Thanks for the info everyone, the reman (to answer Mark's question)
was bad almost out of the box. I put it on, started it up, and it
seemed OK. Two days later (today) my wife went to drive it, and
NOTHING. It had drained the battery so low that it wouldn't even run
the digital clock! Figure that.

I asked about the wiring earlier because I wanted to make sure I had
not wired it up wrong. I hadn't. Luckily there was another one in town
and I got it installed this afternoon. It's the third reman on the
car, all free after the first one. The one on the car that's working
now is not the same brand as the bad one I installed previously.

Jim

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Mark Tuovinen <mst@ak.net> wrote:
>
> Did you buy a quality reman?  A local Vanagon savy shop told me of a customer that insisted on bringing in their own generic reman. alternator once.  The shop said ok but that he would pay for removal and install if it was faulty, eight alternators later they got one that worked.
>
> Mark in AK  -   Off to Seattle in a couple hours,  YAHOO!!!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008 10:47 am
> Subject: Need quick answer... how many connections to 2.1 alternator?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>> I just put a reman alternator on my 2.1. It isn't working at all. I'd
>> like to confirm that there are two points of connection: one larger
>> stud where the two red wires come together from the left and right,
>> and the other is the blue wire to the dash LED.
>>
>> Besides that, where do I put a VM to make sure it's not charging?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>