It is the charging system. After starting it up, disconnected the battery and the engine promptly died out.
going to try replacing generator brushes first. it could be a shot voltage regulator, but, if so, does anybody know which kind was common in 12 volt conversions? The one that they bolted to the fan shroud? On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/topics > > - 1966 vw beetle issues <#1402b232b24469aa_group_thread_0> [3 Updates] > > 1966 vw beetle > issues<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/t/e5a2aba619574bc0> > > Kyle Davis <[email protected]> Jul 29 09:24AM -0400 > > > > Hey all, > > > Picked this up about four weeks ago. Need to get it running more > reliably. It's been in the brake shop for three out of four of those > weeks. > > I've replaced the battery > ...more<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/msg/8b150d50564f42b0> > > Back to top. <#1402b232b24469aa_digest_top> > > > Mike B <[email protected]> Jul 29 09:38AM -0400 > > It sounds like your generator or voltage (not bilge!) regulator are > not > working to keep the batt charged. If you disconnect the batt positive > post with it running and the engine dies, then you're > ...more<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/msg/c7244887ffab4acb> > > Back to top. <#1402b232b24469aa_digest_top> > > > Dean Johnson <[email protected]> Jul 29 09:40AM -0400 > > Test the output voltage of the generator/regulator with the engine > running, > rev it up a bit as generators don't work well at low rpm. You should > get 13 > to 14 volts when you rev it up. > ...more<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/msg/b2b7e71b021851c3> > > Back to top. <#1402b232b24469aa_digest_top> > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
