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On Sat, 29 May 2004 09:16:12 -0500, Russ Wolfe wrote: >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. It was DF and someone is going to sell me a regulator for $10.00. I love getting off cheap. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org