90' 200 alternator flaky update

[Nick Lawrence]

Yes it was the brushes worn down. 5k miles on rebuild.
 I didn't want to think that the problem  because that indicates the rebuild
might have been just a clean and shine.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Nick Lawrence <nick at beol.net> wrote:

> Well maybe,  it is rebuilt with about 5k miles, but I'm guessing "rebuilt''
> sometimes means clean up.  I do have a brush pack to try.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> To: "Nick Lawrence" <nick at beol.net>
> Cc: "quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:04 AM
> Subject: Re: 90' 200 alternator flaky update
>
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>
>  Worn brushes?
>>
>> On 2/7/2011 8:26 PM, Nick Lawrence wrote:
>>
>>> Seems like it is temperature not rpms that make a difference,  never
>>> faults when driving and moving, set in traffic a bit  and it will quit
>>> charging.  No revving then will make it work.
>>> Got stuck in traffic and it acted bad, when things got moving  all's
>>> well, made a stop, drove home 15 miles, no issues.
>>>
>>> Problem just reared it's head Saturday morning.   Alternator stops
>>> charging suddenly,  usually happens while stitting still or at least
>>> low rpm's.
>>> Untill minutes ago it would come back when I revved the motor to 3k
>>> rpm, and stay operational.
>>>
>>> Does this sound like brush pack sticking?  Rebuilt alternator is about
>>> 5k miles old...but I didn't pull the brush pack to inspect.
>>> Any advice?  TIA
>>> Nick  central Ohio
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