Glen,
This makes sense. I plan to visit a local electric components shop whose
shopkeeper always answers questions and has the knowledge to guide customers.
He would be able to suggest a suitable aftermarket component hopefully. Like
others say what I have with me would hardly be suitable for an alternator setup.
Excuse my barrage of posts on this subject but I want to be very sure
what I am going to do as this is my daily driven Bug and I do have quite a long
drive to work. Cannot afford to break down on the jam packed roads.
Best regards,
Asad
Karachi, Pakistan.
> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:34:25 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Fitting an Alternator in my
> 68 bug.> > Actually, the external regulators are pretty > generic. Even one
> designed for some other vehicle > should work if you can figure out the
> wiring. > There's always a field wire, a sense wire, and one > for a battery
> connection. Most need to be > grounded for the 'other' connection. All the >
> regulator does is control the field current to the > alternator to hold
> voltage at the desired level. > This is usually 13.8-14 volts.> > HTH,> >
> glenh :<)> > Mike wrote:> > Asad,> > The voltage regulators you appear to be
> describing are mechanical types > > for generators. You need an outboard,
> solid-state type regulator matched > > specifically to your particular model
> of alternator. As Marc said, each > > different alternator uses a specific
> regulator. He failed to mention the > > fact that they are smaller,
> solid-state, potted u!
nits with a short, > > multi-conductor harness with a plastic multi-pin
connector. That is what > > he was alluding to when he said that were wires
coming out of the regulator. > > If you have an internally-regulated
alternator, it'll have one large > > threaded terminal that is B+ for your
large red wire, one push-on terminal > > for your blue wire to your dash idiot
light, and one threaded screwhole for > > your brown earth ground wire. If your
harness is bastardized, and the > > colors don't match original, trace them
individually and mark the ends with > > tape that's the color of what they
should be. Your externally-regulated > > alternators are difficult or
impossible to setup to work properly without > > the correctly matched
regulator assembly (Bosch, Motorola, etc.).> > The later 'current-track' wiring
digrams don't show the wiring in the > > shape of the car (like the earlier
drawings do), but the circuit is > > represented the same, from positive source
at the to!
p to ground at the > > bottom. Use all the markings, reference!
s, legen
ds, colors, sizes, etc. to > > help you get a feel for tracing the circuit.
When a current track ends in > > the middle with number, refer to that current
track number to see the > > continuation of that particular circuit. It's
usually on a different page, > > and this can make it harder to trace. But,
once you understand this, and > > begin working with it, it will get easier.> >
Good luck, and hope this helps.> > > > Mike B.> > >
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