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Re: 1981 VW rabbit diesel starting issues
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 12/9/2003

Hi

Take a volt meter and place the positive lead on the Negative battery post and place the negative lead to the Engine. Crank the engine and read the volt at the same time. If you get a reading above .5 volt you may need to replace the ground cable.

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