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• Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 14:32:17 +0000
  I make a point to keep the connection clean and filled with electrical grease at the alternator after having a troublesome drive home on...
• Re: Trilogy of the trip to libby montana "conclusion"
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:18:38 -0800
  well, i have a similar story, involving oregonians, oregonian auto repairmen, and bosch alternators. on our trip this summer we had the pleasure of...
• Re: can vanagon run w/out alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew M Fox
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 07:20:41 -1000
  When my alternator went i drove fro at least 3 hours and could have driven longer (it did'nt die just failed to start...
• Re: Alternator & EGR lights flashing?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:41:20 PST
  ...A "shaky" brush in the alternator could cause this. I had a similar problem. I found a new regulator with brushes for $12 at...
• alternator pulley part numbers
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:16:47 -0400
  ...i want to delete the ac and power steering so i need the correct alternator pulley. i went through this before with the dealer...
• Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 5 May 2012 08:44:33 -0600
  Hi Volks! I've got an issue of burning up alternator belts? Pulleys are aligned and proper belt tension. Possible heavy load while charging...
• Re: Mechanics Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:32:51 -0800
  ...Belt, Alternator, Diesel Another outside possibility is that whatever is causing the short or heavy load on the battery occurred BEFORE the belt broke...
• Re: alternator charge initiation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:54:18 -0600
  ...Jim On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com> wrote: > Ever since I replaced my alternator I've...
• Re: Charging system...
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:01:26 -0500
  ...Where is alternator output voltage measured? Where is the > voltage regulator? I always thought it was part of the alternator. Does this > sound like...
• alternator tightening bolt
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 17:10:17 -0500
  anybody had to replace their alternator tightening bolt? the one that you loosen and tighten to adjust the tension on the alternator belt?? mine...
• alternator brushes was: Re: Engine install question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 19:19:09 -0600
  ...This is easy and it will all make sense once the alternator is out. If you need to replace the alternator check tom carrington...
• Re: idiot lights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:18:46 EST
  I would check all of the connections on the alternator and the battery to be sure you don't have a loose connection. The...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:47:53 -0400
  ...Even if I'm off by a margin >of error of 50 percent, a 90 A alternator is all you really need. That's...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:02:41 -0500
  ...Would it not both be getting current from the > alternator instead? Unless it is the alternator that is the defective > part of the charging...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:47:23 -0400
  ...I suspect the alternator is NG. Once again trying to understand the > Bentley test procedures on Pg. 27.18. What is " connect alternator/regulator...
• Re: Bench test alternator? (checked archives)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:30:38 +0000
  Or you could go to one of the many FLAPS who have alternator test benches you can use for free. Todd '88 WEsty -------------- Original...
• Re: Syncro back up and running Was Need help with 86 Syncro ASAP
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:53:16 -0700
  It is possible to use almost any VW alternator on a wasserboxer. Just transfer the original pulley over to the new alternator. The problem...
• Re: 3 quick ALTERNATOR questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:27:27 -0500
  ...3 quick ALTERNATOR questions I just pulled the alternator out after a week of running with the red dummy lites on---(I had 2...
• Thanks list, $0 repair: battery running down, low voltage, bad connection
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:52:08 -0700
  So, I was getting about 13.5-13.8 volts at the alternator, but only around 12.5 at the battery. No change with...
• Diesel V-belt mystery
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:02:47 +0200
  ...Before we started our winter holiday trip I checked alternator v-belt and found it necessary to change. I went to shop and they...
• Re: Alternator Problems
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 13 May 2002 09:10:23 -0400
  ...Alternator Problems Besides the main harness that plugs into the back of the alternator, there is a single wire that controls the alt light...
• Re: more mysterious circuitry
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:12:33 -0700
  ...The parallel resistors at 60 ohms are what provides the excitation current for the alternator to begin charging. This current path goes AROUND the...
• Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 00:04:06 -0800
  ...Thus I am trying to figure out what could be going on inside my alternator. I am guessing either that the slip rings that...
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:03:18 -0700
  ...So the alternator circuit is only driving the one relay. Duh. My error. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore...
• alternator vs. generator for 71 camper
  Historical mailing list - Mike Mulligan-Shaw
  Thu, 23 May 1996 08:54:41 EST
  I have an oppurtunity to get a used 78 bug motor with an alternator (I will check engine number but i believe it is...
• Re: How Many Max Amps Does Vanagon Alternator Put Out??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 20 May 2002 18:41:15 -0400
  At 05:10 PM 5/20/2002, Robert Steven Fish wrote: >How many maximum amps does the Vanagon alternator put out?? VW minimum spec...
• Re: Alternator won't charge battery until high rpm
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 28 Jan 2024 20:16:14 -0800
  ...I've noticed a behavior where the alternator will not charge the battery (and no alternator light is on) until I hit a high...
• Re: Fridge or Battery relay
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:45:20 -0700
  ...The diode is part of the alternator sensing circuit that disconnects the fridge when the alternator is not charging the battery. The hella unit...
• charging problems 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sun, 4 May 2003 11:33:41 -0700
  David, Check the brushes but more likely if the alternator is as old as the van it could be a bearing and perhaps the...
• Re: 120A or 150A Alternator Source?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:47:44 -0400
  ...Chris On Oct 29, 2007 12:26 AM, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > Is there a direct bolt on 120A or 150A alternator...
