At 02:58 PM 2/22/2000 , Davidson wrote: >No, it's not normal... check the output of your alternator... it may be >getting ready to go. >Bill Mine's been that way for 9 years now, with rebuilt alternator and new regulator somewhere in the middle...our Atomic 4 boat engine is the same way -- the ammeter shows negative on start until you kick the throttle just a touch, then it jumps up and stays that way. d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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