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Subject:Re: electrical woes (p-mail)
From:monte merrick
Date:Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:46:30 -0700

can you guys keep this private please.

If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore
it to
him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau

On 17 Jul 2007, , at 10:21, David Kao wrote:

> Hit delete. It is on your keyboard.
>
> David
>
> --- Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Some advice after all that BS and then you have to toss in some BS
>> anyway.
>> <big sigh>
>> Bye.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> At  7/16/2007 08:23 AM,David Kao wrote:
>>> Jeff:
>>>
>>> After sunset, start your engine and turn on your head lights.
>>> Shine your head lights on a wall, fence or garage door. Rev up
>>> your engine. If you see the lights change its intensity significantly
>>> (goes brighter when you rev up, dimmer when you idle) then you have
>>> an alternator voltage regulator failure, or your alternator's carbon
>>> brush (for charging the field coil in order for the maim coil
>>> to generate current) has worn out and the alternator is not able
>>> to generate current consistently. I am not sure if Vanagon's Bosch
>>> alternator is brushed (for the field coil) or brushless.
>>> The alternator is likely the cause of your unstable voltage problem.
>>>
>>> Other possibilities exist of course. Hope those big guys will put
>>> down their Subi topics for a moment and send you help you need.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, I'm 1600 emails behind with not much chance in catching up at
>>>> this point . . .
>>>>
>>>> So my 85 Westfalia seems to be running a little slow electrically-
>>>> speaking.  Dash lights a little dimmer, windshield wipers a little
>>>> slower.  Lately the CD player has even been cutting out when I hit
>>>> the brakes, headlights etc. (it will come back on within a second or
>>>> two).
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?  Seems to start fine.  I mean, as well as it ever
>>>> did.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>> Jeff
>>>> 85 Westfalia
>>>> 69 notchback
>>>> 03 Beetle
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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