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<x-charset iso-8859-1> SIR.LANCE, Today my next set of brushes wore out again and this time the red light was flckering a while before staying on solid. Better ? I did not swap batteries out yet to see if my brushes wore out less, but I did buy a Ammeter to check the current draw. I hooked the ammeter between the big red red wire and D+ on the generator and I found the following: - After starting just after 1/2 hour of radio time parked 30 + AMPS then within seconds drops to 13 amps. - Removing my electric fan wire (1 big fan and 5 little ones, running for 9 months now) 6 AMPS being drawn with EFI and coil only operating, including the Gen field. - Everything on (High beams, fog lights, stereo, emergency blinkers, wipers etc..) 22 AMPS All of this looks like normal load and the battery is still getting 13.5v - 13.8v from the regulator and with no load 14.3v to 14.6v . No RPM change with the Gen disconnected. It all seems that when the brushes wear out they would arc to the commutator and leave sharp spots in the copper thus wearing the new brushes out. I gues I should not just throw brushes in but should either replace them before the light blinks or lightly sand the comutator before putting new ones in, I assume this can still be done without removing the Generator from the engine. WHAT DO ALL OF YOU THINK ? LEON MARTINEZ 1969 SQUAREBACK EFI/AUTO 1967 FASTBACK PROJECT SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe </x-charset>