Some of the real early 1.9s had a 65 amp alternator and a single groove
crank pulley. The alternator was upped for the at port AC installations and
the three groove pulley for the even later power steering.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 7:25 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?

all waterboxer vanagons have 90 amp Bosch alternators on them.

Don't know if that's 'continuous duty' but they're rated at 90 amps.
Maybe Google knows.
Google knows everything. ( almost ) .

On 9/22/2012 12:19 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> Does anyone happen to know the continuous-duty amperage rating for the
> stock kinda alternator found on the 1.9?
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>