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65Westy
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Location: Central Ohio
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 Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: Wires to generator |
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Just got my engine back into my 71 Super Beetle after a long winter. I thought I had all the wires labeled. I have a generator and an external voltage regulator under the back seat. Engine starts and runs, but the generator light is on. I have the fat wire to D+ and both the smaller green and brown wires to DF. When I checked to wiring diagram, it shows the brown wire going to the screw at the back of the generator. Is that right? I don't remember a wire being there.
Craig
63 Beetle
71 Super Beetle convertible |
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keifernet
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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: Wires to generator |
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Just got my engine back into my 71 Super Beetle after a long winter. I thought I had all the wires labeled. I have a generator and an external voltage regulator under the back seat. Engine starts and runs, but the generator light is on. I have the fat wire to D+ and both the smaller green and brown wires to DF. When I checked to wiring diagram, it shows the brown wire going to the screw at the back of the generator. Is that right? I don't remember a wire being there.
Craig
63 Beetle
71 Super Beetle convertible |
Yes the brown is a ground wire and should not be on the DF... it goes to the screw.
Try that and see.... you may need to "polarize" the generator. |
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65Westy
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Thanks for the quick response. I tried to polarize the generator,,, it barely spun. I remember polarizing the generator on my 63 and it spun very fast.
Craig
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keifernet
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| 63bug wrote: |
Thanks for the quick response. I tried to polarize the generator,,, it barely spun. I remember polarizing the generator on my 63 and it spun very fast.
Craig
63 Beetle
71 Super Beetle convertible |
The idea is not to spin it at all.. or very long... a quick "touch" of the wires is all it takes to polarize it. |
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