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79 westy alt harness question, xtra black wire

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:38 am
by aircooledrides
hey all,
my 79 westy became impossible to start over a period of about a week.
on inspection i found the brown wire from voltage regulator to alternator to be fried the full length of the wire. luckily the alt is fine, 14 volts on testing machine. new vr and harness from bus depot-the new harness has an extra black wire not on old harness. any ideas?
thanks,
hamp

Re: 79 westy alt harness question, xtra black wire

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:48 pm
by Amskeptic
aircooledrides wrote:hey all,
my 79 westy became impossible to start over a period of about a week.
on inspection i found the brown wire from voltage regulator to alternator to be fried the full length of the wire. luckily the alt is fine, 14 volts on testing machine. new vr and harness from bus depot-the new harness has an extra black wire not on old harness. any ideas?
thanks,
hamp
Old wire for the VW Computer Diagnostics. Tape off.
Colin

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:33 am
by aircooledrides
thanks Colin. my bentley is on the way but i was hoping to get it all back together today. my first fi vw, forward ho!