Both idiot lights light up. They both show as RED in the ON (pre start) condition.
If one of them is supposed to show green, that doesn't ever happen. Before I swapped out the generator brushes, when the car would die both idiot lights would come on. Oil level is fine, however; there is an oil leak. As far as 12 volt and 6 volt components go, here's what I have figured out: Definitely a 12 volt battery. Possibly a 12 volt generator. Definitely a 6 volt coil (I installed that one without thinking-is this going to cause problems down the line?) A 12 volt regulator 12 volt generator brushes (wonder what the difference is between 12 volt and 6 volt brushes?) Original 6 volt starter (I'm guessing here, but that is still my guess.) >From near as what I can figure, the owner before the previous owner must have done the conversion to either fix bad starting condition? or put in a really cheap am fm cassette radio. Believe it is moreso the latter, and not so much the former. Me, myself, would be happy with one of those retrosound systems, but first things first- paint job, and the myriad of other parts it needs to look presentable. Also, somewhere along in there, and hopefully before winter sets in, a tuneup. Figure get the points, do all of that, and see how it goes. There is definitely a short of some sort in the electric system. Not sure how or where to track it down, but the dome light doesn't seem to work, nor do the headlights. The brake lights, and the tun signals work, though. Speedo gauge works, that's a good sign. the fuel gauge appears to work, too. When I thought that I hadn't fixed this dying out while running condition, turns out between my boy helping me run the car while I adjust the carb and me trying to start it, it ran it bone dry. Plan on cleaning out the engine area from all oil and grease. Figure that may be a good area to start looking for the oil leaks. Any tips on doing this? Let me know, Kyle 66 bug On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/topics > > - Abridged summary of [email protected] - 3 Messages in 1 > Topic<#14040646e9346d12_1403fbcab7779874_group_thread_0>[3 Updates] > > Abridged summary of [email protected] - 3 Messages in 1 > Topic<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/t/c0b1fe60c6725394> > > Kyle Davis <[email protected]> Aug 01 10:54AM -0400 > > 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 > ...more<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/msg/463afa001010dc49> > > Back to top. <#14040646e9346d12_1403fbcab7779874_digest_top> > > > "Mike B." <[email protected]> Aug 01 11:21PM -0400 > > Is the gen warning light in the speedo coming on when you turn the key > on then going out after you start the engine? Make sure your dash oil > pressure and gen warning lights are working! The > ...more<http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/msg/e983a9e6e3d7c737> > > Back to top. <#14040646e9346d12_1403fbcab7779874_digest_top> > > > Chuck Kuecker <[email protected]> Aug 02 05:58AM -0500 > > A slight nitpick - the idiot light is critical to power-up an > alternator, but a generator will power-up when it spins a bit faster > than cranking - so a dead idiot light won't prevent charging with > ...more <http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/msg/ecc909a26dd5f57> > > Back to top. <#14040646e9346d12_1403fbcab7779874_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.
