[Vwdiesel] Alternator wires

[Dave Cook]

Very good point that I should have said.

That recommendation came after descriptions of diagnosing and determining that the alternator was charging ok.

Dave Cook


--- On Thu, 4/8/10, raymond greeley <rgreeley2 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: raymond greeley <rgreeley2 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Alternator wires
> To: lbaird119 at aol.com, vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 4:53 PM
> 
> Diagnose the issue properly in the first place and then
> decide
> 
> if it can wait or be ignored.
> 
>  
> 
> r
>  
> > To: syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk;
> vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:57:59 -0400
> > From: lbaird119 at aol.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Alternator wires
> > 
> > 
> > Gee that makes me think of a call I got today. A
> friend stared the 
> > car and went in, got
> > distracted and proceeded to find the car (Jetta
> diesel) puking coolant; 
> > overheated.
> > Last year he suspected the radiator fan wasn't coming
> on when it 
> > should. Never
> > checked, just suspected, so he wired in a manual
> switch instead of 
> > "FIXING"
> > the problem. This wouldn't have happened if it'd been
> checked and 
> > fixed IF
> > there was an issue. Sort of why I tend to believe in
> fixing rather 
> > than
> > covering up a problem.
> > Loren
> > 
> > 
> > On 4/6/2010 12:02 AM, Dave Cook wrote:
> > > As I recall, the guy who wrote the "How to keep
> your VW Alive" book,
> > > John Muir, recommended painting some red
> fingernail polish on the
> > > backside of the light lens so the dim glow
> doesn't bother you.
> > > I just ignore it in my bus, as it is much dimmer
> than "on."
> > >
> > 
> > He has a lot of "don't fix the problem, ignore it"
> procedures like that
> > in the book...
> > 
> > -Kurt
> > 
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