← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan
Sort by authorSort by posting dateSort by topicChronological orderMost recent firstShow authorHide authorShow table of contentsHide table of contentsBack to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGONSearch
Subject:Greek Single Cab + alternator help...
From:Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:32:57 -0700

Here's a photo of a Santorini single cab from our Greece trip in April:
(20th anniversary trip! :-) Glad we're not there now... so sad to see Athens
in turmoil.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LahKZ2CbubzuIVNf01dDuLQEsRzwr61wwM5bDI_Vcpg?feat=directlink

We've had far too much going on at home to spend much time on the van...
after putting her away in January, I seem to have developed alternator
troubles when we finally got her out of the garage a few weeks ago. A new
battery is dead flat, and the alternator light stays on with engine running,
tach sits at 0 until rpms over ~2000, but voltage at battery and alternator
indicates no charge, just a bit over 12V.

I have lots of spare alternators, so I swapped a new back plate on, and get
same results except no tach at all (I think this was a bad back plate). I
checked connector at instrument panel - wiggled and alt light went out, but
still no charge. I've also tried several voltage regs with no change. Can
someone point me to a good guide for testing alternators, or other things to
check?

ps: It's a 1.6TD transplant, using a Bosch 90A alternator adapted to fit
mounting bracket.

Thanks

--
--
Shawn Wright

Back to July 2011, week 1
Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »