[Vwdiesel] Alternator wires

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

Now. the sometimes dim glow of the alternator indicator while running.
All it is saying, is that the voltage at the "field" terminal on the
lternator  is slightly lower than that coming to the ign switch from the
attery. This is most likely inside the alternator, although a poorly
rounded alternator (via the bracket, engine block, tranny housing, rusty
olt skimpy ground cable, etc. etc. can result in this.

  Don't forget the often corroded, positive cable at the battery.  
I once had the exact same symptom and it was a bad connection at 
the battery.
     Loren