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Old July 18th 05, 05:16 PM
Speedy Jim
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Karls Vladimir Peņa wrote:

> Thanks Jim, I just measured everything again. I got 12.3 V on the battery
> with the car off. With the engine running I got 12.5 V. Went to the engine
> bay and measured the D+ on the Gen. It reads 1.4V!!! What does this mean?
> Measured the No-load voltage according to bentley, 1.3V!!! the brushes seem
> ok (still protruding), and I thought the brushes don't fail all of a sudden
> but slowly, am I wrong?
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> What can I do to make sure it's the brushes or something else?
>
> Karls



See the article on my web site: "How do I test my Generator?"

(Maybe it shows exactly the same test you just did; I'm not certain.)

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Speedy Jim
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>> You should have measured 13.5 to 14.5V at the battery (fast idle).
>> Take the meter and measure the voltage on Term #61 on the
>>regulator. It should read the same as the battery. If it DOES
>>read the same, then there is a wiring error or other problem
>>in the speedo.
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>>Speedy Jim
>>http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/

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