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• Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 17:08:23 -0700
  Craig, did you measure the voltage across the + and - leads of the pump? If you have at steady plus 12 volts there then either...
• Re: Any easy, low-cost way to replace power window lift with manual?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:22:05 -0400
  ...Where should I look for the voltage drop? TEMiller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Runberg" <jrunberg@MAC.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday...
• FFFFriday Follies ... Part 2
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 14 Sep 95 23:16:43 CDT
  ...Service-Advisor The Voltage Regulator It was late, he was tired, and the light was now fading, As the darkness was growing in the...
• Frydaye Follies: a true tale ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 22:42:36 -0600
  ...Service-Advisor The Voltage Regulator It was late, he was tired, and the light was now fading, As the darkness was growing in the...
• RE: Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 12:13:47 -0700
  ...However, if the voltage sensor of the regulator is on the battery side of the isolator, the batteries will be charged to capacity, and...
• Re: Fuel Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:16:17 -0700
  ...I have replaced > sending unit, gauge and voltage regulator/stabilizer. Any further > suggestions? > > DDF
• Re: glue for pop top seal
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:38:32 -0700
  ...I needed an instrument voltage regulator for my Econoline. This is a simple little part that would be $3 at Radio Shack if only...
• Re: cheap gauges from JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:44:33 -0700
  ...I'll put the fuel pressure gauge after the pressure regulator. You're right. I need to get the same pressure that is going...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Ikard
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 08:20:06 -0700
  ...Do the after market gauges need the voltage stabilizer? I am thinking not but would like to know what you all think. By the...
• Re: short in second battery/isolator system
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:52:12 -0700
  ...Your voltage regulator. Can also damage engine ECU and stereo and who knows what else. Does the alternator get hot when the engine is...
• Re: Big Battery = Destroy Starter
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 14:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...be able to operate at that level, so they put a voltage regulator in front of the F.I. computers so that the computers...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:36:47 -0700
  ...When I was doing my field replacement of the voltage regulator, I was concerned that if I removed the nut so I could really...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:05:22 -0700
  ...The voltage regulator controls >> alternator output by varying the magnetic field (current) of the rotor >> as it spins in the stator. Since you are...
• Re: Alternater light
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 20:52:56 -0800
  ...It is the voltage regulator that is getting finicky, and will not always work as it should. My van has had this problem for...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:13:23 -0600
  ...It really isn't, just as knowing the expected output > voltage range of a healthy voltage regulator isn't proprietary. Oh, well, > it was...
• Help-Alternator bad, battery boiling
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:35:41 -0400
  ...Should I assume that this is just a bad voltage regulator, and try replacing that? should I consider this alternator to be a lemon...
• Re: 1982 Westy Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:12:29 -0500
  Hi Steve, At 08:21 AM 11/5/2009, zzyzx wrote: >Is the voltage regulator internal on a stock 1982 air cooled vanagon >alternator...
• Converting 12V to 9V
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:40:29 -0800
  ...it as simple as soldering one of those cheap 3-pin voltage regulators? I'd rate my electrical/electronic knowledge as "still blowing fuses...
• Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:05:03 +0000
  ...Regarding 24.28, what is the voltage measurement that I should see when I check the connector, and ("with the engine running") should the...
• Re: Hey folks; horror; New Beetle?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 11 May 2003 13:56:25 -0400
  ...The load of the battery is vital for the proper functioning of the alternator and voltage regulator. Without it there's nothing to take...
• Re: Auxilary battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Thu, 7 May 1998 23:39:48 -0700
  ...when I did it! There should be DC voltage coming out of the alternator/regulator so I'm confused about the battery charger you...
• Re: the case of the curious blinking LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:37:57 -0400
  ...panel regulator go out of regulation (heavy draw and/or poor high-current connection somewhere) would make it blink continuously until the voltage came...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:41:43 -0400
  ...I imagine it's the same -- the pump (at a given voltage) shoves the same volume of fuel through the system whether or not...
• Re: 88 Vanagon alternator light problem
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:05:07 -0700
  ...IT WILL NOT ALWAYS LIGHT WHEN THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT PUTTING OUT VOLTAGE. If the brushes fail in the proper mode there will be...
• VW battery => 61 AH, 330 A, #000 915 105 CE
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:44:31 -0700
  ...Then if I can get an external regulator and bring the voltage up from 13.8 to 14.2, it should be better for...
• Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:28:42 -0800
  ...Then there is 'creativity'............like not being able to find a compatible voltage regulator for a 1959 Fiat 600D car in La Paz, Baja...
• Re: alternators, voltages, rebuild, idiocracy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:22:33 -0600
  ...voltmeter. > > "If you would like to test the functioning of the voltage regulator, > you will need a variable power supply that can vary from...
• Re: used parts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 95 09:34:55 PST
  ...I picked up an alternator for my Volvo for $18 including a voltage regulator mounted on it. It was pure breed volvo alternator. I...
• Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:24:48 -0400
  ...Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet '84 Westy, Digijet, 1.9L case with a 2.2L GoWesty kit I've often suspected a less than...
• Re: Alternator questions
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:53:11 -0500
  ...scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> you could also buy an adjustable solid state voltage regulator/brush package for a Bosch alternator. the guy that turned me...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:11:42 -0500
  ...regulator and added a wire to remote sense. > The SurePower isolator is designed to be connected to remote sense for the voltage regulator. This...
