[T3] Generator ... again

[Daniel K. Du Vall]

I have purchased one from you so no need for one at this time. 
I was just interested in your opinion, as this thread has been going for a while with lots of useful information. 
I have yet to get around to installing the Bosch I purchased just been too busy with other things lately. 
On that if you would like some pictures of the brushes in it for your research I would be happy to get you some. 

Daniel Du Vall
http://1peter4-10.org
http://volkswageninsanity.us


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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 6:21 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Generator ... again

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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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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