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Moose61

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Does anyone know of a bench seat conversion for vs ute?
 

CommoBloke

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Oh so that's the alternator.. I thought it was the turbo!
 

HK69PREM

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Checking mine today! THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP ;)
 

Stephen Lander

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I have just fixed 2 VS's lately with the same problem .....flat battery and car stops on them and leaves them in the middle of nowhere.Both phoned up the local racq for assistance and had to be tilt-trayed home.Both cars had about 175 k on the clock.
At the back of the alternator on a ecotec v6 on the drivers side is a heavy red wire that is responsible for charging the battery. The lug on this wire gets a loose connection heats up bad and eventually breaks off, leaving a unprotected 12v feed to move around the metal of the engine behind the alternator looking for a earth to set the engine on fire....if you're unlucky.
To see it properly you have to take the plastic engine cover off but that is only 4 x 10mm head nuts and look at the back of the alternator.
There is a rubber cover over the terminal.
Both cars had burnt this wire back for about 10 cms ...so all I had to do is strip the wire back to where the wire was good and barrel lug a new wire with the right 5/16 hole lug on the end of it. Easy fix but not if you are a fair way from home.
Well you can ad my vs to the list as well
Stranded in the northern territory for hours
No phone and no one would stop
After awhile Ismelt
 

AB 1000

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2003 vy manual ute and 1998 VS S pac ute
Well this is yet another really helpful post on this site ( Thank you ) we checked it on our VS s pac ute and it was fine but thank you to everyone for these really helpful posts!.
 
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