Great thanks. I always wondered what the 3 prong terminal end was,
bolted to the Alternator, then with the engine out saw it went to the
flywheel housing and thought it was a diagnostic connection. One less
wire in the engine compartment as i will remove it.

-john

On 3/15/2011 4:10 PM, HotelWestfalia wrote:
> As far as I know, it is redundant.  Not used by anyone anymore.  But I
> could
> be wrong, of course and maybe the dealership is still using it for TDC
> when
> they work on the vans.  I doubt it though.  Never heard of anyone
> using it
> for anything.
> Zoltan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Goubeaux" <john@UCSB.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:50 PM
> Subject: What does this do ?
>
>
>> relay TDC-Marker ?
>>
>> http://medusa.education.ucsb.edu/~john/images/tdc-marker.jpg
>>
>> and can I remove it ?
>>
>> -john
>>