Charging System Problem Help!!!
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Charging System Problem Help!!!
Here's the problem on the 85, new alternator and battery. Still does not charge properly, anyone had a similar experience? If so what the fix.
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Have you checked the voltage output at the alternator and at the battery? With a car of that age you could likely be experiencing significant voltage drop due to aging wiring. Are the belt and tensioner in good shape so there is no slippage? You can't always hear this as belt squeal. Did you buy a quality alternator and have you had the new battery load tested? Even new batteries are defective sometimes.
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Originally Posted by ROCKY85
Every thing has been checked, voltage from alternator correct, battery tested great, but no voltage from alternator to battery.
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No no no no no! Don't run a solid wire, unless you don't want your insurance to cover you for a possible car fire in the future. 
There is a 12 GA fusable link in between the alternator and the battery. It could have blown out. Mine did this one. You'll have to take the battery out to find it. It is buried down behind it amongst a bunch of other wires. It'll be a black cylinder looking thing with red wire coming out of both ends of it.
There is a 12 GA fusable link in between the alternator and the battery. It could have blown out. Mine did this one. You'll have to take the battery out to find it. It is buried down behind it amongst a bunch of other wires. It'll be a black cylinder looking thing with red wire coming out of both ends of it.
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Originally Posted by scorp508
No no no no no! Don't run a solid wire, unless you don't want your insurance to cover you for a possible car fire in the future. There is a 12 GA fusable link in between the alternator and the battery. It could have blown out. Mine did this one. You'll have to take the battery out to find it. It is buried down behind it amongst a bunch of other wires. It'll be a black cylinder looking thing with red wire coming out of both ends of it.
There is a 12 GA fusable link in between the alternator and the battery. It could have blown out. Mine did this one. You'll have to take the battery out to find it. It is buried down behind it amongst a bunch of other wires. It'll be a black cylinder looking thing with red wire coming out of both ends of it.Corvette Stories
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Originally Posted by scorp508
No no no no no! Don't run a solid wire, unless you don't want your insurance to cover you for a possible car fire in the future. There is a 12 GA fusable link in between the alternator and the battery. It could have blown out. Mine did this one. You'll have to take the battery out to find it. It is buried down behind it amongst a bunch of other wires. It'll be a black cylinder looking thing with red wire coming out of both ends of it.
There is a 12 GA fusable link in between the alternator and the battery. It could have blown out. Mine did this one. You'll have to take the battery out to find it. It is buried down behind it amongst a bunch of other wires. It'll be a black cylinder looking thing with red wire coming out of both ends of it.
there is a bundle of red wires behind the battery (fusable link). I would as scorp said, check there and make sure they are not loose and are good and tight.
