RE: Electrical problems / rant (long)

[Cory Langford <cory.langford@icbc.com>]

I had a simmilar symptom on the golf last time we went on a long drive. 
Gauges were going wild, even the headlights would go bright and dim as
we drove faster (it was a nice dark night with no-one on the road so I
tested this).  Ended up being the connection between the +ve and the
alternator was going.

The crimped end that bolts to the alternator was getting a littl loose
and the wire would connect and disconnect occationally as we drove.  So
sometimes the car ran on battery power sometimes on normal alternator
power.  

I am not sure why but the -ve side of the battery looked like a chia pet
and I thought wierd as it was spotless before we left.  

Not sure if this will sove your problem, but something easy to check.

-- 
Cory Langford
'86 2L Oettinger Turbo Project
'82 beater driver 


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Looking under the hood once I was safely home - I notice
the negative battery terminal has a bunch of corrosion on
it already.  WTF?  I cleaned it less than 24 hours ago! 
I'm at this point positive my problem lies in faulty
grounding, but what is causing the corrosion buildup?  And
where do I go from here other than adding a bunch of awful
wires all over to various grounding points. (Somewhat
band-aiding the problem in this instance methinks.)

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