Okay.
There was a shower of sparks when I was taking of the old alternator off as
the positive wire (to the alternater) touched the body and earthed. I
imagine its internal reg but unsure. Was told new alternator was tested and
working fine...maybe its external reg.
The new one is a Hitachi. There are four wires. + big white wire with red
stripe. - wire black. and a plug with 2 wires...black and yellow.
The Light stays on strong. I was getting 14.6volts at idel but did not check
it when reving....
If it is regulator...where do i look to check.....
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Heather
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12:51 AM
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Subject: Re: ALERNATOR problems
Chris,
My first impressions on this problem was "Not sure on this one and need more
info". What breed of alternator & reg was on it and what did you replace it
with. Was there a shower of sparks at any time. I'm not sure what your
answers
will tell me, but we gotta start somewhere.
After having a bit if a think about this I'll give you one or two
possibilities.
At a rough guess from what you have told us and if the regulator is an
external
type is that it has pooped itself (open circuit) on one side (pilot lamp
relay)
and although it sounds like the charge (field) circuit is activating you
will/could be getting max charge which is not friendly to the battery. Try a
different reg.
Internal reg? I'd be looking at the brushes & slip ring to see if there
clean
and not full of crap as arcing can cause the light to glow but not really
full
on. Don't ever clean the guts of an alternator with a solvent as it kills
the
windings stone dead, use compressed air or an old tooth brush etc.
terry (have we noticed the cooler weather is showing up the tired electrics
lately)
Terry
CP wrote:
> Hi list.
>
> The positive wire on my alternator in my 1200 ute came off last night as
it
> was getting out and shitty and made the charge light come on. I went to
undo
> the bolt that hold the wire on and it snapped off. I pulled the
alternator
> apart and tapped a big thread for another bolt but when in put it back
> together it didn't work...funny hey.
>
> So i went and got another alternator that had been tested and works and
> wacked it on.
> Charge light still on but I'm getting 14.7 volts...weird huh. I could not
> figure it out.
>
> Is there an easy fix to this? why is it doing this?
>
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