> From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > Congrats on your successful trip ! > > re starter ..I only use Bosch rebuilt starters..and have > perfect luck with those. It's a Canadian "Dixie" brand. Supposedily pretty decent rebuilder chain that has shops across Canada. It was the only one available locally when I needed it. (Usually I do them myself or go to a very small shop, but that was not an option 1 day before leaving.) > > re alternator .. > don't know which one you are running ... > but if you are running the stock cast iron diesel vanagon > alternator stand.. > and would like to upgrade to the common 90 amp alternator > used on all waterboxers, and many other vw/audi cars .. > I sell an adapter bracket kit for that. > it also allows you to get rid of the plastic plug-in > connector on the a;aternator that the stock 82 > DV uses ... > eliminating a weak area, and those are not availbble > anymore anyway. I got a Bosch rebuilt AL33X and did the 90A conversion and yes had to make an adaptor. Alternator should be fine. Probably just regulator. Martin |
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