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Re: Alternator Troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:06:16 -0700
Dear light up your life Been my experiance with a variety of vehicles that those symptoms lead to a new alternator if the wires...
Electrical upgrades
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:12:01 -0500
...That size is a bit balky and hard to terminate on the alternator. My fix is to install#6 or #8 from the alternator...
Re: Alternator question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:45:38 -0700
...and you can try both voltage regulators in each of your alternators .. fair chance of getting one working with the parts you have that...
Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:53:01 -0700
...Alternator vibration - > > A little follow up on my query about 2 weeks back about the vibration I > noticed on my alternator - so I removed...
Alternator Troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:02:46 -0400
...Thinking to just jump all in and swap the alternator, I quickly realized that the pulley�s were different between the alternator in the...
Re: Seeing Red
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Tue, 7 Jul 2020 12:12:14 -0700
Thanks - I took the alternator in and got it serviced and as a result the red indicator light stops coming on and the battery...
Re: battery light help
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:32:58 PDT
If you drove the new battery with the bad alternator the battery could be ruined - if you use the new alternator to charge a...
Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:35:52 -0700
...Notice that Balmar considers this a light-duty alternator. http://www.alphatrononline.com/images/pdfs/Balmar_Alternator_Small_Series_6. pdf Here's a...
Re: Alternator blue wire
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:09:48 -0700
...Google should show wiring diagrams of Bosch alternators. Your regulator may be replaceable: http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_105_245/voltage...
important money saving tip
Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
03 Mar 96 14:57:19 EST
...We also learned that the alternator becomes no longer serviceable. We learned that it's a bitch to get that alternator out of there...
Alternator Light Still On After Replacing Broken Belt - 87 Westy w. AC
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Sat, 7 May 2005 16:04:23 +0000
A couple of weeks ago I replaced my alternator with a Bosch rebuilt. It was working fine, putting out 13-2-4 volts according...
Re: battery draining
Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:51:22 EDT
...The "idiot lite" never gave a clue that the alternator had a problem. Double check the alternator. Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84...
Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?
Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:10:13 -0700
Wesley Pegden wrote: > I'm still a bit distraught since this is easily my 3rd alternator in 3 > years---which is why I was...
Alternator won't charge battery until high rpm
Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:25:02 +0000
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: Alternators correction!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 9 Apr 2020 18:15:38 -0400
> > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 5:42 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Gave that a go. >> >> Loads on, alternator measured at...
Re: Fw: Fully-charged battery for alternator install?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 6 May 2010 03:17:27 -0400
At 11:52 PM 5/5/2010, Todd Brown wrote: >Funny thing - the new alternator came with a neon orange sign wired >to it...
Re: Iraggi alternators
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:58:26 -0400
...That's about 3.6 horsepower, but alternators certainly aren't 100% efficient. 50% is a reasonable assumption (there are alternators which do better...
Fwd: Battery and alternator - generic auto electric
Historical mailing list - mordo
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:42:33 -0400
Thanks one and all. I will test the alternator and battery at my FLAPS. mordo
Re: Checking output of alternator.
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 15 Jul 2016 20:44:56 +0000
...Checking output of alternator. Could be. Are they replaceable ? The 88' WBX alternator Has them? I'm not familiar with that. I should check...
Re: alternator brushes was: Re: Engine install question
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:11:42 -0400
When my alternator started giving trouble, I got a replacement voltage regulator from a local auto parts store and put it in w/o...
Re: alt output vs rpm
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:15:39 -0700
...Me, I'd want to know if the alternator had enough current /and/ voltage to charge my battery at idle. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
Re: Alternator: the play is thing
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:40:12 -0500
...The miss alignment will reduce alternator efficiency and might even induce some whine. The real issue though is that catastrophic failure will occur at...
Re: Baffled, giving up
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 4 Oct 2012 09:09:19 -0400
Key on engine off is the alternator warning light on? This is an integral part of the alternator operation. Since this is a Westphalia...
Re: unhappy alternator bearing
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Mon, 1 Jul 2013 02:19:05 -0700
Thanks, it turns out that tightening the alternator belt cured the sequels:-) ! On 6/3/2013 4:48 AM, Stuart Fedak wrote: > Just to...
Re: Pics of my Frankenstein alternator bracket supports!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:45:20 -0800
Hi, If your 'alternator bolt only has one bolt holding it to the block' is meant to apply to all waterboxer vanagons, that would...
Re: Alternator Question.
Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:59:01 -0400
The reason I was asking is that I already have a 90 Amp alternator from a scirocco parts car. I was looking at pictures...
Re: no start -(
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
11 Dec 1995 11:03:53 -0800
RE>>no start :( 12/11/95 > The alternator could be suspect, but I haven't seen the alt light come on at all. The...
Re: Checking output of alternator.
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:05:44 -0700
Bad alternator or slipping belt. Check that before you replace it. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Jowell [mailto:dennisjowell@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July...
Re: more mysterious circuitry
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:10:12 -0400
The alternator warning light circuit does much more than simply make the light turn on. The circuit has two important functions. When the ignition...
Re: alternator vs. generator for 71 camper
Historical mailing list
Thu, 23 May 96 17:53 CDT
>Basically I'm looking for pros, cons, and considerations putting this >motor (alternator vs. generator) in the 71 camper. I understand electrical things only...
Accessing alternator bolts.................
