[T3] Generator ... again

[Jim Adney]

On 30 Sep 2012 at 5:37, Daniel K. Du Vall wrote:

> Jim or anyone else have you see the article in the last Hot VWs MAG? About a company that is converting new type1 GEN for use on TYP3?
> PAGE 78 Hot VWs
> Also:
> http://sacoperformance.com/proddetail.php?prod=GR16N
> 
> Price ?

I rarely look at Hot VWs, there's just too much worthless stuff in 
there that's only designed to separate you from your money.

If you look closely, you can see that they've made a new rear end 
plate that doesn't have ventilation holes, which would have been 
useful for us. It's not clear whether they've added the large hole on 
the bottom for the cooling airflow that we need, but they probably 
have. If that hole isn't there, then this is a totally worthless 
part. The end plate they reused has ventilation holes that will be 
counterproductive in Type 3s.  

If we mounted it with the brush covers that they show, that would 
probably work badly on a Type 3.

Finally, the Beetle generator puts the output terminals on the wrong 
end for us. I don't know if our wiring harnesses would be long enough 
to reach.

The price of $189 is probably pretty reasonable considering that it's 
new and they had to have a part made, but I suspect that this is all 
just an attempt to salvage something out of an overstock of Type 1 
generators.

Frankly, I don't see any point to this. Aren't there still plenty of 
good Type 3 generators around? If you're having problems with yours, 
look around for a quality rebuild from someone you trust. For 
national brands, look for an actual Bosch rebuilt generator (not a 
Bosch generator rebuilt by someone else) or contact me. I may be able 
to help.  

There's nothing wrong with a rebuilt generator, as long as the job 
was done well.  

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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