• Re: 83.5 Waterbox Dash Voltage Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Fri, 22 May 1998 03:33:37 -0400
  ...Finally my buddy Dan Houg from Bemidji > put together a little external variable voltage regulator circuit which I > wired in and adjusted. It's...
• Voltage regulators and Battery mats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:30:44 +0000
  ...Well I go and get the regulator out of the '78 swap em and voila, the voltage dances nicely between 13.3 and 13...
• Re: 87GL: O2 Warning Light Flashing Intermittent/No Other Symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 20 May 1998 22:09:12 -0700
  ...Magee Voltage regulator on flexible dashboard printed circuit 'board' gone south?? Austin
• Charge control 2 (Q&A) (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 16:42:34 -0500 (CDT)
  ...But wouldn't a regulator taken from some junk yard alternator do the same job? A: An automotive voltage regulator uses a hell of...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:55:01 -0800
  ...isn't, just as knowing the expected output voltage range of a healthy voltage regulator isn't proprietary.� Oh, well, it was worth a...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:07:12 -0400
  ...Ok, so now you can modify the regulator to increase the voltage or use a remote sense wire to compensate. At full load the...
• Re: Bearings for alternator
  Historical mailing list - Ron Toby
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:10:13 -0700
  ...Also Ken how much are these bearings and the voltage regulator from your company? Thanks I appreciate all the help that you guys have...
• Re: Strobe lights on my vanagon--why?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:22:22 -0400
  I would suspect a bad diode or voltage regulator in the alternator. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:14:39 -0500
  ...You may end up with a $300 voltage regulator to go with your other goodies. Seriously, battery management is a subject that's as...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:04:49 -0700
  ...Ok, so now you can modify the regulator to increase the voltage or use a remote sense wire to compensate. At full load the...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:39:05 -0800
  ...Got a spare voltage regulator? > > Let us know what you find. > > John > > > > On Jan 4, 2008 8:33 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca...
• Re: Re- basic electronics q
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 02:10:43 -0400
  ...Zener a few years back -- his discovery has made a great many things possible, among which is the solid-state voltage regulator). Hence the...
• Re: Alternators
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:38:44 -0700
  ...wipers on, the voltage can drop ( as measured on fuse panel) to the high 13s. >> >> The whole point of the regulator is to *not...
• Re: Aux battery tyro
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:08:53 -0800
  ...If you buy the version > built for our Bosch > alternators it tells how to modify the voltage > regulator to overcome > this drop. I don...
• Re: Fuel and temp guage way off on '84
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:54:42 -0400
  ...I heard in the past that there is some sort of voltage regulator located with the dash cluster that controls the temp and fuel...
• Re: Alternator Light Just Came On
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:58:01 -0400
  ...Many times, the failing alternator is a result of worn brushes on the voltage regulator. Many alternators can be "repaired" by replacing the brushes...
• At what point do you need to worry about bad mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:36:21 -0500
  ...In addition the O2 sensor, coil, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel pressure regulator, air filter, were replaced. What is weird is it does seem...
• Re: oil pressure buzzer
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:43:15 -0400
  ...through Moundville, AL(Joel Walker should know this > place.) > > Can the voltage regulator effect the performance of the dynamic oil pressure > sensing unit? > > I...
• Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 15:50:20 -0700
  ...Also, I tried disconnecting the vacuum line that controls the fuel pressure regulator. No change. Finally, I swapped another fuel pressure regulator into the...
• Re: Extra battery
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 11:41:19 -0500
  ...A solution to this is to use a voltage regulator that allows a higher voltage to be generated, and then after the isolator's...
• ...Seattle...alternator...help them!!!
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:02:36 -0800 (PST)
  ...She needs an alternator and voltage regulator for her 77 bus. The guy at the gasstation quoted her 390.- and she can't afford...
• Re: Little blue lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:59:32 -0800
  ...voltage you need to lit the xenon gas, you > can�t just exchange the bulbs. Also you need an automatic light distance > regulator (don...
• Re: Catastrophic failure of coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:37:11 -0700
  ...I did replace the light/gauge, but I also remember putting a new voltage regulator in there, too (the one in the instrument cluster...
• Re: Stuck in Council Bluffs IA
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:46:10 -0700
  ...don't let a FLAPS person keep you from getting a Voltage Regulator. I needed on for my volvo Bosch alternator on a trip...
• Re: Starting-Electrical Problems
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Tue, 23 Sep 1997 15:20:32 -0500
  ...An easy test is to use a voltmeter to see what voltage is coming out the back or the alternator. Alternators generally don't...
• Re: 87 Syncro GL gas tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:24:51 -0400
  ...There are only > about three possibilities here, the voltage regulator for the gage, the gage > itself, or the sender. If the voltage regulator was...
• Testing Generator and Volt. Reg.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 20:13:10 -0400
  Helpers; Ric has graciously lent me a Volt Meter (thx, Ric!) so that I might test out my generator and voltage regulator, but alas...
• Re: OXS and Battery light stays on
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Williams
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:38:45 -0800
  ...either that, or your diode in the voltage regulator died on you. perhaps the brushes got stuck open in the alternator. one of those...
• Re: More Instrument cluster electrical gemlins
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 11:44:25 -0800
  ...And the clock runs slow! >> >>I suspect the voltage regulator. Any other guesses? > >Measure and see -- seems highly likely though. > >The clock's not...