Mark,

I will have a look later tonight and possibly take photos. Your scenario
could be very plausible as my alternator and battery saga has been going on
for 6 weeks now. My original problem was thought to be alternator killed my
battery. When I replaced the alternator, I don't believe the blue wire was
connected to my old one. So when I re-connected my new (reman) I know I
didn't connect a blue wire to DIDDLY SQUAT. The blue wire had no terminal
connector of any kind. It was "broke off".

Part 2 was a dead battery got replaced.

Part 3 is now the alternator is not charging the battery while in operation
in the vehicle.

We'll see.

I appreciate everyone's help. I am not loaning out my Bentley anymore.

Bobby
Hickory, NC
88 GL Wolfsburg

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:35 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> You may have the blue wire attached to the wrong place. There are some
> other small studs that hold the case together but are not right for the blue
> wire. If you attach it to one of these other posts, the dash led will come
> on and stay on and charging will not occur. This may be complicated by the
> fact that on some alternators the blue wire must attach instead to a flat
> spade sticking out near the red wire post. The blue wire must go to an exact
> spot, either a small threaded post right near the the red wire post or to a
> male spade near the red wire post. If you can take a photo and send it to me
> I can tell which version of the alternator you have and tell you where the
> blue wire goes.
>
> The other thing is, you need 2 screws holding the regulator pack in place.
> One of the screws makes an electrical connection between the regulator and
> the alternator itself.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> Bobby Brown wrote:
>
>> Alternator still not putting out volts to the system.
>> Battery light on the dash just stays on, indicating a charging problem.
>>
>> More checking, I guess.
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Bobby Brown <bobbybrown1@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Gregory,
>>> That's a BIG 10-4 on the little blue wire. I am about the 4th owner of
>>> this
>>> van and I steady trying to rectify Previous Owners duct tape, hot-wire &
>>> lazy repairs and maintenance.
>>>
>>> The little blue wire on my van has NO terminal. And I dang sure don't
>>> remember it being connected to JACK previously.
>>>
>>> So for a quick test after midnight...I stripped some of the wire off,
>>> loosened the nut off the small stud to the right of the proper "Red" wire
>>> connectors and wrapped the blue wire round and tightened her up.
>>>
>>> At this point, the van does NOW have the "battery" light indicating with
>>> key "on".
>>>
>>> So....maybe a trip back to the FLAPS and have them test again. Gotta go
>>> there tomorrow anyway to get some new ring connectors.
>>>
>>> Gregory...BIG THANKS my man. BIG THANKS to all the list members. Y'all
>>> are
>>> bringing me along like a new baby calf in the herd.
>>>
>>> Bobby
>>>
>>>

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Bobby Brown