{"id":62,"date":"2023-11-16T17:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=62"},"modified":"2023-11-16T17:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:25:32","slug":"covering-the-alternator-post-to-avoid-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/covering-the-alternator-post-to-avoid-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Covering the Alternator Post to Avoid Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have ever tried to adjust the choke on your beetle you may have accidentally touched the bolts on the top of your alternator and created a spark when you grounded that circuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8528-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8528-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8528-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8528-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8528-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8528-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I see they actually make a part for this, available on ebay. But I&#8217;d have to remove the connectors and I&#8217;m not sure that will really fix it. So with that I perused the aisles of the local parts store and tried two different rubber boots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8526-edited-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8526-edited-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8526-edited-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8526-edited-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8526-edited-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8526-edited-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8526-edited-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First up with have teh Dorman 46017. Which was $15, and I probably should have skipped it. But let&#8217;s give it a try. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8527-1-edited-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8527-1-edited-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8527-1-edited-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8527-1-edited-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8527-1-edited-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8527-1-edited-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8527-1-edited-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not wanting to remove the ring connectors. I cut the boot and planned on zip tying it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8529-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8529-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8529-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8529-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8529-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8529-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This didn&#8217;t look good, but it worked. So another trip to the parts store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8571-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8571-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8571-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8571-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8571-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the Doorman 47028 was a bit bigger, and cheaper at $6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8572-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8572-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8572-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8572-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8572-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_8572-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally it worked better. It does the job and looks sort of better. The bolt t the top makes it a bit higher and the look goes down. Anyhow it&#8217;ll solve the problem until I buy the official part and figure out why I have two wires coming off that post and should only have one&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have ever tried to adjust the choke on your beetle you may have accidentally touched the bolts on the top of your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}