Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:55:41 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: electrical woes (p-mail)
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Rob obviously is, since we didn't see his post; Kao obviously doesn't care.
On 7/17/07, monte merrick <montemerrick@speakeasy.net> wrote:
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> If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore
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> him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau
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> On 17 Jul 2007, , at 10:21, David Kao wrote:
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> > Hit delete. It is on your keyboard.
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> > David
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> > --- Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
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> >> Some advice after all that BS and then you have to toss in some BS
> >> anyway.
> >> <big sigh>
> >> Bye.
> >>
> >> Rob
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> >> At 7/16/2007 08:23 AM,David Kao wrote:
> >>> Jeff:
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> >>> After sunset, start your engine and turn on your head lights.
> >>> Shine your head lights on a wall, fence or garage door. Rev up
> >>> your engine. If you see the lights change its intensity significantly
> >>> (goes brighter when you rev up, dimmer when you idle) then you have
> >>> an alternator voltage regulator failure, or your alternator's carbon
> >>> brush (for charging the field coil in order for the maim coil
> >>> to generate current) has worn out and the alternator is not able
> >>> to generate current consistently. I am not sure if Vanagon's Bosch
> >>> alternator is brushed (for the field coil) or brushless.
> >>> The alternator is likely the cause of your unstable voltage problem.
> >>>
> >>> Other possibilities exist of course. Hope those big guys will put
> >>> down their Subi topics for a moment and send you help you need.
> >>>
> >>> David
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> >>>
> >>> --- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote:
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> >>>> Well, I'm 1600 emails behind with not much chance in catching up at
> >>>> this point . . .
> >>>>
> >>>> So my 85 Westfalia seems to be running a little slow electrically-
> >>>> speaking. Dash lights a little dimmer, windshield wipers a little
> >>>> slower. Lately the CD player has even been cutting out when I hit
> >>>> the brakes, headlights etc. (it will come back on within a second or
> >>>> two).
> >>>>
> >>>> Any suggestions? Seems to start fine. I mean, as well as it ever
> >>>> did.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in advance
> >>>> Jeff
> >>>> 85 Westfalia
> >>>> 69 notchback
> >>>> 03 Beetle
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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