My alternator was acting funny.....
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Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2007
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From: Valparaiso
My alternator was acting funny.....
Strange,took the vet for a spin this weekend
and i have 1 and 2 ....tranny's toasted ..well
i was flooring it and i was riding normal for something like 30 minutes
and after i took a rolling launch at 4500 rpms i stopped a bit
and the alt was not charging !!!! ..it was like 10.0 8.5 9.4 volts
i gas the pedal to 1000 rpm and it was charging ....but if i stopped doing that ...it went under 12 volts...this happened for 5 minutes,then it came back to normal and now its charging like a champ.-
what was it ??????
and i have 1 and 2 ....tranny's toasted ..well
i was flooring it and i was riding normal for something like 30 minutes
and after i took a rolling launch at 4500 rpms i stopped a bit
and the alt was not charging !!!! ..it was like 10.0 8.5 9.4 volts
i gas the pedal to 1000 rpm and it was charging ....but if i stopped doing that ...it went under 12 volts...this happened for 5 minutes,then it came back to normal and now its charging like a champ.-
what was it ??????
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,043
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From: Tampa Florida
I've heard of people having problem like that after doing distributor work and forgeting to install/reinstall the ground bar into the distributor cap for the ignition coil.....thing will smoke the alternator after about 50 miles of drive time.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,043
Likes: 8
From: Tampa Florida
Thin metal piece that sticks into the distributor cap.....connects the ground side of the 2 wire distributor plug to the coil.....it's very small (1" in length) and shaped kinda like a sqare root sign.
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