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• Re: charing voltage to battery - 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:29:43 -0400
  ...Or possibly do you have a leaky diode in the alternator and there's a lot of AC ripple on the line - your *digital...
• Re: An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:04:51 -0500
  ...better battery cables to carry 100 A at 12 V. Another option, not as cheap: replace the second 12 V DC alternator and inverter...
• Re: FW: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:48:38 -0400
  ...Now my battery light and OXS light are on constantly and the FLAPS alternator test machine says the alternator is not putting out volts...
• Q's about install of cruise control syst
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 Dec 1996 13:49:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...Control wires and vacuum line attach on one side and the cruise control throttle cable exits the opposite side. The control panel is a...
• Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:33:31 -0500
  ...The alternator is and the power goes from the alternator through a single wire to the battery cable post on the starter. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:20:52 -0700
  ...cable if you really think you need to. IIRC I just hooked mine up to the terminal on the back of the alternator. The...
• Re: Timing light power source - confirmation
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:36:39 -0800
  ...the front left of the engine compartment, and clamp the pos cable to the terminal there. The negative terminal I clamp to any handy...
• We're Back!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:18:01 EDT
  We made the move from Cincinnati to Houston with only one hitch -- the alternator went down hard and fast just west of Nashville. Lynn...
• Re: [WetWesties] Mechanical Lesson Learned On the Road (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:14:30 -0800
  ...or output of an alternator -- there i fall down -- i do know that if i lift off a battery cable and she stalls then...
• Re: Electric Problem Solved - I Hope
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:36:13 -0800
  ...Make sure you've got good contact on both battery posts, both alternator posts and the ground. Matt http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com -----Original Message...
• Re: corroded connections
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:16:09 -0700
  On 14 Apr 2003 at 13:30, Sidney White wrote: > I recently read with great interest adding a ground wire between the > alternator and...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:04:53 -0700
  ...the engine/transmission assembly by the rubber mount) >> Alternator <---------> Starter� � ~2.5 feet >> >> All cables made from 2/0 purchased from welding supply and...
• Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Sep 2016 23:17:58 +0000
  ...Consider #4 wire as you have a 90 amp alternator. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: Dennis Jowell<mailto:dennisjowell@gmail.com> Sent: �9/�13...
• Re: Need help with belts
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:58:50 EST
  ...it up to get the water pump and alternator running. I have personally used a cable tie (a giant version of those little plastic...
• Re: A Current Question of humor
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:56:44 -0800
  ...The PP connecters are a good idea for making jumper cables though... Jeff On Nov 14, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Automatic digest processor...
• Alternator - Battery - jumpstart questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:42:31 -0400
  ...Turned out the alternator wasn't charging the battery so the battery went flat. Alternator was putting out current but it wasn't getting...
• Re: Friday; 12V generator ideas / Tiny Honda Generator
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:04:35 -0500
  I believe one of the accessories you can buy for the Honda EU1000 generator is the 12 volt cable. Plugs into a special receptacle...
• Re: battery charge problems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:44:35 -0600
  ...The > alternator is relatively new and the belt is tight enough. Any > suggestions as to how to track this problem down? > > Thanks > > Brett Ellingson...
• Re: Having Vanagon electrical problems?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:25:26 -0600
  ...I have installed several dual battery systems for friends and have made up my own cables with expensive copper connectors and cable, which is...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:04:15 -0700
  ...massively larger cable between the starter and battery and this is the longest part of the charging wire run from alternator to battery. The...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:18:01 -0700
  ...the guy who originally turned me onto solid state adjustable voltage regulators for Bosch alternators ...and starter/alternator rebuilder guy - he likes to see...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:38:25 -0500
  ...Start with the harness from the > alternator to the battery cable at the starter. If you were wiring a house > or building a 100...
• Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:32:08 -0400
  ...Also, you may be getting miss lead so you also need to look at the B+ wire from the alternator to the battery. It...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:13:02 -0700
  ...sure an alternator has a battery to charge if its running ) I have put battery cutoff swithes in either the positive cables, or the...
• 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 - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:45:10 -0500
  ...problems lock the starter motor, the > starter cable will heat up and melt the starter cable insulation. Is your > > Is your van automatic? If...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:35:39 -0500
  Greg, You can change out the regulator without removing the alternator. If you remove the regulator you will no doubt find worn or disconnected...
• Compromised electrical connections, mostly due to time and corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 23:11:51 +0000
  ...dbeierl@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>  >>>>> Alternator 14.39 >>>>> Battery 13.91  >>> >>> That's more drop than you want to see in the cable. >>> >>> Yrs, >>> d
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 13:40:01 PDT
  Jack's point about connecting negative cables last is valid and worth consideration. I've never seen or heard of a hydrogen exposion associated...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:21:37 -0500
  ...The voltage at the battery is reading just barely above 12V which tells me the alternator is not doing its job. The light does...
• Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:58:35 -0700
  ...to alternator or any other crimped on lug type connector to make sure it's not steel. Most all aftermarket FLAPS battery cables have...
• Re: Wheelchair Batteries vs GW Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 15:05:04 +0000
  ...When you really need that just use a jumper cable to connect the battery positive terminals. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:04:20 -0500
  ...I replaced a broken alternator bracket a couple of weeks ago. In he process, the tab on the blue alternator wire broke. I put...
