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Re: [T3] Lots of engine questions

On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 22:02, Brad wrote:
> Thank you to all that replied.  It was very helpfull.  I now have some more.
> 
>     When I bought the car, it did not charge.  It was advertuised as having
> a broken belt.  I discovered that the battery was installed backwards.  I
> fixed that, but it still did not charge.  I have replaced the voltage reg,
> with no luck.  I did the test as indicated on Speedy Jim's website
> http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/  I determined that my generator was bad.  I
> bought a new one today.  The person at the local VW shop had a bosch for
> $125, but said I could buy a rebuilt one for a lot less at AutoZone.  I went
> there.  Their computer had one for a beetle and one for a squareback.  They
> only had one for the beetle in stock, so I bought it.  When I went to
> install it, it seemed that the old one was in backwards.  I installed it
> according to the rotational arrow on it.  This puts the commutator toward
> the back of the car.  I figured the PO installed it backward, after all, the
> battery was in backward right?  Now I see the Chilton's book shows the type
> 3, and the original was in right.  Could THIS be the difference in the
> squareback vs. beetle model?  I do have it installed correctly according to
> the directional arrow on it.  BTW it is a rebuilt BOSCH generator.  WIll
> this work out OK for me?  I have not put power to it yet, only the
> polarizing step listed in the directions.  The car has not been run yet.
> 
T-1 generators don't work too well on T-3's. There is no cooling air
flow through them. The T-3 gen. has a hole in the side that lines up
with a hole in the fan housing.
If the battery was in backwards in your car, Polarizing is may have been
all that was wrong with you old one.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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