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<B>From: </B>"Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk><BR><B>To: </B>type3@vwtype3.org<BR><B>Sent: </B>Friday, January 4, 2013 2:34:45 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [T3] daily driver log 2012<BR><BR>Kelleigh, when you get it sorted, make sure the belt isn't too tight. It's<BR>not doing any real work and as long as it goes down 1/2" with a push on the<BR>middle of the belt between the pulleys, it's fine.<BR><BR>Dave<BR>UK VW Type 3&4 Club<BR>===================<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org<BR>[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of<BR>elvisleft_bldg@comcast.net<BR>Sent: 04 January 2013 02:29<BR>To: type3@vwtype3.org<BR>Subject: Re: [T3] daily driver log 2012<BR><BR>Chris, Ck your regulator! According to Lodi rebuilders when your regulator<BR>is bad it will make your generator brushes wear due to incorrect voltage. <BR>I am looking to replace generator after second one in less than one year.<BR>First one was original known to have been in storage for 15 yrs, and after<BR>around 3,00 miles the bearings locked up and threw the whole generator<BR>sideways causing me to have to buy the second one "was rebuild by robert<BR>bosh to the tune of my left arm. Im still 6 volt. and now after less than<BR>one year and now without any warning bearings locked up and threw it<BR>sideways too.. Yes my vent was right and dot was lined up with line on<BR>generator. I am stuck dead with no transportation till Sat . <BR>:P<BR>Im going to try to reach Jim adney to see if he has an armature, so I can<BR>get mine rebuilt. <BR>I do not have funds to convert to 12vlt at this tiime. <BR>Happy New Year.. Good Luck!! <BR>Kelleigh <BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Chris Sheridan" <cscsheridan@gmail.com><BR>To: "type3-vwtype3 org" <type3-vwtype3.org@lists.vwtype3.org><BR>Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 12:44:58 PM<BR>Subject: [T3] daily driver log 2012 <BR><BR>All in All it was a good year for my commuting car thanks to this list. <BR>From January through April I had my daily 50 mile commute which proceeded<BR>pretty smoothly. I remember having some battery troubles in January but was<BR>only out of commission for a couple of days where I had to rent a car. On<BR>April 30th I ended my job in favor of a new job with a shorter commute (20<BR>miles) and took a week between jobs to renew the front end of my Fastback. <BR>That turned into a 2 week project for a few reasons and I learned some<BR>stuff. <BR><BR>1) Ball Joints don't always just pop right off. <BR>2) Start early if you work in the street and need to have the wheels back on<BR>by dark<BR>3) Tie Rod ends are unique and you may think you bought the correct one but<BR>you won't know until it's all apart in the street<BR>4) The Steering doughnut for a fastback is not the same as the one sold on<BR>Ebay, they have a different diameter<BR>5) Your ball joint tensioning bolts will probably have stripped threads when<BR>you take them off. You can buy exact replicas at<BR> Bowline in Berkeley, if you bring in the old ones for comparison<BR>6) You will need to come back in and retighten everything a couple days<BR>after you're done. <BR>7) I bought an alternator and planned to convert per the online instructions<BR>published by a listmember here, but ran out of time and was stuck on the<BR>'fabricate metal strips to fashion a saddle for the new alternator' so I<BR>stuck with the stock generator for now. <BR><BR>now of course you can always learn more..so here are the questions I have<BR>today <BR><BR>On the way home last night the gen light came on and stayed on. I got home<BR>and saw that my brushes were worn way down and I replaced them in short<BR>order and i'm back on the road today. How long do your generator brushes<BR>last? 7 months seems short. Do they wear faster if you drive faster? <BR><BR>2) anyone have any tricks for keeping the wind from moving the side view<BR>mirrors? <BR><BR>thanks,<BR>chris<BR>-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... <BR>URL:<BR><http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20130103/2<BR>b08b221/attachment.htm><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org<BR>http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org<BR>Contact gregm@vwtype3.org if you need help with the list. <BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL:<BR><http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20130104/8<BR>3c9894a/attachment.htm><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org<BR>http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org<BR>Contact gregm@vwtype3.org if you need help with the list.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org<BR>http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org<BR>Contact gregm@vwtype3.org if you need help with the list.<BR></div></body></html>