

| Subject: | Greek Single Cab + alternator help... |
| From: | Shawn Wright |
| Date: | Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:32:57 -0700 |
Here's a photo of a Santorini single cab from our Greece trip in April: (20th anniversary trip! :-) Glad we're not there now... so sad to see Athens in turmoil. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LahKZ2CbubzuIVNf01dDuLQEsRzwr61wwM5bDI_Vcpg?feat=directlink We've had far too much going on at home to spend much time on the van... after putting her away in January, I seem to have developed alternator troubles when we finally got her out of the garage a few weeks ago. A new battery is dead flat, and the alternator light stays on with engine running, tach sits at 0 until rpms over ~2000, but voltage at battery and alternator indicates no charge, just a bit over 12V. I have lots of spare alternators, so I swapped a new back plate on, and get same results except no tach at all (I think this was a bad back plate). I checked connector at instrument panel - wiggled and alt light went out, but still no charge. I've also tried several voltage regs with no change. Can someone point me to a good guide for testing alternators, or other things to check? ps: It's a 1.6TD transplant, using a Bosch 90A alternator adapted to fit mounting bracket. Thanks -- -- Shawn Wright
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