After 3 years I finally was able to afford to send my 86 GL to a real VW
shop. It was running best ever thanks to the folks at Gene's for three days
until Sunday when I was driving home with my dog Rex - through my small home
town of Media PA. (THere are 2-3 of us Vanagons in town.) Anyway - it dies
again.  The engine just stops.

It felt like the old familar fuel system going dead.  I know what that feels
like....after 3 fuel pumps - and finally a new gas tank I thought I had it
resolved.

My first thought is that it might be the used fuel pump that went kaaput.
I swear I am getting a new one soon!   But, I checked the juice to the pump.
No juice with ignition on.   At least I can check that myself.  There should
be juice to the positive terminal with switch on - correct?

So - I am thinking it is something else.  If I am not mistaken there is a
fuel pump relay in the engine compartment, which I found after much
searching in Bentley manual.  Wouldn't is be nice if that book had a real
index?   I don't have a lot of testing equipment so are there any ideas of
what and how I test next.   I have a couple of old relay switches from my
old 84 vanagon (deseased.)  Do they work as replacements?

I sure hope it is something simple because when it died - I coasted it down
a friends driveway - into a spot that will be darn hard to get a tow truck
into.   Man I hate it when that happens.

Thanks

Kurt Grotz

PS - I am the chap that hyrdo seized (what ever that is called) my engine
when goofing with the fuel system a year or two ago. You all helped with the
a great deal.