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On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 20:06, John Hilgers wrote: > > > Yes, I did and I ended up replacing the voltage > regulator. It solved a lot of different problems, but > not the sputtering. I did notice the generator > throwing out some intermittent sparks when I increase > the throttle. (I do not have a voltage meter). I am > not a mechanic, but sparks from the generator cannot > be good! What next?!? > Get a voltmeter. It can be your best friend. I get cheap ones from Harbor Freight for less than $5 and keep one in each car, and then keep a good one in the shop. As for sparks from the generator, that is not a good sign. And may still be your problem. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~