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On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 11:55, Gamboa, Gary wrote: > > Yesterday, it never went out. I drove home about 30mi and decided to change the lower > brush. The lower brush was only about 1/4" high! Bentley says replace if its not sticking out > above the holder. This one was 1/4" below the holder. Changed it and light went out. > > I never changed the lower because I thought generator removal was necessary. Then > I read somewhere, Clymer I think, where you loosen the clamp nuts and twist the gen until the > lower brush is accessible. Cool. > Pulling a t-3 generator is no big deal. Remove the strap, remove the belt cover, tilt the generator up, and a little help on the belt and it comes out. Goes back in, in reverse order. Don't even need to take the pulley apart until it is out. You won't drop any shims into the air intake. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~