Re: [T3] Voltage regulator

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

Sounds just like mine when it went.  You take a chance with a junker
one; could be recently replaced, could be useless or about to fail
and take your generator with it.  Pay your money and take your
choice.

As they get older and damper, the screen elements corrode and stop
working.  Take off the power connectors to it and measure the
resF9Ñ  Much more than 3 or 4 ohms and it probably won't do
anything much.  If that's OK, there's a relay under the back seat
for the rear de-fogger and a switch on the dash (with a curly wire
painted on it).

If the rear element is not intact, I hear a 12 volt computer-type
fan keeps the air circulating over the screen and helps a lot, as
you have heat in the car I hope.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
www.hallvw.clara.net/
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Glavas <ufs12941@email.sjsu.edu>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 07 December 1998 01:23
Subject: [T3] Voltage regulator


>Hey, all.  This is just a double check on symptoms....
>
>Gen light comes on, I hear a clicking noise from under the back
seat
>occasionally, light flickers, clicking stops, light comes on again.
>Engine runs sorta rougher.  This is the voltage regulator, right?
About
>$25 for a Bosch, huh?  What do you think of pulling from the
junkyard?
>
>Second question,  How do I get my rear defrost working?  What are
the
>common problems?  I think I should start trouble shooting this
since it
>is winter and my window is now fogging... :-)
>
>Steve


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