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Woo hoo! So I pulled out the old new used Bosch rebuilt gen., installed the new new Bosch rebuilt gen, everything working just great. Upon inspection of the old one under fluorescent light I could see that the black wire that straddles the 2 thick red insulated cables was worn through its insulation because it was sloppily installed and rubbing against the field windings. A little more poking proved that it was BROKEN! This is good news to me, since it hopefully points out that this problem wasn't symptomatic of a larger problem like my DF wire having a mysterious intermittent somewhere deep in the harness, or some weird thing with my Voltage regulator. To play it safe, I'll be RE-inspecting the new one I just installed to insure that that black wire is kept clear of the windings. Now if I could just figure out why theres a half inch of water in the driver's side footwell...I guess it means I did a good enough job sealing the passenger side that its travelling on over. By the way, my add-on Radio shack FM converter was on (doesn't have an indicator light.) That may have been enough to drain an already taxed battery. Bad news is, I'm getting a rep for being the guy who could get ahead in life if he wasn't always working on that car.... But I'll be happily driving it again, at least. -M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org