Looks nice,  his and hers

Ok, I have spent the past two weekends working all I could on the ghia and I only have 3 areas that need to be addressed before driving it regular.
Item 1: the car sat for a long time and the charge light isn't going out. I just spent all morning installing a new switch electrical part, and removing 2 toggle switches and about 7 feet of add on wiring that PO had done. Well according to the samba print out (67-70) ghia print I have all the wires in the right places, but Jenny's not putting out... I took off the points VR and put on a Bosch solid state one and bamo, nothing. I seem to remember that if a generator sits for a long time it could loose its magnetism and not charge, is that correct?
Item 2: the outter rear wheel bearing in the back has gotta be replaced. The inner Reece is missing, don't ask how. It involved a po and the nut not being tight on the axle while flat towing... Does the rear axle have to come out to pull this bearing? I am thinking about fabricating a puller, but if the axle is easily removed, then I'll just pull it and pound out the old one. Any advice?
Item 3: the blinkers are not working (neither is the brake lights....) the wiring on this 69 is WAY different than the samba wire diagram. I have a small round flasher and another unit which is different than the big 11 pin that they show on the print out. Any one know of a good color printout that would sow this set up.

A lot of my issues are related to wiring, when the car was painted, it appears that the wiring harness was removed or very well covered up. A lot of the wires are loose, mostly grounds. There are lots of little tape signs on the harness but the descriptions of where they go are vague... Like "connect to D on relay" this is on a black wire in the engine compartment that is coming off one of the main harnesses, but there is no relay, and no place to plug it into on the engine... Another is the fact that my gas gauge or clock do to work. But if I can get the charging system to working, then I'll tackle the others one at a time.

Just wanted to do a report on the ghia...
KC

It's been years since I had to polarize a generator . . . I don't remember how just off the top of my head, but I do know that it's easy.  If running it as a motor will polarize it (and I think it should)  . . .  I believe you ground DF and and put power to D+.  By the way, 6 volt generators make super strong 12 volt motors.  Mike Jackson built a winch for his car trailer powered by one.  I once pulled a non-rolling bay window bus on the trailer using it.  It wasn't fast, but it got the job done.

I have decided to call this Ghia - Jenny. "Cause me and Jenny are like peas an carrots."
I washed the grime off the car today, it lightened it up 2 shades. Gonna get a buddy of mine to put in he bearings this week, cause I have no time and feel puny.
I am probably going to spring for the Stainless bumpers, but man they are expensive. I have talked the Vietcong guy down to $750 shipped, though. Will be driving by this weekend and will have at SAP.

I know you can on  the beetle,  I need to find out if it can be done on the thing

Yeah, About that....
This one is spitting Chunks of what looks like aluminum shavings out of the housing....
Me thinketh the bearings are also toast.
Did I mention that it was sparky and smoking as well...
I have a new bosch one coming in tomorrow for it.
Will have it done by tomorrow night.
Then I just have to fix the brake light switch on the master cyl.
It seems to be stuck in on position, then install the bumpers when they arrive.
Then she can just be done!
KC

Quote from: ASBug on September 16, 2013, 02:19:39 PM

It seems to be stuck in on position, then install the bumpers when they arrive.

2 connectors or 3 on the switches? My understanding of the 3 pin is that it has a normally open and a normally closed switched. When wired correctly and functioning correctly, it should allow the test light to function on the dash. If wired up improperly, it might just stay on.

I cannot confirm this though. Its just my understanding from the few times I've had to deal with them.

I sort of remember an issue like this with the ASBug when I had it.
The MC has been replaced on this car so there may be a poor rewire done to it.I just need to test terminals and then move wires around... At least I hope.

Oh yeah, I already have replaced the VR with a solid state one.
KC