Date:         Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:46:28 -0400
Reply-To:     "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
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From:         "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
Subject:      alternator replacement help
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My alternator has been squealing for some time and I thought before I
head out for TbyT, I'd pop the new one in that I got from the Bus
Depot.  This is an '87 Digifant, BTW.

I took out the old one and am looking at the new one, but the
connections do not appear to be the same.  On the old one, there is
one large connection that the red wires and a smaller one right next
to it.  Actually, I took some digipics; these came out the clearest:

http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/alt1.jpg
http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/alt2.jpg
http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/alt3.jpg

  The old one is on the left; the new one on the right.  At about 10
o'clock on the old one, you can see the big connection closer to 10
o'clock and the smaller at 9, both screw terminals (13mm on the big
one, 8mm on the small one).  On the new one, the smaller connection
isn't there.  There is a bolt sticking out slightly from the inside
(not enough to attach anything).

On the small connection was a 2.2microFarad capacitor, part #0 310
000 059; you can see it at about 8 o'clock in
<http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/alt3.jpg>.  That would have no place
to go on the new one.  There is an additional push on connector; is
this the replacement?

There's an additional capacitor on the old one...do I have to move
that over?

Does it perhaps sound like I got the wrong alternator?  Maybe on a
newer model the capacitors are internal?  But then where does the
blue wire go?

Thanks in advance for replies.

-Karl

Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 GL Weekender  "Beverley"
Mechanic list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops
Busses by the Trail - Oct 15-17, 1999: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/bbtt