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• Re: alternator and belt question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 08:14:08 -0700
  ...My alternator is a Bosch AL27X--replacement > alternators (e.g., at GoWesty) are listed as > AL33X--can someone bring me up to speed on...
• Voltage regulator, Re: spare waterpump or alternator
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:41:29 -0800
  ...The alternator is fine most of the time. So far I did not have problem with the bearings, that can give you hard time...
• Re: Water Pump // Alternator Belt problem
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 24 May 2008 19:08:53 -0700
  ...As I was doing all of that, I noticed that the water > pump/alternator belt was loose and frayed a little even though it...
• Re: A.S.A.P. ( battery)
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 18:30:43 +1000
  : NEJAZZ2@aol.com writes on Monday, 11 August 1997 1:53: > > > it's the alternator How do I know if it's the regulator...
• Re: alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:16:19 -0700
  ...alternator upgrade >Bill; >All you need is another cable between the alternator and starter. About >18 inches and the same size as the existing...
• Re: Alt. belt vs. Pwr Steering belt
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Company
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:02:50 -1000
  ...CAN run the > power steering belt on the alternator when faced with no alternative. > > The alternator froze up today. The weathers hot, it's...
• Re: Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:16:11 -0700
  ...Ground it or connect it back to the alternator and > again follow it back to see where it turns to +12.* Can you read...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:34:32 -0800
  ...But if it ran without the battery being connected to the alternator, that can harm an alternator. It's a standard rule to never...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:15:45 -0400
  ...What you want is for the alternator to recharge the battery >more quickly when the engine is on, fiddling with an adjustable voltage >regulator...
• Re: New Alternator?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 13:29:14 -0400
  ...However--a new lifetime guarantee alternator is only $89. The voltage regulator from VW is probably at least this much. What's the advice...
• Re: Alternator Failure 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 2 Sep 2013 11:17:02 -0800
  ...Mark in AK On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@gmail.com>wrote: > I think my alternator failed last...
• Re: Alternator replacement for 1.9 TDIe in my 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:57:35 -0700
  ...Is the 120 amp alternator a better > option for running my setup? > > > > Scott Greiner > Mesa AZ > -- Casey
• RE: Alternator Bearings (90 Amp)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 05 Jan 1996 15:51:00 -0800 (PST)
  >The bearings in the alternator of the '87 Syncro seem to be telling that that >they are not much longer for this world. VW...
• Re: Alternator/Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 08:57:18 EST
  ...for the proper wiring to get your auxiliary hooked to the alternator. Chuck '85 Wolfsburg Westy In a message dated Tue, 16 Jan 2001...
• Re: can vanagon run w/out alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 23:15:53 -0500
  ...Windows or Gates? **** SNIP FROM ORIGINAL **** My question is if the alternator fails on a vanagon can you keep the engine running assuming you...
• Re: Real 110v AC power off of the engine ?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:38:57 -0700
  ...A big "pure sine" inverter with its very own alternator! At > least that's what it looks like. Yeah, that's what I was...
• Re: alt. & OXS lights freaky
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 21:14:54 -0800
  ...Take a quick look on your alternator. There should be a small double wire with a spade connector near the main alternator wire. Mine...
• Re: Alternator upgrade note
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:29:07 -0500
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Alternator upgrade note ..... Add other inefficiencies in the > drive and yes, you can loose 5 hp running one.
• Re: alt belt keeps coming loose
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:48:54 EST
  I had a similar problem 2 - 3 weeks ago---the bracket that the alternator bolts loosened up. The bracket bolts to the engine --it...
• Slight squealing belt..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0700
  ...Check on the alignment of your alternator and it's pulley. If the mounting bolt(s) or brackets are a bit worn, the alternator...
• Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:28:01 -0800
  This is quite simple.� No need to send me $100 The blue wire coming form the Alternator makes 12V when it is producing current...
• Re: Alternator woe? (Not Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:32:39 -0800
  ...The alternator light would > not go out though. The alternator was rebuilt about 11 months ago, and the > battery is 2 months old. Everything...
• Re: Alternator woe? (Not Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:45 -0800
  ...The alternator light would > not go out though. The alternator was rebuilt about 11 months ago, and the > battery is 2 months old. Everything...
• Re: alternator charge initiation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:23:51 -0600
  ...It feels like a large >> resistor, and somehow it routes extra voltage or current to >> activate the alternator quicker. >> >> Stuart >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:55:04 -0700
  Put the bolt in before you put the belt on so you can swivel the alternator to a more accessible position. I've never...
• Re: Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:08:39 -0400
  ...The LED itself actually carries only a minor part of the "tickler" current that starts the alternator going. The rest is carried by a...
• Re: Mystery part - what is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Donahe
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:21:16 -0700
  ...This can be cured by adding an external voltage regulator to the stock Bosch alternator. If you are willing to modify your alternator for...
• Re: Iraggi alternators
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:19:16 -0700
  Near as I can tell, an oversized alternator isn't going to provide quick charging batteries. Lead acid batteries can't be quick charged...
• Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 21:35:31 -0700
  This morning in Grants, NM, when I started the engine, the alternator and oxygen sensor lights were on until I revved the engine slightly...
• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:05:22 -0700
  ...On 08/22/2011 04:32 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > An easy check of the alternator rear bearing is to remove or at least...
• Stripped threads
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:17:40 -0600
  ...Hole in alternator frame for belt tensioning device is stripped and it won't hold, Alternator works fine, just the hole in the aluminum...
