Re: Alternator(91 200 quattro)

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199812301352.IAA0000491724@hunch.zk3.dec.com> Andrew Duane USG writes:

> The problem is the exciter wire (the small blue one that
> bolts on to the back of the alternator). Over the years,
> the road salt corroded the wire and spade lug connector
> to the point where it wasn't making good contact.
>
> Snipped a half inch of wire off, put on a new connector,
> works perfectly. Total cost: $0.10 and 5 minutes.

Cut mine back nine inches and spliced a length in just a couple of
months ago.

I've now seen several cars with this wire _disconnected_.  On the MB
ur-quattro, and probably on the WR/WX, it leaves the alternator and
goes up into the engine bay.  Two or three feet along, there's a
single-pole connector.  Unscrupulous dealers unplug this connector to
stop the alternator warning light flashing during the sucker's test
drive.

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 Phil Payne
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