• funky electric
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:21:45 -0500
  ...At the same time, when I was driving, both my alternator and OXS light would blink almost unnoticeably every 30 seconds or so. Later...
• charging aux battery: too much of a good thing?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:03:46 -0400
  ...Very intelligent:-) I think that the Ford alternator is 105 amp. Much more than that needs a serious drive pulley. I think that there...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:25:53 -0700
  ...the engine/transmission assembly by the rubber mount) > Alternator <---------> Starter� � ~2.5 feet > > All cables made from 2/0 purchased from welding supply and...
• High Output Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 28 Apr 97 10:20:32 PDT
  ...The 280W alternator is barely sufficent for electric vest, 100W Headlight and taillight + Kettering ignition. Now on to Bosch and its built in nonadjustable...
• Re: alternators
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Jul 94 18:59:29 CDT
  ...between alternator, battery, and electrical loads. If all loads are connected on the battery side, the total current in the charging cable is Ig...
• Re: Electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 27 May 2001 17:49:10 -0500
  ...The positive cable looks somewhat corroded. I'm > going out now to try to test the alternator. That's the only thing I can...
• Vanagon climate control info/question
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 9 Nov 96 17:48:05 EST
  ...BTW when this Vanagon gets on the highway, it gets freakin' HOT in there! I like that blower on the alternator! My problem is...
• 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: Radio noise from engine ?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 07:06:32 -0600
  Try the coil wire or the capacitor on your alternator (not sure it has one). The distributor also has shielding that may have failed...
• Re: Battery switches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:22:42 -0400
  ...aggravated by the long cable from alternator to battery. It becomes necessary to bring the sense terminal of the alternator outside the case and...
• Stereo Off; USB Device Current Draw Through Stereo
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 16 Dec 2017 13:21:41 -0800
  ...It uses a USB cable. My Alpine NON CD head unit + amplifier "maintenance" current draw when turned off. Measurements are rounded up/down. I...
• Re: '81 Vanagon: 12V source in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:49:42 -0700
  If I remember correctly, the alternator is buried under the sheet metal on the 2.0 liter air cooled that is in his '81...
• Re: Delay on charge/o2sensor indicators after starting..?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 05:48:40 -0600
  ...Check voltage at alternator and battery to be sure the cable and connections are good, but I think your alternator is undercharging. Get an...
• Re: wont start, check ground wire
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:02:54 -0400
  ...Try grounding the primary battery with half the jumper cable set and see if it will start the van. Bet it does. Also check...
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:35:43 -0500
  ...Grounds and cables. A diesel vanagon with poor grounds and inferior cables won't start dependable no matter how many starters or batteries you...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:08:24 -0500
  ...The great thing is, its got a lifetime replacement warranty, which i've already used once (as i managed to kill an alternator in...
• article: Alternator Charging Systems (long)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 14 Jun 95 10:30:51 CDT
  ...A drive belt spins the alternator's rotor, an arrangement of field coil wires that makes a rotating electromagnet within the alternator. The resultant...
• Westy reefer relay wiring -- the Red wire?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:06 -0700
  ...Red, 2.5mm TO ALTERNATOR TERMINAL D+ : Blue, 0.5mm TO IGNITION STARTER SWITCH TERMINAL 50 : Red/Black, 0.5mm On my Westy, this...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:54:14 -0700
  ...And of the hundreds of Bosch ReMan starters and alternators and distributors I have installed, I've had 2 comebacks only, both covered by...
• Re: Physics phun
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:52:09 -0800
  ...Blocking any air flow at alternator fan or elsewhere in the engine air cooling system is a bad idea. And, having one heat exchanger...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:14:41 -0400
  ...the place to start electrical checks is at the battery itself, not the alternator. check voltage across battery terminals with no load. then start...
• Engine transfered - part III: it runs
  Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:43:04 +0100 (MET)
  ...The middle cable on the distributorcap seemed to have a wrong resistance. So changing the cables was the next thing to try. Ofcourse the...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 07 Sep 1994 08:04:28 -0700
  ...2 replaced batteries, bought an alternator but didn't need it 3. 1 water pump 4. blown head gasket at 115,000 mi., dealer...
• Re: HELP!!! Van won't start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 19:41:51 -0700
  ...battery-to-starter cable. Probably wouldn't have happened all of a sudden for you, but if you saw your alternator light flicker yesterday...
• Second/Spare Battery-Another Idea
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:32:45 EST
  In all the talk I've seen on both lists about adding a second battery, with the wiring, isolator switch, which alternator you need...
• Re: Winches, response blocked again!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 7 Dec 2021 01:39:49 -0800
  ...The cable should be blanket for >>> hard >>> > pulls. Need to know when cables, chains, or stretch straps are needed. >>> A >>> > snapped cable can cause...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:39:05 -0800
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/viewDetail.asp?strMasterCat=&idproduct=7748 Your 85 should have the same alternator that's on both my 84's -- Jim...
• Velma is back on the road
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:33:48 -0600
  ...hub water pump for the pulley changes,a bosch rebuilt alternator,new speedometer cable to show how slow I am actually going,a re...