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Re: Alt help questions



  When I saw that a few years ago, that was a symptom for the alt
regulator going bad ...

	Jean-Claude
	84 8v (in hibernation)
	96 Jetta GLS

Night Shadow a écrit :
> 
> Now the part the bugs me, since I had the pleasure of doing this work at
> night, I noticed that the alt light in the dash is very very dimly
> glowing, constantly, no change at different rpm or loads (lights, fan,
> etc).  What the hell would cause this?  Resistance in the exciter circuit?
> (I checked the connection at the alt, nice and tight and clean)...any
> help, experiences would be great!  Side note, the rocco that I am
> restoring, the one I bought from Katy.  When i test drove it, I noticed it
> was doing the exact same thing, so hopefully your answers will help me
> fix the problem in the 81 rocco as I restore it....
> 
> Eric
> 
> 80 Scirocco (GF's Daily Driver)
> 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
> 97 Golf Trek (Parts car)
> 00 Golf GL TDI (My Daily Driver)

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