Sent this out on a long weekend and got no replies....my bad

On Sun, May 20, 2007 7:25 pm, Gregor Brandt wrote:
> '86 Westy, manual trans
>
> As some of you may remember, I had a few problems with my van last month.
> Two of the problems were 1: no voltage at blue wire for aux battery.  2:
> Engine cutting out (tach going to zero, major bucking) when hitting a
> bump.
>
> I fixed the blue wire, it was broken behind the fuse panel.  After that
> fix the cutting out disappeared.  IF this bare wire from the alternator
> was grounding, could that have caused my cutting out issues?
>
> My wife and I are now a week into our 5 month stay in the van for the
> summer.  Things are going very well....knock on wood.
>
> Gregor
>