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On 16 May 2004 at 18:41, steven.cooper@optusnet.com.au wrote: > > For the past few weeks my generator light has been staying on for about 5 min > after starting. It doesn't seem to make any difference how fast I'm driving. Today > the battery was too flat to start the car, so I charged it and tried some of the tests > from the Bentley manual. I couldn't do the no load test as when I disconnected > the B+(51) terminal from the regulator, the car wouldn't start I'm sending you my generator FAQ to help you sort out your charging system problem. It strikes me that you're trying to remove the wrong wire; you should be working at the generator, not at the VR. Check my writeup for the details. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org