I have a 72 beetle and the engine has been redone and has a alternator and the car won't charge, put a new battery in it, put a meter on the alternator and it has the right volts, the battery has volts, if anyone has any thoughts please let me know

Asked by NickStedam Feb 12, 2013 at 10:56 PM

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

39,785

James answered 11 years ago

your 1/2 way there, the field has to be excited .does this have a voltage regulator.,if so the points inside it ned cleand

Mark helpful

176,095

tenspeed answered 11 years ago

When the engine is running, do the volts at the battery match the volts at the alternator? If not, there is a fusible link on the starter end of the wire from the alternator to the starter. If there was a large short circuit, it melts to protect the alternator.

Mark helpful

NickStedam answered 11 years ago

Ok I will check it out but from what I remember the volts were the same

Mark helpful

Your Answer:

I have a 72 beetle and the engine has been redone and has a alternator and the car won't charge, put a new battery in it, put a meter on the alternator and it has the right volts, the battery has volts, if anyone has any thoughts please let me know 3 Answers

Maintenance & Repair
I have a 1990 Cadillac Deville I put in a new battery and it wont start no power no headlights no clicking to start nothing at all. It was sitting for a few years before I got it so I started with changing the battery but I cant get it started. If anyone has any ideas please let me know thanks. 6 Answers

1990 Cadillac brand new battery, it was sitting for a few years before I got it.

1990 Cadillac DeVille Sedan FWD

-

Maintenance & Repair
I put a new alternator and battery on my car and when I crank the and let it run for a few mins I can pull either battery cable off and the car cuts off is that suspose to hap 1 Answer

I put a new alternator and battery on my car and when I crank the and let it run for a few mins I can pull either battery cable off and the car cuts off is that suspose to happen

1996 Honda Civic DX

-

Maintenance & Repair
Turn the Key and no lights on the dash and battery has full charge. Ran a wire from the starter to the battery and engine cranks but doesn't fire. Wondering if it is a fuse or the ignition switch, 6 Answers

Turn the key and no lights on the dash, battery has a full charge and I can crank the engine running a wire with a clip from the starter to the battery but it won't fire. I get nothing when I turn ...

2002 Ford Windstar

-

Maintenance & Repair
i have a 1991 econoline van, i recently put a new starter,alternator,battery,selonoid,battery, cables, ( which i had to use an extention on the cables ground to hook it to the original ground on the engine) my problem is when i drive and stop it won't start back up but if it sits for about an hour it will start again, but now it seems that the battery is run down and i have to re-charge the battery for over 5 hours and it didn't take a full re-charge any suggestion. thank you 1 Answer

i recently put a new starter,alternator,battery,sel... battery cables,and it wont keep a charge, when i drive it and stop it wont start back up sometimes if it sets a while it will start back up and n...

1991 Ford E-Series E-350 STD Econoline Cargo Van Extended

-

Maintenance & Repair

Content submitted by Users is not endorsed by CarGurus, does not express the opinions of CarGurus, and should not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by CarGurus. Please refer to CarGurus Terms of Use. Content will be removed if CarGurus becomes aware that it violates our policies.