Re: alternator annoyances

["RoccoPhil" <roccophil@mindspring.com>]

Sounds like you need to consider the regulator at this point.

-PK



> about a week ago, when i went out to start up my car when leaving work,
the
> battery idiot light was flickering upon startup and stayed lit......i
> revved the motor a few times, and it eventually went off.....since then
the
> battery has not been charged by the alternator......
>
> the car in question is an 81 rabbit with a 16v in it.....the car ran fine
> for close to 2 years with this setup.....i cut the wire going to the idiot
> light in the cluster and spliced a wire going directly to the alternator
> housing that should excite the alternator to start charging, but the
> battery light does not come on......i tried putting in a different
cluster,
> but the idiot light does not come on in that one either.....
>
> anyone have a way to work around this problem?.....i need to get this car
> back o n the road asap......i plan on swapping in a different alternator
> tommorow to see if that might be the problem (i doubt it).....
>
> dave
>
>
>
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