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• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:58:35 -0400
  ...volt of charging voltage at the battery .. > I ran a cable from alternator main terminal to battery positive ..and that > sure helped - fixed it...
• Re: headlight relay - diagrams etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:48:28 -0800
  ...As part of this upgrade the wiring from the alternator to the battery cable should also be upgraded or bring a wire from the...
• Re: Overheated wire junction on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:30:10 -0400
  ...My suggestion! #6 going from alternator to Batt positive cable on starter, A #8 from main battery to fuse-ignition switch. A #8 from...
• Re: 89 vanagon: Something missing from the alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:37:33 -0700
  ...that there is a three pin connector cable-tied to the right >> back side of the alternator (as you stand at the rear of...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:42:14 -0700
  ...For 84, there are 2 red wires attached at the alternator. These go to the engine compartment wiring box where they attach to a...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:35:42 -0700
  ...I ran a cable from alternator main terminal to battery positive ..and that sure helped - fixed it totally. my thoughts are you old starter...
• Re: Alternator Light...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:27:32 -0700
  ...Here goes: > >At higher rpms, say 3,800 to 4,000, my alternator light comes on. I >usually >drive around 3,500 so the...
• Re: Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:45:32 -0700
  ...I corrected my wiring > and the starter worked and the engine started, but my red alternator light > will > not extinguish. > > With minimal laughter, could...
• Re: alternator posts, dip stick tube, OXS
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:01:23 EST
  ...scred to a brakdt ont eh frame..has a cable goin in and a cable going out..and a big rubber plug with wires...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:55:20 -0500
  If your old cable is in reasonably good shape and you want to save money, clean up the ends and solder new lugs on...
• Re: Alternator died
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:07:57 -0600
  ...all that I have worked with have the diagram/cables/specs for the alternators. (or are supposed to have the connector on hand, send...
• Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 16:41:16 -0800
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_780_449/alternator_cable_upgrade.html Check the ground strap from the front of the transmission...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:09:53 -0700
  ...all the current it can from the alternator, causing a 0.4 volt drop across the cable, engine, ground strap and body. Tom From...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:12:16 -0700
  ...the charging wire from the alternator to the battery but instead to the starter, where the main starter cable then conducts charging current forward...
• Re: Headlight Relay - Do I Really Need A New Feed?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:18:55 -0400
  ...You can run another wire from the battery to the fuse box but the harness from the alternator to the battery cable connection at...
• Re: Another Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:26:15 -0700
  ...That made the alternator go back to the usual behavior: Around 13.9V at the alternator output, a little less at the battery. Dave...
• Re: 91 Westfalia ground points, battery charging amps
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Thu, 8 Sep 2011 06:13:04 +0000
  ...this would be regular lead acid batteries. (Assume good grounds/cables and full alternator voltage getting to the batteries, which I understand is not...
• FS '87 Vanagon GL - 4th Price Reduction
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:06:43 -0400
  ...New alternator, water pump, Front rotors, wheel bearings, front windshield, left front upper ball joint, throttle cable. Less than 100 miles on new pro...
• Re: Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:33:55 -0700
  ...corrosion in cables or should I be > concerned about the alternator still? > > > Thanks one and all. I will test the alternator and battery at...
• Update: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:36:33 -0400
  ...Which wire(s) off the alternator go to the battery? I did accidentally arc the cable from the starter on the alternator and have...
• Re: Alternator output and wire size?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:08:11 -0700
  I noticed three ways to add another or bigger battery cable... replace the stock one, which involves removing the gas tank ...so didn't...
• Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 13:38:09 -0700
  ...Are the brushes making proper contact. > > FYI....the cable from the alternator to the starter (which I believe goes > to > the battery) has power...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 2 Apr 2017 17:08:36 -0400
  ...terminal, which has the same effect as #2 if the alternator B+ cable is in good shape. The 16 terminal and the circled terminal...
• Re: Yikes, Crosswired Battery!
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:39:12 -0700
  ...I don't know anything to help you with the red alternator light situation. I'm sure someone else on the list does. William...
• Re: alternator output question
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:28:37 +0000
  I had similar measurements, and changed out the ground cable from the battery to the body (and replaced the corroded old ground screw with...
• Re: Another nice trip with NO vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:49:03 -0700
  ...installed the > >capacitor and ground cable? > > Da Cable: > > One end of the ground cable goes to the alternator body. > I used one of the...
• Re: Update: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:32:04 -0400
  ...Which wire(s) off the alternator go to the battery? I did > accidentally arc the cable from the starter on the alternator and have...
• Re: Clean those ground connections!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:46:10 -0400
  Jake, You can see one of the cables here: http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/p9110067.jpg It is in the middle...
• Re: Surepower 1315 Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:56:06 -0800
  ...And that change is high on my list after having the alternator quit charing on me and going dead in the middle of the...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:53:55 -0500
  ...More below. > Bentley shows two parallel >wires from the alternator that connect to a bus wire that runs from the >heavy starter cable to...
• Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:14:42 -0700
  ...Then I attached it to the alternator stud using the extra nut and washer. I ran the cable on the ground around the driver...
