Greetings to My TDR Family

Thank you all again for your kind thoughts and prayers. Just knowing that there are friends around the globe sending their warm wishes at this time makes all the difference in the world.

We had my Mother’s funeral last Wednesday and we were able to give her everything she had wanted and more. It was a very nice Home…[Read more]

When I put the Soob in  Bridget the same thing happened. I’d wired in all the rigourmorole. All the engine wiring and the ECU and the extra stuff like the igniter and the various important looking electronic block thingies. And the tach. And the fans. All that. The engine ran.

The alt light was on.

It was a brandy-new alternator. I checked all…[Read more]

That sounds a lot like flashing the generator.

12 volts to it–there’s a terminal you have to hit while it’s running. Excite the alt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPl7CTb685I

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=135956

“Special design?”  Well, sort of a special design.  The charge light was designed to come on when there was voltage across it.  That in itself is not special, but how it hooked up was a bit different.  One of it’s wires went to the generator (actually the regulator), the other to the B+ of the battery which may have come from any hot wire und…[Read more]

The alternator has B+, DF, D+, & D- terminals. B+ goes to the battery. We are using the original VW harness between the regulator and alternator that has the original connectors on the ends so there shouldn’t be an issue. It wouldn’t charge with the old Motorola regulator either. The charge light does come on when the ignition is turned on  but…[Read more]

+1 to Allen, but I didn’t see that you replaced the alternator itself, only the regulator.  If it worked with a regulator before, ergo the alternator itself is designed to work with the regulator.   It was charging before with the old voltage regulator, the first thing I’d try would be to put the old regulator back in and see if it works.  It’s po…[Read more]

jkneipper. There are two types of alternators. Older ones used an external voltage regulator. The newer alternators are internally regulated and do not require an external voltage regulator. Your 1st task would to be to find out if your alternator is internally regulated. If so, connect the wire from the DF terminal on the alternator directly to…[Read more]

I’ve looked at every wiring diagram I could locate including the one in the original kit instruction book which we were able to find and everything looks legit. Haynes manual wasn’t much help either. Is there a quick check of the alternator we can do without removing it from the car? That’s about the only thing I haven’t done yet. I don’t think…[Read more]

I was wondering if any of you vw guys might have an idea what might be causing this issue ?

jkneipper there is a vw wiring diagram in the forum library under “vw manuals”

dreplica.com/wp-content/uploads/MiGi_II_Wiring_Harness.pdf

CAN I GET AN “AMEN!” FROM THE CHOIR?!

I just spent the whole day getting the steering coupler (20 min’s.) and the shift rod bushing and shift coupler (4hrs) replaced. The actual work replacing the shift parts took only about 1 1/2 hrs (even WITH watching the JBug video) but three times that dinking around with the adjustments. Never DID get it…[Read more]

I’m glad that there are other cars out there that fight and squirm and make repairs difficult. I thought it was just me.

Good job, Ed. See you in a few weeks.

Shift bushing update:

SUCCESS!

Finally got round to adjusting the shift plate and test driving this afternoon. But not before I took a wild swing at fixing the leak from my oil pressure gauge exclusively onto the right leg on only work or dress pants (and never garage or shop pants). Crawled under the dash and loosened the nuts on the gauge…[Read more]

Did the old gallery photos go away? I can’t seem to locate mine. At least not from my IPad.

@billnparts – Ask and ye shall receive.  Below is @edsnova post from “Shift Rod Bushing, Again” with instructions on how to load pictures on a post:

“Jack, it’s more convoluted than even the old site. First you go to your own thing. Upper right corner it should say something like “Howdy, Happy Jack.” Click on that and you get a drop-d…[Read more]

@billnparts – Ask and ye shall receive.  Below is @edsnova post from “Shift Rod Bushing, Again” with instructions on how to load pictures on a post:

“Jack, it’s more convoluted than even the old site. First you go to your own thing. Upper right corner it should say something like “Howdy, Happy Jack.” Click on that and you get a drop-d…[Read more]

@billnparts – Ask and ye shall receive.  Below is @edsnova post from “Shift Rod Bushing, Again” with instructions on how to load pictures on a post:

“Jack, it’s more convoluted than even the old site. First you go to your own thing. Upper right corner it should say something like “Howdy, Happy Jack.” Click on that and you get a drop-d…[Read more]

Thanks, Ed!  But I can’t take credit, Charlene took that.  Knew you and Karen would enjoy it.   😀

This is just a test using Ed’s instructions. Try as I might I can not copy that text to this post. I wanted to just for reference. They’re under “Shift rod bushing, again”

It’s a rather convoluted process, but made simple enough by the “Photos for Dummies” instructions.

THANKS, ED !!