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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: RabbitJockey on April 06, 2006, 02:46:33 pm

Title: are either of these alternators w terminal equiped?
Post by: RabbitJockey on April 06, 2006, 02:46:33 pm

they both have extra plugs, my guess is that the second picture, which is the one on my mk1 coupe, i think that ones a w but i'm not sure as it's not marked.

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Title: are either of these alternators w terminal equiped?
Post by: RabbitJockey on April 06, 2006, 03:09:59 pm

now that i looked at them, they both are, which is fantastic!  but on a side note, the "W" was very difficult to read, i was looking at a third alternator i had laying around, and i saw it said W beside an open square, so i looked at the same spot on the alternator not in my car, and of course it had a little terminal, and i looked again in that spot on my car, which is where the terminal is with the big plastic connector around it.

Title: are either of these alternators w terminal equiped?
Post by: tylernt on April 06, 2006, 06:55:48 pm

Some alternators have an extra terminal for a noise suppressor. If you have a metal or plastic block hooked to it it's almost certainly a noise suppressor.

But if it's marked W then you should be good to go.

Title: are either of these alternators w terminal equiped?
Post by: RabbitJockey on April 06, 2006, 07:52:22 pm

nah cause the noise suppressor is the oen marked D+ or something, and they both have that, plus another terminal, so definetly W terminals

Title: are either of these alternators w terminal equiped?
Post by: fspGTD on April 12, 2006, 01:16:02 pm

Moved to troubleshooting - not power enhancement related.