Historical mailing list - Paul
Sun, 2 Oct 2011 11:12:30 -0700
Does anyone have some insight about accessing the alternator bracket bolts on a 1.9L? I'm talking about those two suckers that are...
Re: Alternater light
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:48:44 -0500
...The old one didn't give that initial RPM kick to wake up the alternator. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ....... The alternator light...
Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:15:26 -0700
One option you might want to try is to install an adjustable regulator in the existing alternator. See: http://www.linkline.com/personal/dbarton...
Re: alternator installation
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:39:18 -0500
...installing a new alternator. > Label on the new alternator says have the battery fully charged before > hooking up the alternator. > My battery is low...
Re: Oil Pressure light 87 Vanagon FIXED!
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:50:05 -0500
Vic, You do not have to remove the alternator to remove the brush block... Eric vwelkers wrote: >Hello to all- > >I just wanted to...
Re: Higher output alternator?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:28:48 -0700
The stock WBX alternators are 90 amp, as are most of the gas inline VW engine alts after about 1984. Once A/C became...
Re: dieselalternator, same?
Historical mailing list - Bill Protzek
Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:08:32 -0800
...is the alternator in > my diesel the same as the gas models? If not, is it the same as a diesel > jetta? The local...
alternator nut
Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:01:46 -0600
Hey all, I picked up an alternator from Bus Depot a little over a year ago for my 87 GL Wolfsberg. Just now getting...
Re: Alternators correction!
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 9 Apr 2020 16:50:20 -0400
> > Alternator 14.39 >> Battery 13.91 > > That's more drop than you want to see in the cable. Yrs, d
Re: Alternator mount ??
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Fri, 20 Oct 2000 08:13:19 -0400
I believe he's talking about the bolts that hold the alternator bracket to the engine, not the bolts that hold the alternator to...
Re: Checking output of alternator.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:59:06 -0400
Measurement is between alternator and new battery, 14.3-12.2 @ battery 12.2 represents that I drove the Westy 75 miles with i...
Re: '90 Vanagon alternator bracket problem
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:38:33 EST
...We resecured the lower bracket as tight as possible, we replaced the alternator (assuming the alternator was the wobbler), seamed to be smooth and...
Busted alternator brackets - the mystery
Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:50:06 -0700
...In my case it's the alternator bracket that is breaking not the alternator adjusting arm. See Photo http://www.roadhaus.com/images/alt...
'84 1.9, lower bolt on alternator mount
Historical mailing list - john
Mon, 1 Jun 2015 08:43:50 -0400
...After hearing strange noise from belt that does alternator and water pump, I ttok a look at engine compartment and found that bolt that...
Re: Diesel alternator
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:51:03 EST
I sent a customer a bracket from a Jetta diesel that allows you to put the 90 amp alternator on. That is the only...
Re: Alternator works.....
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:17:56 -0800
The tester at the FLAPS must have the correct set of jumpers for the way a Bosch alternator is set up. If it is...
Re: battery kill switch
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:11:49 -0400
At 12:46 AM 8/25/2012, Don Hanson wrote: > They even have some that have a feature to save your >alternator...whatever that...
Re: 88 Vanagon alternator light problem
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:05:07 -0700
Some additional info on the alternator warning light. IT WILL NOT ALWAYS LIGHT WHEN THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT PUTTING OUT VOLTAGE. If the brushes...
Re: High Output Alternators
Historical mailing list - John Reddick
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:14:58 -0400
A true 200 amp alternator is quite large, and needs to be to dissipate heat. I totally agree with what Dennis said about Vanagon...
Re: charging light flickers
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:53:22 -0700
...or , just invenst in a Bosch Rebuilt Alternator. btw.....there are2 Classic Alternator failure modes on waterboxer enginesthat people, and shops too .. commonly arenot...
Re: proper voltages
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:02:41 -0700
Hopefully someone explained to Woody the importance of the small blue wire to the alternator from the dash alt warning led. If there is...
Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:14:20 -0700
...Alternator vibration - > > A little follow up on my query about 2 weeks back about the vibration I > noticed on my alternator - so I removed...
Re: charging problems 82 Westy
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 4 May 2003 10:14:22 EDT
...I assumed that when the alternator was thoroughly heat soaked from a good high speed run, the alternator case expanded just enough to cause...
Re: Alternator output
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:45:18 -0400
Yes, alternators generate current, (flow), but the voltage, (pressure), is regulated. The alternator should be able to maintain the voltage until the current capability...
Re: Checking output of alternator.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:12:25 -0700
What a surprise :-) Lesson learned if the voltage at the alternator differs more than, say 0.2 - 0.3 volts than the voltage at...
Red face (was: Oops, I "fixed" the alternator light)
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:03:00 -0800 (PST)
Well, the master mechanic was at it again, delving deep into the mystery of the alternator that would no longer alternate. I had worked...
Re: Alternator works.....
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:00:33 -0800
Little hard for me to imagine having only one alternator if one owns a vanagon. i go to pick n' pull junkyards and get...
alternator wire hookup connection
Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:42:57 -0800 (PST)
hi everyone, while i was in the process of replacing the alternator in my bus i found that three of the four wires that...
Re: Alternator wiring help.
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Tue, 6 Oct 1998 12:53:59 -0700
...Don't have an '88 so I can't go out and check your wiring on the alternator, but I'd slide under the...
installing alternator
Historical mailing list - Sonia Johnson
Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:33:00 -0700
...I took out the alternator, and didn't mark what plugs in where. So now I have the new one, which is slightly different...