Date:         Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:20:40 +1000
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@uws.edu.au>
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From:         Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@uws.edu.au>
Subject:      Re: Alternator Light
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At 21:28 23/08/00 -0400, you wrote:
>From:    Richard Golen <rgolen@umassd.edu>
>Subject: Just as I pulled in the driveway, the Alternator light came on....
>
>Hi All,
>
>I just got home from our trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Maine....I
>stopped for gas about a mile from home....started it up and the alternator
>light stayed on very dimly. So I turned on the lights and heater fan,
>blipped the throttle ( the same thing happened to my 86 GTI years ago), and
>the alt. light went out.
>
>Later on I went to the store and the light came on brighter, and it took a
>little more than blipping the throttle to make it go away.
>        a. Bad voltage regulator
>        b. bad brushes
>        c. bad diodes
>        d. nothing that a piece of black tape over the alternator light
can't fix.

I like d. but...

Same thing happened to me on the WBX last year.In my case it was the
original brushes that had finally worn out.
Happened about 100kms from home but the good old original battery that
was 7 years old at the time got me home with out any dramas.
After I did the brushes I got paranoid and replaced the battery too.
Didn't want to tempt the VW gods...

Cheers,
Steve O.
Blue Mountains NSW Aust.
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'76 Transporter Double Cab
'68 Beetle
'58 Fairmont M19 Speeder
'00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (work truck)