

| 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>> _______________ >>> Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. >>> http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ >> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ > Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security > of spyware protection. > http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php >
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