

| Subject: | I love it when a plan comes together |
| From: | Mark Mages |
| Date: | Fri, 18 Aug 2000 07:02:49 -0700 |
Just wanted to say thanks to all the advice on my alternator probs a few weeks ago. Finally got the voltage regulator in (thanks Ken) and got it installed last night. Since I remembered to mark the relationship of the alt. to the support, the whole job took about 30 minutes, and most of that was running through the rain to the garage to get tools. Fixed it right up. And an especial thanks to those that recommended replacing the entire regulator vs just soldering in new brushes. It was well worth the extra $$$ to not try and deal with that headache last night, and I would have had to replace the regulator anyways. One question I do have though - how short is too short for the brushes. The old ones were 1/2 the the length of the new ones, but looked like they still had some life in them... I think the problem was a crack in the regulator housing, and one of the brushes was sticking in the fully compressed position. Anyways - thanks again ===== Mark Just because you have an opinion, doesn't mean that anyone wants to hear it 87 Westfalia Gl 84 Scirocco 8v http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
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