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• New Alternator?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:39:51 -0500
  My OXS and Alternator light are taking more effort to make go off after starting the van. This began after I left the van...
• '85 Vanagon with alternator problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 97 10:57:05 PST
  ...This is really no big deal but when the lights are on the alternator is no longer generating a charge voltage to the battery...
• Re: Blinking Dash Warning Lights!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:22:58 PDT
  >I have no idea why they wired the OXS and alternator lights up this way so >that >they both go on. Confusing as hell...
• Alternator, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:11:19 -0500
  Consensus is a non-charge from the alternator. The rebuilder (here in NC) did a great job (pulled it completely to pieces and replaced...
• Alternator, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:25:34 -0800
  Consensus is a non-charge from the alternator. The rebuilder (here in NC) did a great job (pulled it completely to pieces and replaced...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:00:45 -0700
  ...It can be serviced without removing the alternator but unhook the battery ground first. Mark Don Hanson wrote: > Aha! It seems to be the...
• Re: Trip Contingencies
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:09:09 -0600
  ...That time I had a > friend bring a new alternator and replaced it at the campground. I > thought this was kinda fun but I...
• Re: Alternators correction! - VOLTAGE monitoring
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 15:00:33 -0700
  ...makes it easy to track the voltage, which by the way agrees with: >>>> Alternator 14.39 >>>> Battery 13.91 > > Front dash install. > https://tinyurl...
• Re: Subie
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:20:49 -0500
  ...Only damage in the engine area was the alternator. The alternator > case and mount braket was broken. Other than that, all id welll. > > I...
• Re: Water pump project -2.1L w/ AC- multi groove crank pulley
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:45:00 -0700
  AVX 10x1100 to Alternator & Water Pump, I believe. Correct me if I am wrong Pat From: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 5 May 2012 09:29:29 -0600
  ...COM] On Behalf Of ralph meyermann Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 10:12 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Alternator belt bur...
• Re: Alternator replacement????
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:30:09 -0700
  ...in Louisville, KY is trying to tell me that installing an alternator is going to cost $398. > Does that even come close to sounding...
• Re: alternator advice
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:38:49 -0800
  ...What ever you do be sure to use the 90 amp alternator. The cheapest route is probably a used one from the junkyard. -- Stuart...
• What's this part do on the alternator??
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Wed, 8 May 2002 12:29:40 -0700
  ...it some kind of noise suppressor? Is it vital to the alternator function? Asking cuz mine came loose, the wire came unsoldered from the...
• Re: Alt idiot light on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:59:53 -0400
  ...The alternator has to actually be >charging for the relay to energize the refrigerator. > >Dennis Right! I started to say that and decided I...
• Re: Need Alternator P/N's Identitied
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:40:18 -0800
  ...Mark George Goff wrote: > > I have two alternators one from an '84 and another from an '89. They are > both rated 14V/90A. One...
• Re: Intermittent charge [solved]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:40:42 -0700
  ...When the engine was running on battery, the voltage at the output of the alternator was battery voltage, not alternator voltage, i.e., I...
• Re: Higher output alternator?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:55:30 -0700
  I'm diggin' my Jetta alternator. Also 90 amps IIRC. Works peachy. Besides. IIRC, you're running w/o AC/PS. If so you...
• Re: [Syncro] Headlight relay upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:53:34 -0800
  Dennis, I have measured a few 86+ Vanagons and I haven't found very much of a drop between the battery and the alternator...
• Re: Fw: Alternator Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:19:23 -0600
  ...Alternator Repairs > > > I've been plagued by alternator problems and having three vans - and >> being the frugal (read "tightwad") type that I am, I...
• Re: Alternator Failure 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 2 Sep 2013 14:38:43 -0500
  A spare alternator brush pak is always a good thing to have in your emergency repairs kit that you keep in your van. You...
• Re: Aux battery tyro
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:07:59 -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: Electrical Fire and wiring help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 07:30:07 -0800
  ...There is separate wire feeding it from the alternator. Look at the wiring nut on the back of the alternator and trace the red...
• Re: internet discount parts - shops are catching on.... :<(
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:05:21 -0700
  Well, let's take a typical alternator example. You can buy a rebuilt Bosch alternator at the FLAPS for around $120, your mechanic has...
• Re: voltaget at D+ on alt
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:30:52 -0700
  ...This small amount of current is enough to provide sufficient magnetic field for the main alternator coil to generate 14 volt when the engine...
• Re: electrical woes (p-mail)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:21:28 -0700
  ...I am not sure if Vanagon's Bosch > >alternator is brushed (for the field coil) or brushless. > >The alternator is likely the cause of...
• alternator wires (last post hopefully)
  Historical mailing list - patty and danny
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 06:27:05 -0800
  ...So my question is -- what goes between the alternator and the battery. On those two 12 ga wires that come out of the alternator...
• Alternator Bracket Studs - The Final Chapter
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:26:04 -0500
  Well, gang, I am about to go out and refit the lower alternator bracket on my 85 Westy. I never was able to remove...
• Aux battery relay???
  Historical mailing list - Matt Heydon
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:35:18 -0600
  ...My old alternator had a "W" connector with a light blue wire running from it up to the relay next to the aux. battery...
• Trailer light wiring
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:16:58 GMT
  I searched the archives on this subject and found note of drawing power direct from the alternator. Can someone explain how this would work...
