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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#1012866
Good morning dubbers,

Frog's had a spaz. Been having a weak crank, so jump started her yesterday.

Volts reads 12.5 whether it as running or not with no spike up when it starts (not the usual 14v at running), and voltage was slowly ticking down as time went by. However, charging light (which is definitely working) turns off. I confirmed alternator is properly grounded with continuity test.

So alternator not pumping anything back in battery, but happy to flick the charging light off.

Would anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Chris.
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1012871
assume internal reg alternator?

Definitely should have 13.8V at battery when running

You can get new regs but from the USA

Bugger on shipping
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#1013004
yep, should be between 13.8-14.4v when running.

if the Oz place has no luck then try the UK VW vendors as the shipping will be a heck of a lot less and the part not too much more than USA.
Dunno why USA vendors like to root us for shipping, even AusPost Shopmate is similar, yet a USA individual I've used for a few things charges things much more accordingly to weight and size.
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