• Re: Alternator check for 1.9L 85
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:38:59 -0700
  ...Check the voltage at the lead terminals and out on the cables. A good fully charged battery should read 12.3 to 12.6v...
• Alternator & dual battery question
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:08:54 -0400
  ...existing wiring being the alternator end of the blue wire. All that then remains is to run a big cable to the second battery...
• Re: Just when you think...
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:02:33 -0500
  ...I'll do the same thing until I either replace the cable, or scrap the Vanagon. Right now the alternator needs to be replaced...
• 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 - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:08:51 -0800
  ...I use the jumper cables for the test. If it doesn't crank then, you're either not getting sufficient juice from the main...
• Re: How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:30:11 -0500
  ...Length and gauge of the wire from starter to alternator and again, > is bigger better? Yes. Whatever you can afford is best. > 4. Any...
• Re: SURE POWER 1315
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:09:31 -0500
  ...This will provide excellent charging performance from the alternator. A separate ground from the alternator to the body will also help. Then another line...
• Re: bizarre electrical problem (kinda urgent)
  Historical mailing list - timnew
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:25:10 -0800
  Check the connection to the alternator. The cable that connected my alternator had a small cut in it. The result was, the power to...
• Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:38:11 -0500
  ...the crimp on the > connector at the alternator output, and also between the battery posts and > cable clamps. check also for star washers and...
• Mechanical Lesson Learned On the Road (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:07:14 -0800
  ...Sure enough, the alternator was not charging. A lesson reinforced here. I learned many years ago that 80% or more of alternator failures are...
• Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:02:14 -0400
  ...corrosion in cables or should I be > concerned about the alternator still? > > > Thanks one and all. I will test the alternator and battery at...
• Re: 89 vanagon: Something missing from the alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:46:25 EDT
  ...that there is a three pin connector cable-tied to the right back side of the alternator (as you stand at the rear of...
• sizing fuse for 2nd battery set-up
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:01:02 -0800
  ...The above set-up is sized to carry 100 amps safely, the alternator puts out only 90 amps. So do I need a fuse...
• Re: Something wrong ...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 13:32:34 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_780_235/alternator_cable_upgrade.html This wire will probably fix your problem. You could make...
• Re: Alternator & EGR lights flashing?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 3 Feb 97 14:10:26 EST
  ...So, I would check the connections on the rear of the alternator (the alternator and voltage regulator are in the same unit). The light...
• Re: 1990 Syncro GTI w/ Dead Battery
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:21:10 -0700
  Check first to see if the blue wire (field) is connected to the alternator. If this is loose or disconnected the alternator won't...
• Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:07:42 -0700
  ...Disconnect the EFI harness from the ECU, the alternator plug, > the coil wires (that go to the motor), throttle cable, and the double > relay...
• Re: Starting Problems....looking like alternator
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:27:21 -0700
  ...The heavy lug of the starter terminal is where the alternator connects to the battery cable. This is a loose connection and corrosion point...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:47:23 -0400
  ...All cables and wire are tight on battery and alternator. All have dielectric on them. Help! Any thoughts where or what I should look...
• bunk of 3 batteries
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:02:07 +0100
  ...For 4 years it was connected to the alternator with 8 AWG cable with 30 Amp. fuse in line. That fuse once blown, I...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:22:19 -0700
  ...All cables and wire are tight on battery and alternator. All have dielectric on them. > Help! Any thoughts where or what I should look...
• Re: Update: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:47:59 -0400
  ...Which wire(s) off the alternator go to the battery? I did >> accidentally arc the cable from the starter on the alternator and have...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:32:59 -0400
  ...At this point I am ready to install a second power cable from alternator to starter solenoid hoping it will give more current. Chris...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 2 Apr 2017 17:04:05 -0400
  ...battery cable to/from the battery. The rubber boot is meant to seal to a barrel on the connection to the alternator but that...
• Electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Sonia Johnson
  Sun, 27 May 2001 14:23:30 -0700
  ...The positive cable looks somewhat corroded. I'm going out now to try to test the alternator. That's the only thing I can...
• hard starting Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 19:27:39 -0500
  ...compartment and with the wire from the relay, touch the alternator's cable coming from the battery. It cranks very fast, starts right up...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:04:00 -0700
  ...Auxilliary batteries What do you measure right at the alternator stud? My Ferd does 14.5 or so. So did the first Ferd alternator...
• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:54:47 -0700
  ...are alternator or the voltage regulator in it ... and cables, wires, and grounds. the amp meter sounds good .. even if it does say current...
• Interesting '87 Westy charging problem
  Historical mailing list - Martin Wilson
  Mon, 24 May 2004 13:02:39 -0700
  ...Disconnected the O2 sensor plug from the speedo cable thingy and the O2 light goes out but the alternator light stays on. Removed the...
• Re: starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Thu, 22 Nov 2001 19:43:51 -0800
  ...I couldn't get myself to replace a perfectly good starter just because of a bad cable. So, i found a used battery cable...