----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:38 AM
Subject: [Chevelle-List] Alternator
Problem(crobertson1)
Craig;
If you just turned the ignition to ON it will show 12 v. And if you dropped to
10v after connecting the "pig tail", I assume you mean the field wire,
this is normal . The bat. wire may do the same. If you send me your
off line address I'll send you an article on how to trouble shoot it. it's 4
pages but also has Ford and Chry. included. Very good article and in laymen
terms. I may have to send it in 4 seperate e-mails. Depends on your
server.
Rich
When we turned the ignition to on, it
was showing 12 volts on the Alternator and 12 volts on the voltage
regulator. After re-attaching the pigtail to the alternator we lost the
12 volts. I found that when the pig tail was disconnected it would show
the
