Re: Alternator?/the headaches continue (long)

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Have you checked that the alternator brushes are OK? Symptoms sound like 
that's a possibility - cheap & easy fix to do.

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins...

'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8
'87 GT 1.6



>From: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Alternator?/the headaches continue (long)
>Date: 7 Aug 2001 11:33:20 EDT
>
>Okay, just needing a quick confirmation that I need an alternator. Here's 
>what
>happened.
>Took the car for a drive, noticed the Volt meter was reading a bit low, 
>12ish
>instead of 14. As I drove, it continued to drop, so I pulled over to check 
>the
>belt, all seemed fine, tight, turning the alternator okay, no squealing, 
>etc.
>So I drove on, the the meter dropped to 10, then 8 (lowest reading), gas 
>guage
>went to low, and the MFA went out (I'm thinking find a nice shoulder by 
>this
>point) and then it sputtered and died. So I checked the Bentley (sitting on
>the passenger seat on top of the new clutch box,) and got hubby to bring me
>another battery. Car fired up, ran fine and home I went, then did the test 
>in
>the Bentley and it points to the alternator. Any other possibilities? It 
>was
>repaired ( not rebuilt) to the tune of $196 in Sept by the PO, I phoned the
>garage and they said it has a 90 day warrantee (long past) if it was 
>repaired,
>not rebuilt. What the heck did they do for $196 that is only good for 90 
>days
>I wonder (they sublet it), for that money I was sure it would be a year
>warrantee. Sounds like an alternator, no?
>The car is finally doing "air time" for its second clutch, it will be good 
>to
>get that fixed, but will the bills ever stop? I have never had a car before
>that needs everything done/ found/ ordered two or three times before it is
>right. Very depressing, since I did not win the lottery or marry into the
>Gates family.
>On the plus side, the car got appraised and it was very favorable, actually
>right on my "highest" estimate which is nice, so when I drive it off that
>cliff I'll get some of the money back that has been put into it...
>Cathy
>4 well behaved cars and one 1987 16V 2.0L Scirocco
>"The Silver Headache", fast approaching "Silver Nightmare" status
>(all will be well when I take it for a spin with the new clutch, no 
>worries)
>
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