[T3] Re/ Car Wont Start

[J. Jonik]

I lost a little screw...one that attaches a generator brush.   But another spare screw for that replaced the lost one.  Nothing missing in generator.    Trouble is...that little lost screw MAY still be in the generator, and won't shake out.
  
I understand there IS a magnet or two inside there.  Is that right?  If that screw is stuck on it (or one of them), would that explain the Gen Light staying on?   (There's no binding turning the generator by hand.)

Will I have to take apart the generator to be sure that lost screw isn't inside?

Re/ Voltage Regulator.   I did happen to put a spare one in during the "discovery" process, but it had no effect getting car started.   Maybe it wasn't a good one?   Could the odd symptom of having DIM, headlights and tail lights have been caused by bad voltage regulator?   If not, what else?




Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:14:19 -0500
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
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Subject: Re: [T3] Re?  Car Won't Start.
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BUT...the Gen Light Stayed on. ?? When trying earlier to solve things,
> I put in some longer, less worn generator brushes. Didn't help with
> starting though. ?? How that could cause the Gen light to stay on, I
> don't know.I THOUGHT I lost a small screw, the one for the brushes,
> inside the generator....but taking out generator, tapping, tilting,
> shaking etc produced no little screw.?? Unless there's some magnet in
> there, the screw is on the street. 

If you lost a screw, you also lost an electrical connection inside 
the generator. That would disable it.
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