not charging

Asked by buckys2x Sep 01, 2018 at 01:12 PM about the 1975 Volkswagen Beetle Hatchback

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

our dad has a kit car that is on a older vw chassis ,m around a 85 I think, there is no alternator in it , the battery wont stay charged and its only a year old, a friend told me  if you put a new battery in it you might have to remarry the voltage regulator to the generator ,have no idea how to do this not mechanical inclined

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KenF answered 6 years ago

Why not just do the generator to alternator conversion? Plenty of how to guides online.

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