Date:         Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:00:31 -0800
Reply-To:     Karen Olson <kdosmm@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karen Olson <kdosmm@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: High voltage havoc from coil?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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David,

Thank you for your email.

I have been having intermittent problems with this vehicle for some time.
First odd symptom was engine power loss every once in awhile, sometimes 50
miles into a trip, sometimes 10 miles.

Next it started blowing a fuse on the voltage regulator circuit.
It had an old style "electro-mechanical" voltage regulator, which I noticed
had begun to make clicking noises. I replaced it with a new solid state
voltage regulator.

I had the alternator bench tested and it seemed fine.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: High voltage havoc from coil?


> At 02:16 PM 1/15/2001, David Beierl wrote:
> >That sort of thing...
>
> And of course the big question I should have thought of instantly --
what's
> the system voltage with the engine running?  Voltage regulator failure
> could make all sorts of things go pfffft (except the battery might go
> *bang* instead).
>
> david
>
>
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"