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On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 17:40, Jim Adney wrote: > On 24 May 2003 at 8:53, Ben Doughney wrote: > > > What about the wire used on the resistor thing on the bottom of voltage > > regulators? Isn't that a similar diameter wire? > > Hmmm, that's a good thought, but the resistance of that unit is about the same > as the generator field winding: 4 Ohms. So I don't think it will do. > Someplace out in the garage, I have a resistance box that we made up at the dealer to check gas gages. It is a rotary switch with a set of resistors on each contact. I will have to find it and get the values from the resistors. -- 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