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Subject:Electrical/gauge question
From:Keese, Brian W
Date:Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:29:05 -0500

Hi Folks,
I recently bought an 84 Westy Wolfsburg.
Has anyone else seen these symptoms?  I suspect they are related (bad
voltage regulator or something).  All my gauges read low:

1)The temp gauge sits halfway between cold and the LED when the engine is
fully warm (even at 70 mph).
2)The fuel gauge never makes it above 3/4 full.
3)According to the tach, idle is about 600 rpm.
4)The battery indicator by the sink never makes it to green, even after a
long trip/charge.
5)The battery light doesn't go out after startup until I rev the engine a
bit (it goes out when the tach says about 1500 rpm).

Any ideas?

Brian Keese

ps: As if I weren't proud of my van already... It got its first full-fledged
compliment yesterday.  Now I am beaming.

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