I need more excitement

[bmcgarvey at gmail.com (Brian McGarvey)]

play with your navel lint.. seems to keep lots of people entertained...

On 3/31/07, Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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)
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