[Vwdiesel] blinking alternator light ??

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/10/2006 12:55:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
vbriggs at stny.rr.com writes:

> if the pulley is magnetized, the alternator is 
> generating electricty, atested to by the magnetic field.  if it isn't, 
> the alternator is bad. At least this has worked for me in the past, as 
> well as when the subaru's alternator took a dump this fall.
> 

  Of course then if the alt is magnetic when it's NOT running 
then you have bad diode/s.  Did that one accidentally once.  :-P
That's the reason (among others) you don't hook up jumper cables 
backwards!
     Loren