Re: Annoying Generator Light

Talk to Doug at Jus Bugs. he is located in Pass Christian, Down off Minge
Ave, He is an EMPI dealer. His shop is out of the way, and behind his
house, thats off the beaten path. But he does carry VW parts and can get
what you need. His website is http://www.jusbugs.com/index.html He also
builds engines... he built mine. Hope that helps.

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"Harry Smith" <ev1l***@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mar 18, 9:56 pm, "dragenwagen" <dragenwa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Actually if you have an open diode, it will affect the alt.'s out put.
Typically an alternator will put out around 14.5 volts DC. With all the
electonics on newer cars it has to put out that much to run all the
electronic stuff and still charge the battery. Older cars with no
electronics "may" be more forgiving of that problem. However when my Ford
van had an open diode on the alt. it was just enough to keep just barely
enough charge to where it would start everyday and keep the battery
charged
to bare minimum to keep it running. The output was about 11.5 volts.
The
problem would show its self with night time driving with the winshield
wipers, headlights and A/C on. But I did mostly day time driving so it
didn't put as much of a strain on the electrical system so it took a
while
for me to find out there was a problem..

Hmm, very helpful. I'm used to "modern" cars with fuel injection
computers and the like, so a bad alternator is just bad. I have a
feeling this might be my problem. The battery has never really ran
dead on me, except when I did a lot of cranking on it trying to figure
out an ignition problem. All the symptoms you describe are there
though. Low voltage pretty much across the board, etc. Maybe I'll
take the alternator off and get it tested sometime this week. I just
noticed a rattle inside the fan shroud I want to check out too.

While we're on the subject, can you recommend any shops on the Gulf
Coast here that consistantly stock a good array of VW parts? I like
O'Reilly's for most purposes, but often they just don't have the old
VW stuff...

Peace,
Harry



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