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It's possible they are blowing just after starting when the altenator is charging the most and the voltage regulator is dropping the most voltage. A bad connection at or near the battery is a good place to start. Also there was a recent post about loosing altenator grounds at the mount. I would check the whole battery/charging/starting system for resistance. There are a lot of areas for bad connections in our older vans. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Kirsch" <Vanagony@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 9:21 AM Subject: Blowing Voltage Regulator For Guages
> A friend's 83 water cooled Vanagon has trouble with the dash guage voltage > regulator. Intermittantly when starting, the regulator blows and guages are > thus dead. Grounds have been checked and cleaned. An additional ground has > been installed from the starter to the body. He is considering putting a > ground wire from the starter to the battery. Any ideas? > > > Paul Kirsch > |
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