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On 28 Feb 2005 at 13:06, fess wrote: > yes. the brushes were 1/4" above the brush guides.. That sounds like new. > pushing on the brushes slightly while measuring the generator output > didn't change anything. So it wasn't because the brushes were so tall that the springs were pushing sideways on them, rather than inward. > I ran it, it runs as a motor at a medium speed. > doesn't jerk other than the initial startup jolt. Sounds fine. > I didn't notice anything obvious, but it does seem like this one could > be repaired, as it's so close to working. :) Yes, it's mysterious. It's still possible that there is a wiring problem in the car. It could be a wire that's broken, but that's unlikely with stranded wire, or a wire could be worn thru so that it was shorting to ground, which also seems unlikely. > Just being curious now, what do folks think of doing the DDB > alternator conversion if I'm not really running extra electronics? is > the alternator setup easier on charging of batteries? is it more > reliable? it's probably not worth it, but the engine is already well on > the dark side, and the alternator kits just seem cool. The cool factor is the main selling point. There's some advantage in the fact that everything is in just a single package, so there's never any reason to try to figure out which part is at fault when something goes wrong. The down side is that when something goes wrong you have no choice other than to just replace everything, which is more expensive. And it's much harder to troubleshoot and repair your own alternator, since they contain electronic parts which you probably can't buy separately. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~