• Re: How to modify Bosch regulator for remote sensing.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:24:00 -0400
  More umph can be a good thing! Keeps the battery and alternator sales up. Has anyone thought why VW uses 13.8 volts? As...
• Re: 1990 Syncro GTI w/ Dead Battery
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 22:15:44 -0400
  Our TiiCo was developing charging problems too; with a new alternator. Discovered that the TiiCo alt. mount and the bushings that I had installed...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:57:56 -0800
  On my '86, the big positive wire on the alternator goes to a black plastic junction box mounted on the firewall just above the...
• Re: Using electricity to produce hydrogen gas to lower my gas cost - is this for real?>
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:21:11 -0700
  ...Running an HHO generator off your alternator to feed HHO into your intake is converting mechanical work from the engine at the alternator to...
• Re: bottom alternator bolt on 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 16:25:56 -0700
  ...I can't see how > to > access behind the alternator. > > My best guess is that you have to remove the power steering pump bracket...
• Re: Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:15:43 -0500
  ...issues I have noticed recently with my 87 Wolfsburg... >> >> firstly, the alternator belt has been shrieking like a banshee; mostly >> at start-up, but...
• Re: rats... my alternator is junk.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:35:52 -0800
  The Turbobricks (Volvo) website has a how-to on fitting an external Ford regulator to the Bosch alternator. http://turbobricks.saliv8.com/mods/alternator...
• Re: Belt replacement tips???
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:05:27 -0600
  ...Remove the ALTERNATOR belt. This belt also drives the water pump. Loosen the bottom bolt which secures the alternator to the alternator mounting bracket...
• Re: 1990 Syncro GTI w/ Dead Battery
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 20:20:09 -0700
  What happened to GTI Sycro guy just happened to me also But my alternator always made a loud humming sound like it was not...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:36:13 -0700
  ...I use the Gates 7430 for power steering and 7435 for the alternator-water pump regularly with excellent results. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• OXS & Batt. Lights just came on
  Historical mailing list - Son Of A Vanagon
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:27:37 -0800
  ...This afternoon we changed the alternator. The battery was dead (and dieing) Turns out the old alternator was shot. (switched the non-power-producing...
• Enough volts - alternator
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:00:12 -0500
  My alternator is running 13.84Volts tops when cold at the battery. After things are warm it drops to 13.76 Volts. When I...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:00:33 -0700
  Don, this sounds like the alternator brushes have reached the end of their travel. If you remove the 2 small screws and pull out...
• Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 May 2012 16:15:07 -0700
  oh man ..I really do not like alternators and pulleys with no key. On some ..it's just a smooth shaft and a pulley...
• Re: alternators-Bosch or otherwise?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 18 Mar 96 10:05:31 CST
  On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:57:11 -0600 <PWIES@loyola.edu> said: >the alternator in my 79 is about to die. I have...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 16 May 2002 10:27:07 -0700
  ...The alternator will still spin so you won't get any warning before the temp shoots up and engine failure occurs. With the stock...
• Re: Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:33:55 -0700
  ...I took both the alternator and the battery to the LAPS (F left out > intentionally) to have them tested. The battery and alernator both...
• Re: Need quick answer... how many connections to 2.1 alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:47:42 -0500
  ...how many connections to 2.1 alternator? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >> I just put a reman alternator on my 2.1. It isn...
• Re: Alternator not charging/ solenoid meltdown
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:00:33 -0500
  At 07:43 PM 2/22/2000 , Steve Green wrote: >David, I think you are confusing the Vanagon alternator D+ terminal with >the field...
• Charging deep cycle batteries with the alternator
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:29:46 -0700
  ...Our solar charge controller is designed to charge deep cycle batteries to full capacity, but the engine alternator is not. Starting batteries have thin...
• Re: Camping Battery
  Historical mailing list - olmcons
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 19:16:14 -0400
  ...He > said the > alternator's life would be dramatically shortened by having to charge > an > additional battery. Especially if that battery is often completely...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:36:01 -0800
  ...Eastern Standard Time, >LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > >Where does the tan ground to on the alternator? > > > >Chris, the tan wire from the harness...
• Re: V-Belt tightness -- how to determine?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:41:23 -0500
  ...Have you looked into getting one of those late model Vanagon alternator brackets where you turn a gear-like bolt to rack the alternator...
• Re: tiico vibrations/interesting testing done.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:40:19 -0800
  ...One on either end of the "pin" that bolts the alternator to the bracket and then one on either end of the other "pin...
• more mysterious circuitry
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:49:37 -0400
  ...I'm sure to the Beierl's of the word it makes perfect sense! The alternator led circuit has me confused. (This is shown...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 5 May 2012 09:24:44 -0600
  ...Mark ralph meyermann wrote: > > Hi Volks! I've got an issue of burning up alternator belts? Pulleys are...
• Convert back to FI??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Oyer
  Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:21:19 -0600
  ...It was not running but I do have it running now (fuel pump, two filters, alternator wiring and an alternator repair, and of course...
• loud skreeeeech?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 19:19:36 -0700
  ...One time I ran around to the engine and the sound appeared to be coming from the alternator. The sound is more like metal...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:27:51 -0400
  ...Now instead of hooking it up directly to the battery via a fuse, is it possible to hook it up directly to the alternator...
• Re: Running fridge with an aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:37:05 -0700
  ...Also, the > alternator power does not go directly to the auxiliary battery unless > someone changed the stock wiring... it goes: alternator> starter > starter > battery...