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Date:         Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:55:05 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: alternator to ignition coil???
Comments: To: vannman99@YAHOO.COM
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Jeff Wrote:


<<my question:  am i risking any kind of coil or ecu
damage by driving home with the wire attached from the
alt to the coil?>>


Answer:


No, because the current output is regulated, and you are switching the ECU
relay on just the same, but providing it from a different source. Your
ignition switch could be the culprit, but look first at the connection to
the 86 pin of the ECU relay, coil.


Robert


1982 Westfalia






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