Re: [T3] Generator Rebuilding (2nd try--oops!)

[mekennedy@stkate.edu]

OK... but if the ones rolling around in my car are the right ones, why are
they set to turn the opposite direction of the beetle gen when they're in
the engine?  The way they're turning, it looks like they'd be _draining_
power from the battery... Before the beetle gen. died completely, it worked
(if not well...)...  now I'm really confused!!!!  Could it be a beetle
engine or something too?  (I must confess I hadn't gotten around to looking
at the engine ID # yet, although I've been suspecting it's definitely _not_
the original engine...)

Meghan


Meghan Kennedy mekennedy@stkate.edu

1971 Squareback (the "Frankenstein" car--even more so than Toby's; at least
his cars work!!!)




Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> on 08/20/98 08:11:51 AM

To:   type3@vwtype3.org
cc:   type3@vwtype3.org (bcc: Meghan E Kennedy/St. Catherine)
Subject:  Re: [T3] Generator Rebuilding (2nd try--oops!)





     Ack!  Type III generators are *supposed* to have a cap on one end.
Upright (Beetle, Bus) engines have studs on both ends -- one for the
pulley and one for the fan.

     Sounds like there was a Beetle generator on your car!?!

-Greg
A Beetle
A Bus
Couple of Squarebacks

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