Besides the main harness that plugs into the back of the alternator, there is a single wire that controls the alt light. If this wire is left disconnected, or possibly connected to the wrong place, the alt light will stay on. Due to the design of the instrument cluster, when the alt light stays on, so does the oxy light. Look for a problem with this wire. Z --- - Jeff & Kim Prudhoe <Jkpvw@AOL.COM> wrote: > Well, the bearings were going on the alternator on > my father's '87 Westy. I > suggested that he simply get it rebuilt with new > bearings and brushes, so > naturally he went out and bought a $118.00 Bosch > rebuilt unit. He installed > it and the alternator and oxs lights would not go > off . He took it back and > the flaps passed it off as a bad unit and said they > would have another one > for him later in the day. In the mean time he put > the old one back on and > the lights stayed off (just the existing bearing > problem). When the second > rebuilt unit was put in the alternator and oxs were > back on.??? > > Any thoughts? > > Jeff Prudhoe > '74 Beetle (Autostick) > ''82 Diesel Westy (49k) > '95 Golf GL > ''97JettaGL
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