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I need more excitement



Thanks everyone for your help.  I pulled the alternator and took it in to my
rebuild place and they found that the brushes were completely worn down pass
their useful life.  Had them replaced, alternator tested at 130 amps :), and
I reinstalled it.  Everything is good now.

While I was at it I decided to install the Idle Stabilizer Valve for my TEC
2 to stop it from stalling.  It is a GM 4 wire plunger style with a big hunk
of aluminum as the housing.  Got it in and hooked up and tuned a bit.  Now
I'm just waiting for the rain to go away so I can take it out for a test
drive.  It will be nice to not have to manually lower the RPM's slowly as to
not stall when coming to a stop.  And to not have the it oscillate when
idling with my lights on.


On 3/28/07, julie@menloparkrandd.com <julie@menloparkrandd.com> wrote:
>
> Sheesh. It directly connects to the light for the Alt. a diode bypasses
> the light bulb to excite the Alt.
> Every other light is actually an LED.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Don Walter [mailto:dswalterwi@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2007 09:52 AM
> *To:* julie@menloparkrandd.com
> *Cc:* 'Scirocco List'
> *Subject:* Re: I need more excitement
>
> Blue? Is that a different one than the High Beam?  So I can just run a 12V
> direct to test.
>
> On 3/28/07, julie@menloparkrandd.com <julie@menloparkrandd.com > wrote:
> >
> > To the back of the dash. The blue light bulb is in a series/parrlel
> > connection with it. Could also tap off the thin black switched 12v on the
> > key switch to test the alt and charge the battery
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Don Walter [mailto: dswalterwi@gmail.com]
> > >Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:21 PM
> > >To: 'Scirocco List'
> > >Subject: I need more excitement
> > >
> > >Thought I would start a new thread instead of mixing in the Bolt Grade
> > one
> > >which I already did.
> > >
> > >I fixed the relay to my fuel pump, now my alternating doesn't seem to
> > be
> > >working right. At first it wasn't charging and the battery light stayed
> > >on. I wonder if I messed up something when I had the fuse panel out.
> > Where
> > >does the blue exciter wire go from the alternator?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > >1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> > >1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> > >1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> > >http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939 )
> > >1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> > >1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > >1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > >1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > >1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > >1969 Beetle (sold)
> > >_______________________________________________
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> > >
>
>
>
>
> --
> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Beetle (sold)
>
>


-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)