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On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 20:30, Greg Merritt wrote: > At 8:14 PM -0500 8/19/03, Jim Adney wrote: > >> Fan shroud screw? Or, what do bad generator bearings sound like? > > > >Use a long screwdriver, blunt end in one ear, to track down the noise. > > Tried it... it just seemed to be fan-shroudy, probably left of center. > > What does a mechanically-failing generator sound like? How > does its noise change with rpms? > > I grabbed the gen. & crank pulleys in turn, and tried to make > them wiggle in the directions they're not supposed to wiggle, but > they seemd solid. > Slip the generator belt off, and that takes it out the picture. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org