[T3] gen/VR issues... part 27

[Brian <vwfye@frontiernet.net>]

<x-flowed>well, Toby came down to my place from Portland today to help me with my 
wiring issues (complete mess under the dash) as well as the gen/VR issue 
in the 73 squareback.  After a long day, the wiring under the dash was 
cleaned up and we were getting a charge to the battery from the 
generator!  whooohooooo!!!!  so, for a victory celebration, we took off 
for a drive.  we drove through town, noting that the voltage was good 
and would vary a bit with rpms.  5 miles into the drive we hit the 
freeway on ramp and i rap through the gears... enjoying the cruise and 
listening to the motor.  get to the offramp by my house 4 miles later 
and the meter is reading below 12v and with revs the meter shows no 
change.  grrrr.   get back to the house, and go through the 
bentley/adney battery of tests... ZERO output from the generator again! 
 aaaaaauuuuughhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  this is exactly what it did 
before when i thought i had it fixed... it cut out after rapping through 
the gears.   what is going on?  anyone else experienced this kind of 
failure?  i am puzzled, perplexed, pissed and profoundly phrustrated 
(needed some aliteration here).  

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Brian Fye
1964 Notch Speedster 2332cc http://www.geocities.com/menacefye/
1964 Notchback 1500cc http://www.geocities.com/menacefye/64.html
1973 Squareback 1904cc http://www.geocities.com/menacefye/73.html




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