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Add "W" terminal wire to Bosch/Valeo serp-belt TDI alternator
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Reply #15
September 25, 2014, 11:51:40 am
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Yeah, I have an alternator that has the W and installed it last night - was from the 2.0 ABA. Works fine. I have a new VDO tach, just have to set the pots later today and also has a potentiometer so if it's off a bit I can adjust it. I bought a cheap china electronic hand held tach, Just add a piece of it's reflective sticker to the crank and it tells speed - seems like it works well enough. Will adjust the VDO to match it - cause I hate not having a tach.
Thanks for the help!
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99' 1.9 1Z Tdi, hybrid pump -1.9 housing & rover internals, 2052 wastegate turbo,.25 hflox nozzles, SDI intake, CTN tranny
96' 1.6 TD Golf, Giles pump, VNT 17, Gas changed to Diesel, Air to Water Int.
Reply #16
September 26, 2014, 12:07:46 pm
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September 26, 2014, 12:07:46 pm »
I now have a working tach - current idle is about 786, by my cheap china hand held, so I set it to just below the 800 mark.
W alternator is so much easier than finding a winding before the doide on this type of alternator - in my opinion. I'm have virtually no electronics experience ...
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99' 1.9 1Z Tdi, hybrid pump -1.9 housing & rover internals, 2052 wastegate turbo,.25 hflox nozzles, SDI intake, CTN tranny
96' 1.6 TD Golf, Giles pump, VNT 17, Gas changed to Diesel, Air to Water Int.
Reply #17
January 11, 2016, 09:01:47 pm
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January 11, 2016, 09:01:47 pm »
I'm also getting ready for a mTDI (AHU) conversion in my Westy as well and was looking for an alternator that would mount to the block that would accept the W terminal.
Reading this post the AL0184X would be a good way to obtain the W terminal.
I have the following questions:
Does this alternator have the same/similar RPM setups for the diesels?
What is required for getting the proper Tach RPM's setup for an mk2 (CE1 diesel tachometer?) configured properly for RPMs? Should an m-TDI AHU idle around 750?
Thanks! Really hoping to get a tachometer solution figured out for my conversion.
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1982 Westfalia 1.6na diesel aka Betsy Bertha The Tortoise
Reply #18
January 22, 2016, 02:19:08 am
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January 22, 2016, 02:19:08 am »
I have the AL0184X on mine... Works fine.
The tach you have should just plug in and work if it's for a diesel. No magic... Not sure if there is an adjustment on those older ones, I don't think there is. The tach will be approximately right though.
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Reply #19
January 22, 2016, 09:20:21 am
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January 22, 2016, 09:20:21 am »
There is an adjustment pot in the circuit of each of the tachs back to mk1.
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February 11, 2016, 10:52:08 pm
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February 11, 2016, 10:52:08 pm »
Thanks Libby, sounds like a better option for a mTDI setup would be using the AL0184X with the W terminal. That way there's no prying off the plastic back and soldering a wire to a stock TDI alternator.
Quote from: libbydiesel on January 22, 2016, 09:20:21 am
There is an adjustment pot in the circuit of each of the tachs back to mk1.
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1982 Westfalia 1.6na diesel aka Betsy Bertha The Tortoise
Reply #21
April 05, 2020, 12:06:47 pm
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April 05, 2020, 12:06:47 pm »
Swapping a 1.6 TD JX for a 1.9 mTDI AFN in a '91 Syncro Doka.
The bright shiny new Bosch Alternator Model No. AL0723X that came with the AFN does not have an explicitly W signal, rather B+, D+ and finally DF. I have seen pics above of the AL0184X where the W connection is exactly where the 0723X places the DF in a two pin connector. When looking at AHU wiring schematics it appears the DF signal is effectively equivalent to the W but that's a simplified schematic and is without looking at the alternator internals or the mfr's internal schematic. Does anyone know if the connecting the JX's W wire to the alternator's DF terminal will accomplish the tach signal objective? I don't want to void the warranty on the new alternator by making the above mods.
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Reply #22
April 05, 2020, 08:13:35 pm
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April 05, 2020, 08:13:35 pm »
The AHU alternators I have used have had the W terminal as a marked connection. I have not used an AFN alt.
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October 26, 2021, 02:24:50 pm
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October 26, 2021, 02:24:50 pm »
Check your brushes and if not, see maybe where the cable does not connect at the alternator, how it connects
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