Date:         Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:00:33 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator works.....
Comments: To: Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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Little hard for me to imagine having only one alternator if one owns a
vanagon.
i go to pick n' pull junkyards and get them for 10 bucks, try them on the
van....
then you know you have a good working spare.
Half the time they just need a new voltage regulator/brush package anyway. 
I sure would not be trusting Flaps testers very much.
Scott 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Evan Mac Donald
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Alternator works.....

The tester at the FLAPS must have the correct set of jumpers for the way a
Bosch alternator is set up. If it is not connected correctly to the tester,
it can easily read a false good or bad for output. The person doing the
hooking up must also understand the correct set-up, and have done it right.
There is apparently a difference between a standard Bosch alt. and a
standard Amuricin alt. Go figure....

Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
  Don't jump to conclusions based on one test. I once took a Bosch
alternator
from a SAAB 900 to four different FLAPS for testing. Two said "bad", two
said "good".

Larry A.


On Jan 9, 2008 10:24 AM, craig cowan
wrote:

> So i took my alternator to get tested and it passed. This has me wondering
> about the alternator light being on. However, i think this is a great time
> to sort out some other oddities i've noticed the last time i had the
> alternator off.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/phishman068/Vanagon
>
> This plug for instance. I have no idea what it goes to. It seems to be a
> part of the right side fuel injector harness, but i cant find what it goes
> to and the car runs without it ever having been plugged in. It most
> closely
> resembles the clips that go on the fuel injectors. Any ideas?
> There is also a round plug that is attached to the alternator, it doesnt
> have anything plugging into the other end though? Its very odd.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -Craig
> '85GL
>