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On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 09:06, Mark Healey wrote: > In my search for my scary sound I loosened my generator and failed to > tighten it enough. Later I'm going down the road and my gen light > comes on. I stop and open the compartment and the generator has > slipped and grounded one of its contacts to the cooling tin. > > I managed to get home on the battery. > > Anyway the red light now stays on. > > Did I kill something expensive like my radiator? Or, is there some > hidden in-line fuse I could check? > Which terminal grounded out? The D+ or the DF?? If it was the DF, you may have damaged the regulator. If it was the D+ you probably damaged the generator. Either way, it is not good news. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org