Hi Volks,

I am back to California (San Diego) = and am glad to join to this list again.

I have a rare (?) problem about my = alternator cradle bracket. In late July while I was still in Denver, CO, I had a = noise coming from the engine compartment and the van vibrated pretty badly. = The VW dealer mechanics found the barckets of the alternator were broken and = replaced them. Yesterday, the same problem happened. Strange enough, I looked = through all the repairing records, and found previous owner had done the same = repairment once (only the cradle barcket not the support one) at about 60 K (it is = 86 K now). I searched the archives and find no clues. I remember the old = German mechanics at VW dealer in Denver told me that he has not seen this = problem before (actually I had to do special order for the barckets). Does = anyone have any similar problem occur to them or any idea what might be wrong with = my car?

Thank you for all your help.

Tzung Yang

1990 VW Carat = Vanagon