Gary:

Don't have an '88 so I can't go out and check your wiring on the
alternator, but I'd slide under the car and see if all the attachments to
the starter were made correctly.

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Gary Kovach wrote:

> Would someone check that I have wired my alternator correctly.  My brand
> new battery goes dead about every 4 days so I figure that it is not
> charging.  I did have the engine out and all wires disconnected and may
> have failed to reconnect something.
> This is an 88 Vanagon - so looking into the engine compartment and over
> the alternator, I see 2 red wires (larger gage) and 1 blue (smaller
> gage) coming from a sheath which leads to the back "firewall".  The 2
> reds are attached to the larger stud  and the blue is attached to the
> smaller stud on the alternator.  Another red wire comes from the left
> side near the coil area and attaches to the large stud with the other 2
> reds - now 3 reds are attached to the larger stud and nut. Is this
> correct?
>
> Yes, the belt is firm on the alternator, and yes I do have good contacts
> at the battery.

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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