• Wire from Alternator to Battery
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:03:26 -0400
  Has anyone ever measured voltage drop from the Alternator to the Battery exp. on a dual battery system. If there is a significant drop...
• Re: Alternator output
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:18:12 -0500
  Alfred, 13.8 volts is considered minimum and the fact that you see 13.8 at the alternator and 13 at the battery tells...
• FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:29:55 -0500
  ...after changing the alternator and letting the battery get a good charge. I'm still wondering about changing the wire between the alternator and...
• Alternator Bracket Mod 1.9 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:42:02 -0400
  We were talking about broken alternator brackets yesterday, so I thought I'd share with you what is probably done by many other 1...
• Re: 85GL 1.9 Busted alternator mounting bracket stud ..2nd time in 2 years
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:12:30 -0700
  ...I have only seen one attempt to add an extra brace to the alternator ... This setup has worked for years I'm told. Alternator...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:18:26 -0500
  ...Cheers, Doug On 12/11/05, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have not tested the battery or the alternator output. The alternator...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:34:30 -0500
  ...The GM "1-wire" alternators and > the Bosch alternator use in the Vanagon are notable examples. > It's a truly pathetic way to charge...
• Re: alternator connections
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:28:02 -0500
  ...david At 03:59 PM 3/22/2001, patty and danny wrote: >On an '81 vanagon alternator there are 3 connections that the wiring...
• Re: Keyed 12 v source
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:07:58 -0700
  ...Once the alternator is cranking). > Ideally I�d like to tap into something in the little electrical box in the > rear engine compartment. Wondering...
• '90 2.1 Syncro: Is my Alternator dying? Rebuild or replace?
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 13:41:24 -0400
  Similar to Greg Hamburg, my battery/alternator light stays on when I start the engine of my '90 syncro. (Not the OXS light, though...
• Re: electrical distribution at alternator (wbx)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:15:42 -0500
  ...wrote: > made something today to mount a fuse box by the alternator. Something like > what I had on my I4 �82 west for years...
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 May 2012 18:57:02 -0400
  ...If the smaller of the two B+ wires is broken or doesn't have connection at the alternator she ain't gonna start. Yours...
• Re: Alternator replacement????
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:42 -0700
  ...I pulled into Van Cafe in Santa Cruz late last January and pulled out less than an hour later with a new alternator installed...
• Alternator bracket holes stripped
  Historical mailing list - Ron Putt
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:50:51 -0500
  ...The alternator rattled and it had been rubbing the water crossover tube long enough to cause it to begin to leak. I went in...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:10:29 -0700
  ...There was also an arrangement to put two alternators on for said uses. How's your German? > > ;-) > d
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:31:02 -0800
  ...granted, you could have a faulty alternator/ or volt regulator, or battery ... however... what you describe is not what a normal 'alternator is not...
• Re: Riddle me this about Vanagon dash wiring gremlin
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 07:12:20 -0800
  ...Aircooled and early diesels used a multi-pin connector at the alternator and these don't fit those. Mark vw_van_fan_Mark wrote...
• air cooled alternator not charging
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:54:04 EDT
  ...I am trying to track down a non-charging alternator on my 80 air cooled vanagon. I get battery voltage to the alternator (bat...
• RE: Rebuilt alternator for my 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Apr 97 15:28:22 UT
  ...Two questions, is 13.75 volts a bad reading for an alternator, and does $125 for a rebuilt alternator seem resonable? TIA Tim Hannink...
• Re: Alternator wobble? questions...
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 17:13:57 -0500
  Joe, For what its' worth, when the alternator went on my 85 GL (1994), I installed a Bosch rebuild. The Bosch has been totally...
• Re: GoWesty Alternator Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Katy Hahn
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:19:26 -0700
  ...the rear > 'mounting ears' of the alternator ! Yes, the bolt goes thru both ears on the alternator, but on the original bracket there were...
• Re: Alternator and O2 Dash lights on
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:13:10 -0400
  ...If I just drive offf the lights will stay on for awhile. > >Same diagnosis? Weak alternator? Thanks." > > I missed this part first time around...
• Alternator Brush Box
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:51:05 -0400
  ...RMMW does not have, and the number of the Bosch 90v alternator must have changed over the years. Any sugg? Adam Puzerewski 81 westy
• F/S: Syncro mudflaps& diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:50:15 EDT
  ...Also a good diesel Vanagon 65A alternator for $25. Frt from NM. Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84 Jetta 1.5D
• Re: tiico vibrations replacing alternator with jetta
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:21:24 -0800
  Mat, I removed alternator and AC pump and drove. It was very very pleasing. Even better than rubber mounting the alternator (which was a...
• Re: Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:35:18 -0400
  Ignition on, engine off, connect blue wire to the alternator case. If light turn on problem is in alternator. If not problem is between...
• Re: 1985- Flickering battery + OXY lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:26:03 -0500
  ...Because of the way they're wired, they both come on when there are alternator problems ... either with the alternator itself or from the...
• Re: Question about battery light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:36:55 -0400
  ...This current is also needed to help[ excite the alternator to get it going. When the alternator is working it back feeds voltage to...
• Re: Red light rev
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 16:01:07 -0800
  Andrew, I may be wrong about this but I do not think there exist a permanent magnet "weak or strong" in the alternator. Increasing...
• Re: battery and oxy lights coming on.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:33:37 -0500
  Could be getting time for a new alternator. First, check the alternator belt itself. If it is shiny, it might be slipping at low...