Electrical gremlins again (crazy needle syndrome)

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... I thought I read that with external analog and digital meters the
voltage was stable ... why are people continuing to recommend anything other
than replacing the voltmeter in the dash?

Steve Buchholz

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Another vote to check out the alternator, even if it was recently rebuilt.
My son's car ('91Golf) had a recently rebuilt alternator in it and had
similar problems.
As it turned out the first problem was that the filed wiring was not
soldered in properly to one of the slip rings. In another year the soldering
for one of the rectifying diodes let go.
Clearly shoddy workmanship.
The car was bought secondhand and came with the rebuilt alternator and
starter.
I also had to fix the rebuilt starter, that was also nearly brand new, there
was hardly any wear on the commutators.

Good luck, Peter