire to ground, black wire to the small post on starter, red wire thur a fuse to the large post of the starter, and blue wire to the red/blk wire on ing. Switch) hit the key and starter stay engaged. I'm there something I'm missing? Any idea's. Thanks
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 AT 5:43 PM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

If you still have voltage to the starter solinoid wire, you may have a faulty ignition switch, you should only have voltage at the solinoid on crank.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 AT 6:08 PM

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