• Test plug on the alternator - 88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 22:07:58 -0400
  Can anyone tell me what the little round test plug with a rubber cap on it attached to the back side of my alternator...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 23:18:13 -0600
  > As far as I know, Bosch also made a 120 amp alternator which was installed > in the Passat 16V. I don't have any...
• Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:04:48 -0600
  ◦ For all vehicles (exc. '86-01 Chevy, GMC, Toyota and all Volkswagen vans with alternators and vehicles with Motorola 35-, 37-, 55- and 62...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 May 2012 08:21:18 -0700
  ...Mark ralph meyermann wrote: > Hi Volks! I've got an issue of burning up alternator belts? Pulleys are > aligned and proper belt tension. Possible...
• Re: Spare pasrt you gotta lug around ..Re: Larry's up and running...Re: S.O.S. Vanagon stuck 20 miles N of Orlando in Maitland, FL
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:04:41 -0400
  TC, You seem to have left off a fuel filter, an alternator belt (although moving your power steering belt to the alternator can work...
• Re: 1982 Westfalia Diesel ( stock ) belts?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:26:05 -0700
  The alternator belt goes on the inside pulley on the waterpump. Then the belt from the crank to the waterpump goes on last. The...
• Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:35:32 -0700
  ...The failure prone alternator bracket and spare alternator are in all of them. The waterpump is on the same belt as the alternator and...
• Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:02:14 -0400
  ...Battery and alternator - generic auto electric To: mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Sounds like you've fixed it Mordo...
• Re: Adding Battery Relay
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 29 May 2006 08:29:57 -0700
  ...It gets more complicated* than that, but it all basically starts with the blue alternator wire. *My own setup: blue wire triggers "alternator working...
• Re: Cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:15:02 -0800
  Annie, It's probably not "the alternator"...it's the carbon brushes INSIDE the alternator; they are part of the voltage regulator, about $45...
• Re: A twist on dual-battery configurations
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:57:15 -0500
  You make some good points - especially about the voltage sensing of the alternator. > Comment: Why would you want your running loads to come from...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:20:50 -0500
  ...I just bought a rebuilt at a alternator store for $70. Is it quality rebuild?who knows? but it's quiet and putting out...
• Re: Cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:28:30 -0500
  ...Cold weather Annie, It's probably not "the alternator"...it's the carbon brushes INSIDE the alternator; they are part of the voltage regulator...
• Re: Seeing Red
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2020 18:56:27 -0700
  ...I just put one of this on the alternator after seeing the redi light. https://www.gowesty.com/product/electrical/17774/-voltage-regulator?v...
• Re: Why am I not surprised? (charging wires)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 11:44:08 -0400
  ...the one where the charging wires from the alternator run > > to a standoff ... and found that where the two wires from the alternator > > are...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:41:04 -0700
  ...On 09/22/2012 04:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > all waterboxer vanagons have 90 amp Bosch alternators on them. > > Don't know...
• 84 Westy alternator mount studs breaking
  Historical mailing list - Josie Lamb Williams
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:55:04 -0400
  ...My 84 Westy with original 1900 engine keeps breaking it's alternator mounting bracket studs. 3 times now. Last time, while traveling, I had...
• Re: Headlight oddity
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 06 Mar 1996 09:49:00 -0800 (PST)
  >>But that Chev alternator does have a few odd characteristics. When I >>first start the engine, the alternator light stays on, and voltage at...
• Re: Alternator Light Just Came On
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:06:59 -0700
  ...unfortunately, you can't quite get that part out of the alternator without > removing it from a waterboxer engine. Not quite true, I've...
• Re: Battery current limiting device??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 20:56:57 -0400
  >> With the alternator regulated to under 14 volts, you will never get much >more >> than 30 amps going into battery. If the battery is...
• Karen's alternator in Seattle...
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 16:00:16 -0800 (PST)
  ...I have relayed all the responses to her and she's currently in the "THINKING" mode...she'll probably get an alternator from BOW...
• Re: 130Amp alternator upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 12:34:59 -0700
  ...130Amp alternator upgrade? >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:03:37 EDT > >Sure, a set of JPEGs that cover the engine area is about...
• pwr steering pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:07:49 -0700
  Using a long screwdriver as a stethoscope, I listened to the water pump, A/C compressor, alternator and power steering pump in my '90...
• Re: tiico vibrations/interesting testing done.
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 03:16:48 +0000
  >another point is the VW made brackets include rubber bushings in the >alternator mounting points therfore adding to the isolation of the >vibrations, whereas...
• alternator Qs?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 07:04:15 -0400
  13.4-13.9V at the alternator is normal. for a Vanagon, from my experience. Other cars seems to go up to 14 or...
• wire from alternator to front of case 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:28:37 -0400
  Volks, Can anyone tell me how to disconnect the wire that runs from the alternator to the front end of the engine case (where...
• Alternators and batteries
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:51:02 -0500
  Does anyone know if there is a source for high output alternators for '89 westy's. Or is 90 amps the most amps out...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 13:32:34 -0700
  ...You should fix the real problem, or change the alternator wiring to be like late 86+, or add this alternator wiring fix from VanCafe...
• Re: Alternator woes!
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:36:30 -0700
  ...I started seeing my alternator and oxs light flicker on the way to my farm in WV<<town with an auto parts store. So...