bad ground or alternator?

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

check your ground but I would also inspect your voltage regulator brushes, I
bed they are worn down or the spring is too tired to keep a good contact of
the brushes inside the alternator,.

ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net


=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of brett cooke
=>Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 11:58 AM
=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: bad ground or alternator?
=>
=>
=>i'm thinking i have bad grounds again, here's the symptoms: it seems that
=>the alternator is working intermittently, about three times yesterday i
=>caught my volt meter reading dead zero, both times the car died shortly
=>after. but after jump starting it a couple of times the voltmeter
=>would read
=>normal. it seems by the pattern that when you first start the car
=>after it's
=>cool the alternator doesn't work, but after you let it die and
=>jump start it
=>the alternator will come to life. sound like a bad ground or  will
=>alternators start working off and on when they start to go bad? tia
=>   hit
=>
=>So Sayeth The Hitman
=>'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
=><http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage/>
=>
=>
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