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On 2 May 99, at 22:55, jk wrote: > Today after replacing all the burnt wires to new ones. I was excited to > start the motor and it did purred for a while until I started to smell > something burn. The smell is coming from the regulator! I noticed on the > side of "D+" started to smoke away! I had to turn off the engine before my > new wires fried up. I did polarized the generator and the problem still > continued! I also heard the regulator is clicking like if it is sending me a > message in a morse code. > Do I have to get a new regulator? Are you still FI? Do you have the battery in right? WhÁñ\h u polarize the generator? Are you sure you did it right? [Polarizing the generator is something that almost NEVER needs to be done! It is more likely to get you in trouble than out of it.] Measure the voltage from ground to the output of the generator at medium RPM. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe