[Vwdiesel] Changing from external v. regulator to internal v.regulator alternator

[David Cook]

I know that locally, both Autozone and O'Reily's have
it.  O'Reily's is the place I always use, and they are
the ones that just got the stupid thing.

David

--- 82 Diesel Westy <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Cool, learning is what life is all about.
> 
> What autoparts store is that with the P/F tester?
> 
> --- David Cook <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Sandy.  It ended up that one of the
> mounting
> > tabs on the bunny alt was off just enough to not
> > allow
> > it to fit.  :-(
> > 
> > The stupid auto parts store changed to a new
> > alternator tester that won't allow them to run it
> > unless a correct part number is entered, and just
> > gives them a pass/fail reading.
> > 
> > They all hate it because unless there is a cross
> > number available, they can't use it.  This is
> > especially frustrating because they can't do
> things
> > like tractor and boat alternators anymore.
> > 
> > Because of the simple P/F reading, they can't tell
> > exactly how many volts, etc are being put out
> > either,
> > so they can't know if it is maybe on the edge and
> > about to die.
> > 
> > As a result of the stupid corporate people, they
> > couldn't test my boat alt either.
> > 
> > Because I had checked all the wiring and had no
> > output
> > from the boat's alt, I went ahead and purchased a
> > new,
> > basically generic GM 3-wire alternator.  
> > 
> > Now, the AMP gauge has a reading!  (No idiot
> light.)
> > 
> > Thanks for your help though.  At least I learned
> > something in all this!
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > --- Sandy Cameron <scameron at storm.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > At 09:55 PM 02/09/2007 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >Do I assume correctly that that bulb I
> installed
> > > >between the ignition switch and the exciter
> > (blue)
> > > >wire
> > > >is acting as the bulb in the dash and it'll go
> > out
> > > >once the alternator is charging correctly?
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes
> > > 
> > > if you already had a idiot lite for
> > theealternator,
> > > it would work for the
> > > volks alternator too
> > > 
> > > 
> > > And I'm not sure what size it should be. To be
> > > determined by experiment.
> > > 
> > > I should do a measurement on one of my clusters
> > and
> > > see what value he
> > > parallel resistor is.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> >        
> >
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> 
> Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
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