Paul, there's a tech bulletin somewhere that says when replacing the
regulator on early Vgons to put a diode in series with one of the
legs.  Maybe you'll find it before I do...

david

At 09:21 AM 11/3/2001, Paul Kirsch wrote:
>A friend's 83 water cooled Vanagon has trouble with the dash guage voltage
>regulator.  Intermittantly when starting, the regulator blows and guages are
>thus dead.  Grounds have been checked and cleaned.  An additional ground has
>been installed from the starter to the body.  He is considering putting a
>ground wire from the starter to the battery.  Any ideas?
>
>
>Paul Kirsch

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"