Red light flickered on and off for about a week only in idle, Then a solid red light came on so I first checked the belt seemed fine, but replaced anyways red light still. So I checked the brushes, and cleaned with sandpaper, still red light. Next I changed the regulator, still red light so I took that back to the store and bought new coil (on a recommendation from a friend). Then the bug would not stay running when it was in idle, and then shut off and would not restart. So Installed coil still red light, did generator test (Speedy Jim?) that I found in this group generator turned (oh relief). Took battery to local auto store they checked it and said it was dead. Put in new battery, no red light Great! Went for a test drive and it was fixed, got home turned it off, and then turned it back on just to be sure and bam damn red light again and it will not turn off, but the car does stay running. Should I go buy regulator, and some new brushes? Could the generator be bad even though the test made it spin? Like some other Vdubbers I am on a very tight budget (or else I would have kept the regulator). Please help. Any other test I can do without buying anything? Are there some fuses I can check? Thank you in advance!
BTW if anyone is in AZ, I have a thermador swamp cooler that I am trying to get rid of to finance the repairs that may need to be done to Zbugbite the swamp cooler is listed on craigslist.