Ja well no ok fine ok fine!
So I have still got the blue lady, aaaaaaaand a welder (Tradeweld MIG 200) and compressor now!
I have been playing around with the welder (my first time welding) and what a dream to weld with, compared to...well you know, the countless other welders I've never used!
Made a few braai grids and so on but have not had the courage to start on the beetle's bodywork yet. I would first like to weld a couple of thin sheet metal pieces to practice!
Dirty-Eddi stopped charging himself a while back and a few weeks ago I decided to take the alternator off ... quite a job but its out! Then I had to take the fan off the alternator, I think to myself 'MOER, that's a big nut' and proceed to measure. I don't have a 36mm socket! ...and that's where the alternator stood for a few weeks...on the workbench...
Today I decided was the day! That nut is coming off, so I can get the alternator refurbed...all the shops around here that I went to only seem to sell a size 32mm socket as the largest. So I thought id take a look around the second hand shops, might get lucky! ...and SUCCESS. Not a socket, but an angled ring spanner(haha, is that what its called??)... in elkgeval it worked! and only cost 50 cash monies
So, where to take the alternator? Is there a place in PE that does an ''exchange this non working one for a refurbed one'' or do I take it somewhere to get refurbed...if so where? ...just a normal auto-electrision?
Will be cleaning and painting the fan housing and other bits I can get to while the alternator is off ...also, Dirty-Eddi's idling is not lekker, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes none ... Iv tried my best to sort it out following the procedure in the haynes manual and reading info offline but it does not make a difference .... is there perhaps an airleak somewhere? or perhaps I just need to re-do the carb with a kit?
Olive is still sitting under the carport, on a rusted rolling chassis, waiting patiently!
please. 
replacement.